diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build.go
index 4dbf22d2..746aa839 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type BuildResult struct {
 func (m *Module) buildTool() StepTool {
 	return StepTool{
 		Name: "build_go_build",
-		Description: "Build one Go bundle artifact of a module of a fetched workspace with the build agent's recipe, by the " +
+		Description: "Build one Go bundle or archive artifact of a module of a fetched workspace with the build agent's recipe, by the " +
 			"installed Go and no network, and pack it. Answers a step id at once; the step ends on its key with the " +
 			"artifact's digest, size and the archive's path.",
 		Input: map[string]any{
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ func (m *Module) build(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	if art == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the module %s has no artifact %q (it has %s)", manifest.Module, name, strings.Join(names, ", "))
 	}
+	if art.Kind == "archive" {
+		return m.buildArchive(ctx, workspace, module, dir, *art)
+	}
 	if art.Kind != "bundle" || art.Language != "go" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the artifact %s of %s is a %s of language %q: this module builds Go bundles", name, manifest.Module, art.Kind, art.Language)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the artifact %s of %s is a %s of language %q: this module builds Go bundles and archives", name, manifest.Module, art.Kind, art.Language)
 	}
 	if strings.TrimSpace(art.From) == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("the artifact %s of %s says nothing it is built from", name, manifest.Module)
@@ -130,19 +133,30 @@ func (m *Module) build(ctx context.Context, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	if r := m.Run(ctx, m.buildEnv(dir), "go", cmd...); r.Status != 0 || r.Err != "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("go build of %s: %s", art.Name, causeLine(r.Err+"\n"+r.Stderr+"\n"+r.Stdout))
 	}
-	archive, digest, err := buildstep.Pack(out)
+	res, err := m.packInto(workspace, module, art.Name, out)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("packing %s: %w", art.Name, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	res.Binary = binary
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// packInto packs a directory with mesh-sdk's Pack, as the build agent packs every artifact, and leaves the archive in
+// the workspace's artifacts directory.
+func (m *Module) packInto(workspace, module, artifact, root string) (BuildResult, error) {
+	archive, digest, err := buildstep.Pack(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return BuildResult{}, fmt.Errorf("packing %s: %w", artifact, err)
 	}
 	artifacts := filepath.Join(m.Work, workspace, "artifacts")
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(artifacts, 0o700); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return BuildResult{}, err
 	}
-	path := filepath.Join(artifacts, strings.ReplaceAll(module, "/", "_")+"."+art.Name+".tar.gz")
+	path := filepath.Join(artifacts, strings.ReplaceAll(module, "/", "_")+"."+artifact+".tar.gz")
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, archive, 0o600); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return BuildResult{}, err
 	}
-	return BuildResult{Artifact: art.Name, Binary: binary, Digest: digest, Size: len(archive), Path: path}, nil
+	return BuildResult{Artifact: artifact, Digest: digest, Size: len(archive), Path: path}, nil
 }
 
 // buildEnv is the environment of the compile: the build agent's (CGO_ENABLED=0, GOFLAGS) with the installed go
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build_test.go
index 181f7d87..fa369bb7 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/build_test.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func TestTheArchiveHoldsOneExecutableAndTwoBuildsAreOneDigest(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAnArtifactOfAnotherLanguageFailsTheStepNamingIt(t *testing.T) {
 	for artifact, want := range map[string]string{
 		`{"name":"tools","kind":"bundle","language":"typescript","entrypoints":["index.js"],"loads":["index.js"]}`: `language "typescript"`,
-		`{"name":"tools","kind":"archive","from":"files"}`:                                                         "archive",
+		`{"name":"tools","kind":"image","from":"files"}`:                                                           "image",
 	} {
 		m, states, calls := buildModule(t, manifestWith(artifact), "x")
 		_, st := runBuild(t, m, states, "tools")