diff --git a/hack/verify-spelling.sh b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
index 3064f38ebb9..9084eb251f2 100755
--- a/hack/verify-spelling.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-spelling.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 export KUBE_ROOT
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
 
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
 # Ensure that we find the binaries we build before anything else.
 export GOBIN="${KUBE_OUTPUT_BIN}"
 PATH="${GOBIN}:${PATH}"