diff --git a/builder/config.go b/builder/config.go
index bef366f8c8..736fa08ec2 100644
--- a/builder/config.go
+++ b/builder/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewConfig(options *compileopts.Options) (*compileopts.Config, error) {
 
 	// Version range supported by TinyGo.
 	const minorMin = 19
-	const minorMax = 25
+	const minorMax = 26
 
 	// Check that we support this Go toolchain version.
 	gorootMajor, gorootMinor, err := goenv.GetGorootVersion()
diff --git a/loader/goroot.go b/loader/goroot.go
index 00a7124d80..6a0f002413 100644
--- a/loader/goroot.go
+++ b/loader/goroot.go
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ func pathsToOverride(goMinor int, needsSyscallPackage bool) map[string]bool {
 		"internal/cm/":                false,
 		"internal/futex/":             false,
 		"internal/fuzz/":              false,
+		"internal/itoa":               false,
 		"internal/reflectlite/":       false,
 		"internal/gclayout":           false,
 		"internal/task/":              false,
diff --git a/src/internal/itoa/itoa.go b/src/internal/itoa/itoa.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4340ae0e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/itoa/itoa.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Simple conversions to avoid depending on strconv.
+
+package itoa
+
+// Itoa converts val to a decimal string.
+func Itoa(val int) string {
+	if val < 0 {
+		return "-" + Uitoa(uint(-val))
+	}
+	return Uitoa(uint(val))
+}
+
+// Uitoa converts val to a decimal string.
+func Uitoa(val uint) string {
+	if val == 0 { // avoid string allocation
+		return "0"
+	}
+	var buf [20]byte // big enough for 64bit value base 10
+	i := len(buf) - 1
+	for val >= 10 {
+		q := val / 10
+		buf[i] = byte('0' + val - q*10)
+		i--
+		val = q
+	}
+	// val < 10
+	buf[i] = byte('0' + val)
+	return string(buf[i:])
+}
+
+const hex = "0123456789abcdef"
+
+// Uitox converts val (a uint) to a hexadecimal string.
+func Uitox(val uint) string {
+	if val == 0 { // avoid string allocation
+		return "0x0"
+	}
+	var buf [20]byte // big enough for 64bit value base 16 + 0x
+	i := len(buf) - 1
+	for val >= 16 {
+		q := val / 16
+		buf[i] = hex[val%16]
+		i--
+		val = q
+	}
+	// val < 16
+	buf[i] = hex[val%16]
+	i--
+	buf[i] = 'x'
+	i--
+	buf[i] = '0'
+	return string(buf[i:])
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/itoa/itoa_test.go b/src/internal/itoa/itoa_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bed888532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/itoa/itoa_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package itoa_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"internal/itoa"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	minInt64  int64  = math.MinInt64
+	maxInt64  int64  = math.MaxInt64
+	maxUint64 uint64 = math.MaxUint64
+)
+
+func TestItoa(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []int{int(minInt64), math.MinInt32, -999, -100, -1, 0, 1, 100, 999, math.MaxInt32, int(maxInt64)}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := itoa.Itoa(tt)
+		want := fmt.Sprint(tt)
+		if want != got {
+			t.Fatalf("Itoa(%d) = %s, want %s", tt, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUitoa(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []uint{0, 1, 100, 999, math.MaxUint32, uint(maxUint64)}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := itoa.Uitoa(tt)
+		want := fmt.Sprint(tt)
+		if want != got {
+			t.Fatalf("Uitoa(%d) = %s, want %s", tt, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUitox(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []uint{0, 1, 15, 100, 999, math.MaxUint32, uint(maxUint64)}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := itoa.Uitox(tt)
+		want := fmt.Sprintf("%#x", tt)
+		if want != got {
+			t.Fatalf("Uitox(%x) = %s, want %s", tt, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}