diff --git a/specs-go/go.mod b/specs-go/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4413134bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs-go/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go
+
+go 1.15
+
+require github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
diff --git a/specs-go/go.sum b/specs-go/go.sum
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index 000000000..30f45e97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs-go/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
+github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=