diff --git a/.common/go-binding-utils/fix_venv.sh b/.common/go-binding-utils/fix_venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9464f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.common/go-binding-utils/fix_venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+if [[ "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "error: VIRTUAL_ENV not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# this is needed so that Go builds can find the Python headers etc
+cp -frv "${DIR}/python-config" "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python-config"
+
+# this is needed so that our Go builds can find the common tooling when invoked from within a Virtualenv
+cp -frv "${DIR}/native_build.sh" "${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/native_build.sh"
diff --git a/.common/go-binding-utils/native_build.sh b/.common/go-binding-utils/native_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aaab81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.common/go-binding-utils/native_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+if [[ "${1}" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "error: first argument must be name of lib (e.g. gomssql)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+NAME_OF_LIB="${1}"
+
+if [[ "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "error: a virtualenv must be activated"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# TODO
+# GO_VERSION="$(go version)"
+# if [[ ${GO_VERSION} != *"go1.13"* ]]; then
+#   echo "error: Go version is not 1.13 (was ${GO_VERSION})"
+#   exit 1
+# fi
+
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(pwd)"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+
+OUTPUT_PATH="${NAME_OF_LIB}_python/built"
+
+if [[ "${2}" != "fast" ]]; then
+  echo "installing python deps..."
+  pip install --upgrade -r requirements-dev.txt
+  echo ""
+
+  echo "installing goimports..."
+  go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
+  echo ""
+
+  echo "installing gopy..."
+  go get github.com/go-python/gopy@v0.3.4
+  echo ""
+fi
+
+echo "cleaning up output folder..."
+rm -frv "${OUTPUT_PATH:?}/*" || true
+mkdir -p "${OUTPUT_PATH}" || true
+touch "${OUTPUT_PATH}/__init__.py" || true
+echo ""
+
+echo "building ${NAME_OF_LIB}-python..."
+export PATH=${PATH}:~/go/bin/
+export CFLAGS
+export C_INCLUDE_PATH
+gopy build -output="${OUTPUT_PATH}" -symbols=true -vm="$(command -v python)" "./${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go"
+echo ""
+
+echo "hacking in some sed fixes..."
+sed -i'.bak' "s/import _${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go/from ${NAME_OF_LIB}_python.built import _${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go/g" "${NAME_OF_LIB}_python/built/${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go.py"
+sed -i'.bak' "s/import go/from ${NAME_OF_LIB}_python.built import go/g" "${NAME_OF_LIB}_python/built/${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go.py"
+sed -i'.bak' "s/import _${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go/from ${NAME_OF_LIB}_python.built import _${NAME_OF_LIB}_python_go/g" "${NAME_OF_LIB}_python/built/go.py"
+echo ""
diff --git a/.common/go-binding-utils/native_test.sh b/.common/go-binding-utils/native_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..57dc6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.common/go-binding-utils/native_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ "${VIRTUAL_ENV}" == "" ]]; then
+  echo "error: a virtualenv must be activated"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export TEST_COMMUNITY
+export TEST_DATABASE
+export TEST_HOSTNAME
+export TEST_PASSWORD
+export TEST_PORT
+export TEST_RETRIES
+export TEST_TIMEOUT
+export TEST_USERNAME
+
+FOCUS="test/smoke_test.py"
+if [[ "${1}" != "" ]]; then
+  FOCUS="${*}"
+fi
+
+GODEBUG=cgocheck=0 python -m pytest --junit-xml "/srv/test_results/junit_results.xml" -vv -s "${FOCUS}"
diff --git a/.common/go-binding-utils/python-config b/.common/go-binding-utils/python-config
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..60b25f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.common/go-binding-utils/python-config
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.1_6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3.9
+# -*- python -*-
+
+# Keep this script in sync with python-config.sh.in
+
+import getopt
+import os
+import sys
+import sysconfig
+
+valid_opts = ['prefix', 'exec-prefix', 'includes', 'libs', 'cflags',
+              'ldflags', 'extension-suffix', 'help', 'abiflags', 'configdir',
+              'embed']
+
+def exit_with_usage(code=1):
+    print("Usage: {0} [{1}]".format(
+        sys.argv[0], '|'.join('--'+opt for opt in valid_opts)), file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(code)
+
+try:
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '', valid_opts)
+except getopt.error:
+    exit_with_usage()
+
+if not opts:
+    exit_with_usage()
+
+getvar = sysconfig.get_config_var
+pyver = getvar('VERSION')
+
+opt_flags = [flag for (flag, val) in opts]
+
+if '--help' in opt_flags:
+    exit_with_usage(code=0)
+
+for opt in opt_flags:
+    if opt == '--prefix':
+        print(getvar('prefix'))
+
+    elif opt == '--exec-prefix':
+        print(getvar('exec_prefix'))
+
+    elif opt in ('--includes', '--cflags'):
+        flags = ['-I' + sysconfig.get_path('include'),
+                 '-I' + sysconfig.get_path('platinclude')]
+        if opt == '--cflags':
+            flags.extend(getvar('CFLAGS').split())
+        print(' '.join(flags))
+
+    elif opt in ('--libs', '--ldflags'):
+        libs = []
+        if '--embed' in opt_flags:
+            libs.append('-lpython' + pyver + sys.abiflags)
+        else:
+            libpython = getvar('LIBPYTHON')
+            if libpython:
+                libs.append(libpython)
+        libs.extend(getvar('LIBS').split() + getvar('SYSLIBS').split())
+
+        # add the prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/config dir, but only if there is no
+        # shared library in prefix/lib/.
+        if opt == '--ldflags':
+            if not getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
+                libs.insert(0, '-L' + getvar('LIBPL'))
+        print(' '.join(libs))
+
+    elif opt == '--extension-suffix':
+        print(getvar('EXT_SUFFIX'))
+
+    elif opt == '--abiflags':
+        print(sys.abiflags)
+
+    elif opt == '--configdir':
+        print(getvar('LIBPL'))
diff --git a/.common/go-binding-utils/python2.pc b/.common/go-binding-utils/python2.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7fb74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.common/go-binding-utils/python2.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Python
+Description: Python library
+Requires:
+Version: 2.7
+Libs.private: -ldl  -framework CoreFoundation
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpython2.7
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/python2.7
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e576dd..4445b6a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.iml
 .git
 .idea
+go*_python/built
+go*_python/py2
diff --git a/fix_venv.sh b/fix_venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd7241c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+.common/go-binding-utils/fix_venv.sh
diff --git a/native_build.sh b/native_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..21f296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+pushd "${DIR}"
+
+if [[ -f "/tmp/native_build.sh" ]]; then
+  /tmp/native_build.sh gomssql "${1}"
+elif which native_build.sh; then
+  native_build.sh gomssql "${1}"
+else
+  .common/go-binding-utils/native_build.sh gomssql "${1}"
+fi
diff --git a/python2.pc b/python2.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7fb74b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python2.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: Python
+Description: Python library
+Requires:
+Version: 2.7
+Libs.private: -ldl  -framework CoreFoundation
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lpython2.7
+Cflags: -I${includedir}/python2.7
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ba11bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r requirements.txt
+
+PyBindGen==0.21.0
+pytest==4.6.11