diff --git a/go/pointer/go.mod b/go/pointer/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2d9be9262c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/pointer/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module golang.org/x/tools/go/pointer
+
+go 1.18 // tagx:compat 1.16
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.9.2
+)
+
+require golang.org/x/mod v0.10.0 // indirect
+
+replace golang.org/x/tools => ../../
diff --git a/go/pointer/go.sum b/go/pointer/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d386a87bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/pointer/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+golang.org/x/mod v0.10.0 h1:lFO9qtOdlre5W1jxS3r/4szv2/6iXxScdzjoBMXNhYk=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.10.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 h1:PUR+T4wwASmuSTYdKjYHI5TD22Wy5ogLU5qZCOLxBrI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=