diff -Nru gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/changelog gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/changelog
--- gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/changelog	2015-02-25 12:52:31.000000000 +0000
+++ gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/changelog	2015-03-12 15:27:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gcc-defaults (1.136ubuntu2) vivid; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add gccgo-go transitional package that just depends on gccgo to make
+    backporting easier.
+
+ -- Robie Basak <robie.basak@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:27:19 +0000
+
 gcc-defaults (1.136ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium
 
   * gcc-multilib: Add breaks to gcc-5 cross compilers.
diff -Nru gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/control gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/control
--- gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/control	2015-02-25 12:56:40.000000000 +0000
+++ gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/control	2015-03-12 15:29:44.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Source: gcc-defaults
 Section: devel
 Priority: standard
-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Build-Depends: m4, debhelper (>= 5),
@@ -137,6 +138,16 @@
  .
  This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Go compiler.
 
+Package: gccgo-go
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: any
+Depends: gccgo, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Go compiler, based on the GCC backend (transitional package)
+ This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by
+ the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.
+ .
+ This is a transitional package that pulls in gccgo to ease backporting.
+
 Package: gccgo-multilib
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64 i386 mips mips64 mips64el mipsel powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x x32
diff -Nru gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/rules gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/rules
--- gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu1/debian/rules	2015-02-25 12:58:59.000000000 +0000
+++ gcc-defaults-1.136ubuntu2/debian/rules	2015-03-12 15:44:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -947,6 +947,7 @@
 endif
 ifneq (,$(filter gccgo, $(packages)))
 	dh_gencontrol -pgccgo     -u-v$(EPOCH):$(CV_GGO)
+	dh_gencontrol -pgccgo-go -u-v$(EPOCH):$(CV_GGO)
   ifeq ($(with_multilib),yes)
     ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH), $(filter-out armel armhf, $(multilib_archs))))
 	dh_gencontrol -pgccgo-multilib -u-v$(EPOCH):$(CV_GGO)