diff --git a/parser/gotest/report_builder.go b/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
index 5d6b25b..5369d8b 100644
--- a/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
+++ b/parser/gotest/report_builder.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (b *reportBuilder) CreatePackage(packageName, newPackageName, result string
 	// First check if this package contained a build error. If that's the case,
 	// we won't find any tests in this package.
 	for id, buildErr := range b.buildErrors {
-		if buildErr.Name == newPackageName {
+		if buildErr.Name == newPackageName || strings.TrimSuffix(buildErr.Name, "_test") == newPackageName {
 			pkg.BuildError = buildErr
 			pkg.BuildError.ID = id
 			pkg.BuildError.Duration = duration
diff --git a/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go b/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
index e4f2661..bd24bf5 100644
--- a/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
+++ b/parser/gotest/report_builder_test.go
@@ -392,6 +392,26 @@ func TestReportSpecialCases(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"build error in package with _test suffix",
+			[]Event{
+				{Type: "build_output", Name: "package/name_test"},
+				{Type: "summary", Name: "package/name", Result: "FAIL", Data: "[build failed]"},
+			},
+			gtr.Report{
+				Packages: []gtr.Package{
+					{
+						Name:      "package/name",
+						Timestamp: testTimestamp,
+						BuildError: gtr.Error{
+							ID:    1,
+							Name:  "package/name_test",
+							Cause: "[build failed]",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/testdata/038-report.xml b/testdata/038-report.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb773a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/038-report.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<testsuites tests="1" errors="1">
+	<testsuite name="package/testpkg/pkg" tests="1" failures="0" errors="1" id="0" hostname="hostname" time="0.000" timestamp="2022-01-01T00:00:00Z">
+		<properties>
+			<property name="go.version" value="1.0"></property>
+		</properties>
+		<testcase name="[build failed]" classname="package/testpkg/pkg_test" time="0.000">
+			<error message="Build error"><![CDATA[pkg/pkg_test.go:5:2: imported and not used: "fmt"]]></error>
+		</testcase>
+	</testsuite>
+</testsuites>
diff --git a/testdata/038-test-pkg-name.txt b/testdata/038-test-pkg-name.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2763c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/038-test-pkg-name.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# package/testpkg/pkg_test [package/testpkg/pkg.test]
+pkg/pkg_test.go:5:2: imported and not used: "fmt"
+FAIL	package/testpkg/pkg [build failed]
+FAIL