diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/test.go
index ceedb99e2f1..e9ed0d332bc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/load/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/load/test.go
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ func recompileForTest(pmain, preal, ptest, pxtest *Package) *PackageError {
 			p.Target = ""
 			p.Internal.BuildInfo = nil
 			p.Internal.ForceLibrary = true
+			p.Internal.PGOProfile = preal.Internal.PGOProfile
 		}
 
 		// Update p.Internal.Imports to use test copies.
@@ -496,6 +497,11 @@ func recompileForTest(pmain, preal, ptest, pxtest *Package) *PackageError {
 		if p.Name == "main" && p != pmain && p != ptest {
 			split()
 		}
+		// Split and attach PGO information to test dependencies if preal
+		// is built with PGO.
+		if preal.Internal.PGOProfile != "" && p.Internal.PGOProfile == "" {
+			split()
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Do search to find cycle.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_pgo_auto_multi.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_pgo_auto_multi.txt
index 9ac57ce0c16..991b72ce850 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_pgo_auto_multi.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/build_pgo_auto_multi.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*b(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*b(/|\\\\)b_test\.go'
 stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*b(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*dep(/|\\\\)dep\.go'
 ! stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*nopgo(/|\\\\)nopgo_test\.go'
 
+# test-only dependencies also have profiles attached
+stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*a(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*testdep(/|\\\\)testdep\.go'
+stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*b(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*testdep(/|\\\\)testdep\.go'
+stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*a(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*testdep2(/|\\\\)testdep2\.go'
+stderr 'compile.*-pgoprofile=.*b(/|\\\\)default\.pgo.*testdep2(/|\\\\)testdep2\.go'
+
 # go list -deps prints packages built multiple times.
 go list -pgo=auto -deps ./a ./b ./nopgo
 stdout 'test/dep \[test/a\]'
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ func main() {}
 -- a/a_test.go --
 package main
 import "testing"
+import _ "test/testdep"
 func TestA(*testing.T) {}
 -- a/default.pgo --
 -- b/b.go --
@@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ func main() {}
 -- b/b_test.go --
 package main
 import "testing"
+import _ "test/testdep"
 func TestB(*testing.T) {}
 -- b/default.pgo --
 -- nopgo/nopgo.go --
@@ -94,3 +102,8 @@ import _ "test/dep3"
 package dep2
 -- dep3/dep3.go --
 package dep3
+-- testdep/testdep.go --
+package testdep
+import _ "test/testdep2"
+-- testdep2/testdep2.go --
+package testdep2