diff --git a/go/gcimporter15/bimport.go b/go/gcimporter15/bimport.go
index 8bff64c3..3bec19c1 100644
--- a/go/gcimporter15/bimport.go
+++ b/go/gcimporter15/bimport.go
@@ -493,12 +493,13 @@ func (p *importer) typ(parent *types.Package) types.Type {
 			p.record(nil)
 		}
 
-		// no embedded interfaces with gc compiler
-		if p.int() != 0 {
-			errorf("unexpected embedded interface")
+		var embeddeds []*types.Named
+		for n := p.int(); n > 0; n-- {
+			p.pos()
+			embeddeds = append(embeddeds, p.typ(parent).(*types.Named))
 		}
 
-		t := types.NewInterface(p.methodList(parent), nil)
+		t := types.NewInterface(p.methodList(parent), embeddeds)
 		if p.trackAllTypes {
 			p.typList[n] = t
 		}
diff --git a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
index 3e23c560..e29cb2c6 100644
--- a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
+++ b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter_test.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ var importedObjectTests = []struct {
 }{
 	{"math.Pi", "const Pi untyped float"},
 	{"io.Reader", "type Reader interface{Read(p []byte) (n int, err error)}"},
-	{"io.ReadWriter", "type ReadWriter interface{Read(p []byte) (n int, err error); Write(p []byte) (n int, err error)}"},
+	{"io.ReadWriter", "type ReadWriter interface{Reader; Writer}"},
 	{"math.Sin", "func Sin(x float64) float64"},
 	// TODO(gri) add more tests
 }