diff --git a/hack/dockerbuilder/Dockerfile b/hack/dockerbuilder/Dockerfile
index 8a7382e885..5f9e9c35ab 100644
--- a/hack/dockerbuilder/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dockerbuilder/Dockerfile
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 # This will build a container capable of producing an official binary build of docker and
 # uploading it to S3
+from	ubuntu:12.04
 maintainer	Solomon Hykes <solomon@dotcloud.com>
-from	ubuntu:12.10
+# Workaround the upstart issue
+run dpkg-divert --local --rename --add /sbin/initctl
+run ln -s /bin/true /sbin/initctl
+# Enable universe and gophers PPA
+run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q python-software-properties
+run	add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) universe"
+run	add-apt-repository -y ppa:gophers/go/ubuntu
 run	apt-get update
+# Packages required to checkout, build and upload docker
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q s3cmd
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q curl
-# Packages required to checkout and build docker
 run	curl -s -o /go.tar.gz https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 run	tar -C /usr/local -xzf /go.tar.gz
-run	echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" > /.bashrc
-run	echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin" > /.bash_profile
+run	echo "export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH" > /.bashrc
+run	echo "export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH" > /.bash_profile
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q git
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q build-essential
 # Packages required to build an ubuntu package
+run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q golang-stable
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q debhelper
 run	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -q autotools-dev
-copy	fake_initctl	/usr/local/bin/initctl
 run	apt-get install -y -q devscripts
-add	.	/src
+# Copy dockerbuilder files into the container
+add	.       /src
 run	cp /src/dockerbuilder /usr/local/bin/ && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerbuilder
 run	cp /src/s3cfg /.s3cfg
 cmd	["dockerbuilder"]
diff --git a/hack/dockerbuilder/dockerbuilder b/hack/dockerbuilder/dockerbuilder
index 4287e0b336..d2e4396550 100644
--- a/hack/dockerbuilder/dockerbuilder
+++ b/hack/dockerbuilder/dockerbuilder
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 
 PACKAGE=github.com/dotcloud/docker
 
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$NO_UBUNTU" ]; then
+	export PATH=`echo $PATH | sed 's#/usr/local/go/bin:##g'`
 	(cd packaging/ubuntu && make ubuntu)
 fi
diff --git a/hack/dockerbuilder/fake_initctl b/hack/dockerbuilder/fake_initctl
deleted file mode 100755
index 14c46c8e94..0000000000
--- a/hack/dockerbuilder/fake_initctl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo Whatever you say, man