diff --git a/cmd/gasm/asmhdr_test.go b/cmd/gasm/asmhdr_test.go
index 0bba0ff..5691b89 100644
--- a/cmd/gasm/asmhdr_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gasm/asmhdr_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -393,13 +394,20 @@ func TestRunCorpusAuditGOOS(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // TestGenerateGoAsmHeaderRuntime pins the generator against the real thing:
-// the runtime package, whose header the toolchain's own -asmhdr output was
-// sampled from.  Skipped in short mode: it type-checks the whole package.
+// the runtime package of the ambient toolchain, whose header the toolchain's
+// own -asmhdr output was sampled from.  Skipped in short mode: it type-checks
+// the whole package.  The GOROOT comes from the go command itself, so the
+// test follows whatever toolchain the host provides.
 func TestGenerateGoAsmHeaderRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("type-checks the whole runtime package")
 	}
-	dir, err := generateGoAsmHeader("/usr/local/go/src/runtime", "", "amd64", t.TempDir())
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "env", "GOROOT").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("no Go toolchain: %v", err)
+	}
+	runtimeDir := filepath.Join(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), "src", "runtime")
+	dir, err := generateGoAsmHeader(runtimeDir, "", "amd64", t.TempDir())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("generateGoAsmHeader(runtime): %v", err)
 	}