diff --git a/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile b/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
index 9b057cec2..670a475ab 100644
--- a/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/application-cr/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
diff --git a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
index 9cf21bc2a..e52c7d18d 100644
--- a/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/injection-tshirt-sizes/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
index ab76261e9..f17ce5ecb 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-go-nginx/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
diff --git a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
index d218aca00..469ab5cc4 100644
--- a/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/template-heredoc-cockroachdb/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: license image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 license:
 	(which $(GOBIN)/addlicense || go get github.com/google/addlicense)
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
index 08a214c41..47aff3eb2 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-kubeval/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)
diff --git a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
index f3d362626..8bfa4d177 100644
--- a/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
+++ b/functions/examples/validator-resource-requests/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: generate license fix vet fmt test build tidy image
 
-GOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOBIN)
+ifeq ($(GOBIN),)
+GOBIN = $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
+endif
 
 build:
 	(cd image && go build -v -o $(GOBIN)/config-function .)