diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/GoCompiler.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/GoCompiler.scala
index 4afa8dae4..7f7db3c50 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/GoCompiler.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/io/kaitai/struct/languages/GoCompiler.scala
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ class GoCompiler(typeProvider: ClassTypeProvider, config: RuntimeConfig)
     out.dec
     out.puts("}")
     universalFooter
+
+    ioAccessor()
   }
 
   override def classConstructorFooter: Unit = {}
@@ -568,6 +570,15 @@ class GoCompiler(typeProvider: ClassTypeProvider, config: RuntimeConfig)
     out.dec
     out.puts("}")
   }
+
+  def ioAccessor(): Unit = {
+    out.puts
+    out.puts(s"func (this ${types2class(typeProvider.nowClass.name)}) IO_() *$kstreamName {")
+    out.inc
+    out.puts(s"return this._io")
+    out.dec
+    out.puts("}")
+  }
 }
 
 object GoCompiler extends LanguageCompilerStatic
@@ -631,7 +642,7 @@ object GoCompiler extends LanguageCompilerStatic
 
       case AnyType => "interface{}"
       case KaitaiStructType | CalcKaitaiStructType(_) => kstructName
-      case KaitaiStreamType | OwnedKaitaiStreamType => "*" + kstreamName
+      case KaitaiStreamType | OwnedKaitaiStreamType => s"*$kstreamName"
 
       case t: UserType => "*" + types2class(t.classSpec match {
         case Some(cs) => cs.name
@@ -657,7 +668,7 @@ object GoCompiler extends LanguageCompilerStatic
     types2class(typeName) + "__" + type2class(enumName)
 
   override def kstreamName: String = "kaitai.Stream"
-  override def kstructName: String = "interface{}"
+  override def kstructName: String = "kaitai.Struct"
   override def ksErrorName(err: KSError): String = err match {
     case ConversionError => "strconv.NumError"
     case _ => s"kaitai.${err.name}"