diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c081fa3..76990bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /.bin
 /release
+/gobin
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 700bab7..da90a66 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -314,7 +314,12 @@ func mainerr() error {
 			}
 
 			gobin := filepath.Join(gobinCache, mainrel)
-			target := filepath.Join(gobin, path.Base(mp.ImportPath))
+			pref, _, ok := module.SplitPathVersion(mp.ImportPath)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to derive non-version prefix from %v", mp.ImportPath)
+			}
+			base := path.Base(pref)
+			target := filepath.Join(gobin, base)
 
 			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 				target += ".exe"
diff --git a/testdata/major_version.txt b/testdata/major_version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b16b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/major_version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# A test to ensure that where a major version (>=2) exists
+# at the end of the main package path that we end up with
+# the right binary name
+
+gobin -p example.com/good/v2
+stdout [/\\]good$exe$
+! stderr .+
diff --git a/testdata/mod/example.com_good_v2_v2.0.0.txt b/testdata/mod/example.com_good_v2_v2.0.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d3e3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/mod/example.com_good_v2_v2.0.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- .mod --
+module example.com/good/v2
+
+-- .info --
+{"Version":"v2.0.0","Time":"2018-10-22T18:45:39Z"}
+
+-- go.mod --
+module example.com/good/v2
+
+-- main.go --
+package main
+
+func main() {}