diff --git a/cmd/gomobile/bind_test.go b/cmd/gomobile/bind_test.go
index ea179b400..ba62b86cb 100644
--- a/cmd/gomobile/bind_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gomobile/bind_test.go
@@ -67,12 +67,16 @@ func TestBindAndroid(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		got := filepath.ToSlash(buf.String())
 
+		output, err := defaultOutputData()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		data := struct {
 			outputData
 			AndroidPlatform string
 			JavaPkg         string
 		}{
-			outputData:      defaultOutputData(),
+			outputData:      output,
 			AndroidPlatform: platform,
 			JavaPkg:         tc.javaPkg,
 		}
@@ -137,12 +141,19 @@ func TestBindIOS(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		got := filepath.ToSlash(buf.String())
 
+		output, err := defaultOutputData()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
 		data := struct {
 			outputData
-			Prefix string
+			Prefix         string
+			BitcodeEnabled bool
 		}{
-			outputData: defaultOutputData(),
-			Prefix:     tc.prefix,
+			outputData:     output,
+			Prefix:         tc.prefix,
+			BitcodeEnabled: bitcodeEnabled,
 		}
 
 		wantBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
@@ -175,7 +186,7 @@ var bindIOSTmpl = template.Must(template.New("output").Parse(`GOMOBILE={{.GOPATH
 WORK=$WORK
 GOOS=darwin CGO_ENABLED=1 gobind -lang=go,objc -outdir=$WORK -tags=ios{{if .Prefix}} -prefix={{.Prefix}}{{end}} golang.org/x/mobile/asset
 mkdir -p $WORK/src
-PWD=$WORK/src GOARM=7 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_ENABLED=1 GOPATH=$WORK:$GOPATH go build -tags ios -x -buildmode=c-archive -o $WORK/asset-arm.a ./gobind
+PWD=$WORK/src GOARM=7 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_ENABLED=1 GOPATH=$WORK:$GOPATH go build -tags ios -x -buildmode=c-archive -o $WORK/asset-arm.a ./gobind
 rm -r -f "Asset.framework"
 mkdir -p Asset.framework/Versions/A/Headers
 ln -s A Asset.framework/Versions/Current
diff --git a/cmd/gomobile/build_darwin_test.go b/cmd/gomobile/build_darwin_test.go
index ce760a33b..cfe42c917 100644
--- a/cmd/gomobile/build_darwin_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gomobile/build_darwin_test.go
@@ -55,16 +55,23 @@ func TestIOSBuild(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("detecting team ID failed: %v", err)
 		}
 
+		output, err := defaultOutputData()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
 		data := struct {
 			outputData
-			TeamID string
-			Pkg    string
-			Main   bool
+			TeamID         string
+			Pkg            string
+			Main           bool
+			BitcodeEnabled bool
 		}{
-			outputData: defaultOutputData(),
-			TeamID:     teamID,
-			Pkg:        test.pkg,
-			Main:       test.main,
+			outputData:     output,
+			TeamID:         teamID,
+			Pkg:            test.pkg,
+			Main:           test.main,
+			BitcodeEnabled: bitcodeEnabled,
 		}
 
 		got := filepath.ToSlash(buf.String())
@@ -94,10 +101,10 @@ mkdir -p $WORK/main
 echo "{{template "infoplist" .Xinfo}}" > $WORK/main/Info.plist
 mkdir -p $WORK/main/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset
 echo "{{.Xcontents}}" > $WORK/main/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json{{end}}
-GOARM=7 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch armv7 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/arm {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
-GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch arm64 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch arm64 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch arm64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/arm64 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
-GOOS=darwin GOARCH=386 CC=iphonesimulator-clang CXX=iphonesimulator-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch i386 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch i386 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch i386 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/386 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
-GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CC=iphonesimulator-clang CXX=iphonesimulator-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch x86_64 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch x86_64 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 -fembed-bitcode -arch x86_64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/amd64 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}{{if .Main}}
+GOARM=7 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch armv7 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/arm {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 CC=iphoneos-clang CXX=iphoneos-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch arm64 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch arm64 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphoneos -miphoneos-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch arm64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/arm64 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=386 CC=iphonesimulator-clang CXX=iphonesimulator-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch i386 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch i386 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch i386 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/386 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}
+GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 CC=iphonesimulator-clang CXX=iphonesimulator-clang++ CGO_CFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch x86_64 CGO_CXXFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch x86_64 CGO_LDFLAGS=-isysroot=iphonesimulator -mios-simulator-version-min=7.0 {{if .BitcodeEnabled}}-fembed-bitcode {{end}}-arch x86_64 CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags tag1 ios -x {{if .Main}}-ldflags=-w -o=$WORK/amd64 {{end}}{{.Pkg}}{{if .Main}}
 xcrun lipo -o $WORK/main/main -create $WORK/arm $WORK/arm64 $WORK/386 $WORK/amd64
 mkdir -p $WORK/main/assets
 xcrun xcodebuild -configuration Release -project $WORK/main.xcodeproj -allowProvisioningUpdates DEVELOPMENT_TEAM={{.TeamID}}
diff --git a/cmd/gomobile/build_iosapp.go b/cmd/gomobile/build_iosapp.go
index a0103de65..67fe3b596 100644
--- a/cmd/gomobile/build_iosapp.go
+++ b/cmd/gomobile/build_iosapp.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ func goIOSBuild(pkg *packages.Package, bundleID string, archs []string) (map[str
 		productName = "ProductName" // like xcode.
 	}
 
+	projPbxproj := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	if err := projPbxprojTmpl.Execute(projPbxproj, projPbxprojTmplData{
+		BitcodeEnabled: bitcodeEnabled,
+	}); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	infoplist := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	if err := infoplistTmpl.Execute(infoplist, infoplistTmplData{
 		// TODO: better bundle id.
@@ -44,7 +51,7 @@ func goIOSBuild(pkg *packages.Package, bundleID string, archs []string) (map[str
 		name     string
 		contents []byte
 	}{
-		{tmpdir + "/main.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj", []byte(projPbxproj)},
+		{tmpdir + "/main.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj", projPbxproj.Bytes()},
 		{tmpdir + "/main/Info.plist", infoplist.Bytes()},
 		{tmpdir + "/main/Images.xcassets/AppIcon.appiconset/Contents.json", []byte(contentsJSON)},
 	}
@@ -271,7 +278,11 @@ var infoplistTmpl = template.Must(template.New("infoplist").Parse(`<?xml version
 </plist>
 `))
 
-const projPbxproj = `// !$*UTF8*$!
+type projPbxprojTmplData struct {
+	BitcodeEnabled bool
+}
+
+var projPbxprojTmpl = template.Must(template.New("projPbxproj").Parse(`// !$*UTF8*$!
 {
   archiveVersion = 1;
   classes = {
@@ -429,6 +440,7 @@ const projPbxproj = `// !$*UTF8*$!
         SDKROOT = iphoneos;
         TARGETED_DEVICE_FAMILY = "1,2";
         VALIDATE_PRODUCT = YES;
+        {{if not .BitcodeEnabled}}ENABLE_BITCODE = NO;{{end}}
       };
       name = Release;
     };
@@ -465,7 +477,7 @@ const projPbxproj = `// !$*UTF8*$!
   };
   rootObject = 254BB8361B1FD08900C56DE9 /* Project object */;
 }
-`
+`))
 
 const contentsJSON = `{
   "images" : [
diff --git a/cmd/gomobile/env.go b/cmd/gomobile/env.go
index d36a41888..e6f9b9fa8 100644
--- a/cmd/gomobile/env.go
+++ b/cmd/gomobile/env.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ var (
 	darwinArmNM  string
 
 	allArchs = []string{"arm", "arm64", "386", "amd64"}
+
+	bitcodeEnabled bool
 )
 
 func buildEnvInit() (cleanup func(), err error) {
@@ -73,6 +75,15 @@ func buildEnvInit() (cleanup func(), err error) {
 }
 
 func envInit() (err error) {
+	// Check the current Go version by go-list.
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "list", "-e", "-f", `{{range context.ReleaseTags}}{{if eq . "go1.14"}}{{.}}{{end}}{{end}}`).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(string(out))) > 0 {
+		bitcodeEnabled = true
+	}
+
 	// Setup the cross-compiler environments.
 	if ndkRoot, err := ndkRoot(); err == nil {
 		androidEnv = make(map[string][]string)
@@ -133,10 +144,13 @@ func envInit() (err error) {
 		default:
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown GOARCH: %q", arch))
 		}
-		cflags += " -fembed-bitcode"
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
+		if bitcodeEnabled {
+			cflags += " -fembed-bitcode"
+		}
 		env = append(env,
 			"GOOS=darwin",
 			"GOARCH="+arch,
diff --git a/cmd/gomobile/init_test.go b/cmd/gomobile/init_test.go
index 42a8a5afc..2330f19e7 100644
--- a/cmd/gomobile/init_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gomobile/init_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 	buildX = true
 
 	// Test that first GOPATH element is chosen correctly.
-	gopath = "/GOPATH1"
+	var err error
+	gopath, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "gomobile-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	paths := []string{gopath, "/path2", "/path3"}
 	if goos == "windows" {
 		gopath = filepath.ToSlash(`C:\GOPATH1`)
@@ -45,8 +50,7 @@ func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 		os.Setenv("HOMEDRIVE", "C:")
 	}
 
-	err := runInit(cmdInit)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := runInit(cmdInit); err != nil {
 		t.Log(buf.String())
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -64,7 +68,10 @@ func diffOutput(got string, wantTmpl *template.Template) (string, error) {
 	got = filepath.ToSlash(got)
 
 	wantBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	data := defaultOutputData()
+	data, err := defaultOutputData()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 	if err := wantTmpl.Execute(wantBuf, data); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -86,20 +93,27 @@ type outputData struct {
 	Xinfo     infoplistTmplData
 }
 
-func defaultOutputData() outputData {
+func defaultOutputData() (outputData, error) {
+	projPbxproj := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	if err := projPbxprojTmpl.Execute(projPbxproj, projPbxprojTmplData{
+		BitcodeEnabled: bitcodeEnabled,
+	}); err != nil {
+		return outputData{}, err
+	}
+
 	data := outputData{
 		GOOS:      goos,
 		GOARCH:    goarch,
 		GOPATH:    gopath,
 		NDKARCH:   archNDK(),
-		Xproj:     projPbxproj,
+		Xproj:     string(projPbxproj.Bytes()),
 		Xcontents: contentsJSON,
 		Xinfo:     infoplistTmplData{BundleID: "org.golang.todo.basic", Name: "Basic"},
 	}
 	if goos == "windows" {
 		data.EXE = ".exe"
 	}
-	return data
+	return data, nil
 }
 
 var initTmpl = template.Must(template.New("output").Parse(`GOMOBILE={{.GOPATH}}/pkg/gomobile