diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gc.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gc.go
index eee8adca94d..1cce5d4dd5d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/work/gc.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (gcToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg, embedcfg
 	}
 
 	pkgpath := pkgPath(a)
-	gcargs := []string{"-p", pkgpath}
+	gcflags := []string{"-p", pkgpath}
 	if p.Module != nil {
 		v := p.Module.GoVersion
 		if v == "" {
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ func (gcToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg, embedcfg
 			v = "1.16"
 		}
 		if allowedVersion(v) {
-			gcargs = append(gcargs, "-lang=go"+v)
+			gcflags = append(gcflags, "-lang=go"+v)
 		}
 	}
 	if p.Standard {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-std")
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-std")
 	}
 	_, compilingRuntime := runtimePackages[p.ImportPath]
 	compilingRuntime = compilingRuntime && p.Standard
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (gcToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg, embedcfg
 		// runtime compiles with a special gc flag to check for
 		// memory allocations that are invalid in the runtime package,
 		// and to implement some special compiler pragmas.
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-+")
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-+")
 	}
 
 	// If we're giving the compiler the entire package (no C etc files), tell it that,
@@ -125,25 +125,25 @@ func (gcToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg, embedcfg
 		}
 	}
 	if extFiles == 0 {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-complete")
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-complete")
 	}
 	if cfg.BuildContext.InstallSuffix != "" {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-installsuffix", cfg.BuildContext.InstallSuffix)
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-installsuffix", cfg.BuildContext.InstallSuffix)
 	}
 	if a.buildID != "" {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-buildid", a.buildID)
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-buildid", a.buildID)
 	}
 	if p.Internal.OmitDebug || cfg.Goos == "plan9" || cfg.Goarch == "wasm" {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-dwarf=false")
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-dwarf=false")
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(runtimeVersion, "go1") && !strings.Contains(os.Args[0], "go_bootstrap") {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-goversion", runtimeVersion)
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-goversion", runtimeVersion)
 	}
 	if symabis != "" {
-		gcargs = append(gcargs, "-symabis", symabis)
+		gcflags = append(gcflags, "-symabis", symabis)
 	}
 
-	gcflags := str.StringList(forcedGcflags, p.Internal.Gcflags)
+	gcflags = append(gcflags, str.StringList(forcedGcflags, p.Internal.Gcflags)...)
 	if compilingRuntime {
 		// Remove -N, if present.
 		// It is not possible to build the runtime with no optimizations,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (gcToolchain) gc(b *Builder, a *Action, archive string, importcfg, embedcfg
 		}
 	}
 
-	args := []interface{}{cfg.BuildToolexec, base.Tool("compile"), "-o", ofile, "-trimpath", a.trimpath(), gcflags, gcargs}
+	args := []interface{}{cfg.BuildToolexec, base.Tool("compile"), "-o", ofile, "-trimpath", a.trimpath(), gcflags}
 	if p.Internal.LocalPrefix != "" {
 		// Workaround #43883.
 		args = append(args, "-D", p.Internal.LocalPrefix)
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_gcflags_order.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_gcflags_order.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ffe1570f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_gcflags_order.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Tests golang.org/issue/47682
+# Flags specified with -gcflags should appear after other flags generated by cmd/go.
+
+cd m
+go build -n -gcflags=-lang=go1.17
+stderr ' -lang=go1.16.* -lang=go1.17'
+
+-- m/go.mod --
+module example.com
+
+go 1.16
+
+-- m/main.go --
+package main
+
+func main() {
+    var s = []int{1, 2, 3}
+    var pa = (*[2]int)(s[1:])
+    println(pa[1])
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_runtime_gcflags.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_runtime_gcflags.txt
index da1b65f06c8..c87e4809119 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_runtime_gcflags.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_runtime_gcflags.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ mkdir $GOCACHE
 # Verify the standard library (specifically runtime/internal/atomic) can be
 # built with -gcflags when -n is given. See golang.org/issue/29346.
 go build -n -gcflags=all='-l' std
-stderr 'compile.* -l .* runtime/internal/atomic'
+stderr 'compile.* runtime/internal/atomic .* -l'
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/gcflags_patterns.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/gcflags_patterns.txt
index f23cecefd3a..e9521c2fb27 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/gcflags_patterns.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/gcflags_patterns.txt
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@ env GOCACHE=$WORK/gocache  # Looking for compile commands, so need a clean cache
 
 # -gcflags=-e applies to named packages, not dependencies
 go build -n -v -gcflags=-e z1 z2
-stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z1'
-stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z2'
+stderr 'compile.* -p z1.* -e'
+stderr 'compile.* -p z2.* -e'
 stderr 'compile.* -p y'
-! stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p [^z]'
+! stderr 'compile.* -p [^z].* -e'
 
 # -gcflags can specify package=flags, and can be repeated; last match wins
 go build -n -v -gcflags=-e -gcflags=z1=-N z1 z2
-stderr 'compile.* -N.* -p z1'
-! stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z1'
-! stderr 'compile.* -N.* -p z2'
-stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z2'
+stderr 'compile.* -p z1.* -N'
+! stderr 'compile.* -p z1.* -e'
+! stderr 'compile.* -p z2.* -N'
+stderr 'compile.* -p z2.* -e'
 stderr 'compile.* -p y'
-! stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p [^z]'
-! stderr 'compile.* -N.* -p [^z]'
+! stderr 'compile.* -p [^z].* -e'
+! stderr 'compile.* -p [^z].* -N'
 
 # -gcflags can have arbitrary spaces around the flags
 go build -n -v -gcflags='  z1 =  	-e 	' z1
-stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z1'
+stderr 'compile.* -p z1.* -e'
 
 # -gcflags='all=-e' should apply to all packages, even with go test
 go test -c -n -gcflags='all=-e' z1
-stderr 'compile.* -e.* -p z3 '
+stderr 'compile.* -p z3.* -e '
 
 # this particular -gcflags argument made the compiler crash
 ! go build -gcflags=-d=ssa/ z1