diff --git a/go/loader/stdlib_test.go b/go/loader/stdlib_test.go
index b62ecfbb..a76f62b8 100644
--- a/go/loader/stdlib_test.go
+++ b/go/loader/stdlib_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types"
 )
 
+// The set of packages that transitively depend on cmd/internal/objfile,
+// which uses vendoring, which go/loader does not yet support.
+// TODO(adonovan): add support for vendoring and delete this.
+var skip = map[string]bool{
+	"cmd/addr2line":        true,
+	"cmd/internal/objfile": true,
+	"cmd/nm":               true,
+	"cmd/objdump":          true,
+	"cmd/pprof":            true,
+}
+
 func TestStdlib(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "android" {
 		t.Skipf("incomplete std lib on %s", runtime.GOOS)
@@ -44,6 +55,9 @@ func TestStdlib(t *testing.T) {
 	ctxt.GOPATH = ""      // disable GOPATH
 	conf := loader.Config{Build: &ctxt}
 	for _, path := range buildutil.AllPackages(conf.Build) {
+		if skip[path] {
+			continue
+		}
 		conf.ImportWithTests(path)
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/ssa/example_test.go b/go/ssa/example_test.go
index 3e095b87..8f86a358 100644
--- a/go/ssa/example_test.go
+++ b/go/ssa/example_test.go
@@ -113,15 +113,15 @@ func ExampleBuildPackage() {
 	// 	return
 }
 
-// This program shows how to load a main package (cmd/nm) and all its
+// This program shows how to load a main package (cmd/cover) and all its
 // dependencies from source, using the loader, and then build SSA code
 // for the entire program.  This is what you'd typically use for a
 // whole-program analysis.
 //
 func ExampleLoadProgram() {
-	// Load cmd/nm and its dependencies.
+	// Load cmd/cover and its dependencies.
 	var conf loader.Config
-	conf.Import("cmd/nm")
+	conf.Import("cmd/cover")
 	lprog, err := conf.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Print(err) // type error in some package
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func ExampleLoadProgram() {
 	// Create SSA-form program representation.
 	prog := ssautil.CreateProgram(lprog, ssa.SanityCheckFunctions)
 
-	// Build SSA code for the entire cmd/nm program.
+	// Build SSA code for the entire cmd/cover program.
 	prog.BuildAll()
 
 	// Output:
diff --git a/go/ssa/stdlib_test.go b/go/ssa/stdlib_test.go
index d339d07d..57260161 100644
--- a/go/ssa/stdlib_test.go
+++ b/go/ssa/stdlib_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/ssa/ssautil"
 )
 
+// Skip the set of packages that transitively depend on
+// cmd/internal/objfile, which uses vendoring,
+// which go/loader does not yet support.
+// TODO(adonovan): add support for vendoring and delete this.
+var skip = map[string]bool{
+	"cmd/addr2line":        true,
+	"cmd/internal/objfile": true,
+	"cmd/nm":               true,
+	"cmd/objdump":          true,
+	"cmd/pprof":            true,
+}
+
 func bytesAllocated() uint64 {
 	runtime.GC()
 	var stats runtime.MemStats
@@ -43,9 +55,11 @@ func TestStdlib(t *testing.T) {
 	ctxt := build.Default // copy
 	ctxt.GOPATH = ""      // disable GOPATH
 	conf := loader.Config{Build: &ctxt}
-	if _, err := conf.FromArgs(buildutil.AllPackages(conf.Build), true); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("FromArgs failed: %v", err)
-		return
+	for _, path := range buildutil.AllPackages(conf.Build) {
+		if skip[path] {
+			continue
+		}
+		conf.ImportWithTests(path)
 	}
 
 	iprog, err := conf.Load()