diff --git a/go/private/actions/compilepkg.bzl b/go/private/actions/compilepkg.bzl
index 3310976e1..5bca2464d 100644
--- a/go/private/actions/compilepkg.bzl
+++ b/go/private/actions/compilepkg.bzl
@@ -110,13 +110,15 @@ def emit_compilepkg(
         uniquify = True,
         expand_directories = False,
     )
+    cover_mode = None
     if cover and go.coverdata:
         inputs.append(go.coverdata.data.export_file)
         args.add("-arc", _archive(go.coverdata))
         if go.mode.race:
-            args.add("-cover_mode", "atomic")
+            cover_mode = "atomic"
         else:
-            args.add("-cover_mode", "set")
+            cover_mode = "set"
+        args.add("-cover_mode", cover_mode)
         args.add("-cover_format", go.cover_format)
         args.add_all(cover, before_each = "-cover")
     args.add_all(archives, before_each = "-arc", map_each = _archive)
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ def emit_compilepkg(
             importmap = importmap,
             archives = archives,
             recompile_internal_deps = recompile_internal_deps,
+            cover_mode = cover_mode,
             cgo_go_srcs = cgo_go_srcs,
             out_facts = out_facts,
             out_log = out_nogo_log,
@@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ def _run_nogo(
         importmap,
         archives,
         recompile_internal_deps,
+        cover_mode,
         cgo_go_srcs,
         out_facts,
         out_log,
@@ -237,7 +241,10 @@ def _run_nogo(
     args = go.builder_args(go, "nogo", use_path_mapping = True)
     args.add_all(sources, before_each = "-src")
     if cgo_go_srcs:
+        inputs.append(cgo_go_srcs)
         args.add_all([cgo_go_srcs], before_each = "-src")
+    if cover_mode:
+        args.add("-cover_mode", cover_mode)
     if recompile_internal_deps:
         args.add_all(recompile_internal_deps, before_each = "-recompile_internal_deps")
     args.add_all(archives, before_each = "-arc", map_each = _archive)
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
index d968efa52..02fe6c59c 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/compilepkg.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func compilePkg(args []string) error {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("GoCompilePkg", flag.ExitOnError)
 	goenv := envFlags(fs)
 	var unfilteredSrcs, coverSrcs, embedSrcs, embedLookupDirs, embedRoots, recompileInternalDeps multiFlag
-	var deps, facts archiveMultiFlag
+	var deps archiveMultiFlag
 	var importPath, packagePath, packageListPath, coverMode string
 	var outLinkobjPath, outInterfacePath, cgoExportHPath, cgoGoSrcsPath string
 	var testFilter string
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ func compilePkg(args []string) error {
 	fs.Var(&embedLookupDirs, "embedlookupdir", "Root-relative paths to directories relative to which //go:embed directives are resolved")
 	fs.Var(&embedRoots, "embedroot", "Bazel output root under which a file passed via -embedsrc resides")
 	fs.Var(&deps, "arc", "Import path, package path, and file name of a direct dependency, separated by '='")
-	fs.Var(&facts, "facts", "Import path, package path, and file name of a direct dependency's nogo facts file, separated by '='")
 	fs.StringVar(&importPath, "importpath", "", "The import path of the package being compiled. Not passed to the compiler, but may be displayed in debug data.")
 	fs.StringVar(&packagePath, "p", "", "The package path (importmap) of the package being compiled")
 	fs.Var(&gcFlags, "gcflags", "Go compiler flags")
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ func compilePkg(args []string) error {
 		packagePath,
 		srcs,
 		deps,
-		facts,
 		coverMode,
 		coverSrcs,
 		embedSrcs,
@@ -163,7 +161,6 @@ func compileArchive(
 	packagePath string,
 	srcs archiveSrcs,
 	deps []archive,
-	facts []archive,
 	coverMode string,
 	coverSrcs []string,
 	embedSrcs []string,
diff --git a/go/tools/builders/nogo.go b/go/tools/builders/nogo.go
index d4d127ee2..711a5b07b 100644
--- a/go/tools/builders/nogo.go
+++ b/go/tools/builders/nogo.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ func nogo(args []string) error {
 	var deps, facts archiveMultiFlag
 	var importPath, packagePath, nogoPath, packageListPath string
 	var outFactsPath, outLogPath string
+	var coverMode string
 	fs.Var(&unfilteredSrcs, "src", ".go, .c, .cc, .m, .mm, .s, or .S file to be filtered and compiled")
 	fs.Var(&deps, "arc", "Import path, package path, and file name of a direct dependency, separated by '='")
 	fs.Var(&facts, "facts", "Import path, package path, and file name of a direct dependency's nogo facts file, separated by '='")
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ func nogo(args []string) error {
 	fs.StringVar(&packagePath, "p", "", "The package path (importmap) of the package being compiled")
 	fs.StringVar(&packageListPath, "package_list", "", "The file containing the list of standard library packages")
 	fs.Var(&recompileInternalDeps, "recompile_internal_deps", "The import path of the direct dependencies that needs to be recompiled.")
+	fs.StringVar(&coverMode, "cover_mode", "", "The coverage mode to use. Empty if coverage instrumentation should not be added.")
 	fs.StringVar(&nogoPath, "nogo", "", "The nogo binary")
 	fs.StringVar(&outFactsPath, "out_facts", "", "The file to emit serialized nogo facts to")
 	fs.StringVar(&outLogPath, "out_log", "", "The file to emit nogo logs into")
@@ -76,6 +79,23 @@ func nogo(args []string) error {
 		imports["syscall"] = nil
 		imports["unsafe"] = nil
 	}
+	if coverMode != "" {
+		if coverMode == "atomic" {
+			imports["sync/atomic"] = nil
+		}
+		const coverdataPath = "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/tools/coverdata"
+		var coverdata *archive
+		for i := range deps {
+			if deps[i].importPath == coverdataPath {
+				coverdata = &deps[i]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if coverdata == nil {
+			return errors.New("coverage requested but coverdata dependency not provided")
+		}
+		imports[coverdataPath] = coverdata
+	}
 
 	importcfgPath, err := buildImportcfgFileForCompile(imports, goenv.installSuffix, filepath.Dir(outFactsPath))
 	if err != nil {