diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
index 93d6a15dae..491d2891c7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/modget/get.go
@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ func runGet(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	// and the load and upgrade operations may only add and upgrade modules
 	// in the build list.
 	var matches []*search.Match
-	var install []string
 	for {
 		var seenPkgs map[string]bool
 		seenQuery := make(map[querySpec]bool)
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ func runGet(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 	work.BuildInit()
 	pkgs := load.PackagesForBuild(pkgPatterns)
-	work.InstallPackages(install, pkgs)
+	work.InstallPackages(pkgPatterns, pkgs)
 }
 
 // runQueries looks up modules at target versions in parallel. Results will be
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/mod/example.com_tools_v1.0.0.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/mod/example.com_tools_v1.0.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22e36b993a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/mod/example.com_tools_v1.0.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+-- .info --
+{"Version": "v1.0.0"}
+-- .mod --
+module example.com/tools
+-- cmd/hello/hello.go --
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("hello")
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_cmd.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_cmd.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d31cee1444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_get_cmd.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+env GO111MODULE=on
+[short] skip
+
+# Test that when 'go get' is run from $GOBIN, it does not delete binaries
+# after it installs them. Verifies golang.org/issue/32766.
+
+go get example.com/tools/cmd/hello
+
+# 'go get' should not delete the command when run from $GOPATH/bin
+cd $GOPATH/bin
+exists hello$GOEXE
+go get example.com/tools/cmd/hello
+exists hello$GOEXE
+
+# 'go get' should not delete the command when run from a different $GOBIN
+mkdir $WORK/bin
+cd $WORK/bin
+env GOBIN=$WORK/bin
+go get example.com/tools/cmd/hello
+exists hello$GOEXE