diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e37fabf8e281..6bd4eb7bedbd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+k3s (1.27.2+k3s1+mel4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * set HOME in rules to allow successful go builds
+
+ -- Joe MacDonald <joe.macdonald@siemens.com>  Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:06:00 -0400
+
 k3s (1.27.2+k3s1+mel3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Add git to Build-Depends since debian/source/format requires it
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 462143ed59fa..12d2b28c22a5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 # make debhelper commands more verbose
 # export DH_OPTIONS = -v
 export USE_DAPPER ?= 0
+# set HOME since go requires GOCACHE be set and the default ($HOME/.go-cache)
+# will cause a build failure with sbuild.  Setting $HOME to $(CURDIR) is a
+# default solution to this problem for some packages:
+# 	https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2018/08/msg00003.html
+export HOME = $(CURDIR)
 
 %:
 	dh $@