diff --git a/go/analysis/analysistest/analysistest.go b/go/analysis/analysistest/analysistest.go
index dac75d8a6c..40b2da3190 100644
--- a/go/analysis/analysistest/analysistest.go
+++ b/go/analysis/analysistest/analysistest.go
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ func RunWithSuggestedFixes(t Testing, dir string, a *analysis.Analyzer, patterns
 // directory using golang.org/x/tools/go/packages, runs the analysis on
 // them, and checks that each analysis emits the expected diagnostics
 // and facts specified by the contents of '// want ...' comments in the
-// package's source files.
+// package's source files. It treats a comment of the form
+// "//...// want..." or "/*...// want... */" as if it starts at 'want'
 //
 // An expectation of a Diagnostic is specified by a string literal
 // containing a regular expression that must match the diagnostic
diff --git a/gopls/doc/analyzers.md b/gopls/doc/analyzers.md
index 07f846db84..f5c83d5771 100644
--- a/gopls/doc/analyzers.md
+++ b/gopls/doc/analyzers.md
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ errors is discouraged.
 
 **Enabled by default.**
 
+## **embed**
+
+check for //go:embed directive import
+
+This analyzer checks that the embed package is imported when source code contains //go:embed comment directives.
+The embed package must be imported for //go:embed directives to function.import _ "embed".
+
+**Enabled by default.**
+
 ## **errorsas**
 
 report passing non-pointer or non-error values to errors.As
diff --git a/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective.go b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c925d8ee32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package embeddirective defines an Analyzer that validates import for //go:embed directive.
+package embeddirective
+
+import (
+	"go/ast"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis"
+)
+
+const Doc = `check for //go:embed directive import
+
+This analyzer checks that the embed package is imported when source code contains //go:embed comment directives.
+The embed package must be imported for //go:embed directives to function.import _ "embed".`
+
+var Analyzer = &analysis.Analyzer{
+	Name:             "embed",
+	Doc:              Doc,
+	Requires:         []*analysis.Analyzer{},
+	Run:              run,
+	RunDespiteErrors: true,
+}
+
+func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
+	for _, f := range pass.Files {
+		com := hasEmbedDirectiveComment(f)
+		if com != nil {
+			assertEmbedImport(pass, com, f)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// Check if comment contains //go:embed directive.
+func hasEmbedDirectiveComment(f *ast.File) *ast.Comment {
+	for _, cg := range f.Comments {
+		for _, c := range cg.List {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(c.Text, "//go:embed ") {
+				return c
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Verifies that "embed" import exists for //go:embed directive.
+func assertEmbedImport(pass *analysis.Pass, com *ast.Comment, f *ast.File) {
+	for _, imp := range f.Imports {
+		if "\"embed\"" == imp.Path.Value {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	pass.Report(analysis.Diagnostic{Pos: com.Pos(), End: com.Pos() + 10, Message: "The \"embed\" package must be imported when using go:embed directives."})
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective_test.go b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1165c0bf6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/embeddirective_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package embeddirective
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/analysistest"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/typeparams"
+)
+
+func Test(t *testing.T) {
+	testdata := analysistest.TestData()
+	tests := []string{"a"}
+	if typeparams.Enabled {
+		tests = append(tests)
+	}
+
+	analysistest.RunWithSuggestedFixes(t, testdata, Analyzer, tests...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/a.go b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4203f6ce24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package a
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//go:embed embedText // want "The \"embed\" package must be imported when using go:embed directives"
+var s string
+
+// This is main function
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(s)
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/b.go b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8c701e663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package a
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//go:embed embedText // ok
+var s string
+
+// This is main function
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(s)
+}
diff --git a/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/embedText b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/embedText
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e1c309dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective/testdata/src/a/embedText
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello World
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/api_json.go b/internal/lsp/source/api_json.go
index 14140bb630..c2c1f82426 100755
--- a/internal/lsp/source/api_json.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/api_json.go
@@ -268,6 +268,11 @@ var GeneratedAPIJSON = &APIJSON{
 							Doc:     "check for calls of reflect.DeepEqual on error values\n\nThe deepequalerrors checker looks for calls of the form:\n\n    reflect.DeepEqual(err1, err2)\n\nwhere err1 and err2 are errors. Using reflect.DeepEqual to compare\nerrors is discouraged.",
 							Default: "true",
 						},
+						{
+							Name:    "\"embed\"",
+							Doc:     "check for //go:embed directive import\n\nThis analyzer checks that the embed package is imported when source code contains //go:embed comment directives.\nThe embed package must be imported for //go:embed directives to function.import _ \"embed\".",
+							Default: "true",
+						},
 						{
 							Name:    "\"errorsas\"",
 							Doc:     "report passing non-pointer or non-error values to errors.As\n\nThe errorsas analysis reports calls to errors.As where the type\nof the second argument is not a pointer to a type implementing error.",
@@ -804,6 +809,11 @@ var GeneratedAPIJSON = &APIJSON{
 			Doc:     "check for calls of reflect.DeepEqual on error values\n\nThe deepequalerrors checker looks for calls of the form:\n\n    reflect.DeepEqual(err1, err2)\n\nwhere err1 and err2 are errors. Using reflect.DeepEqual to compare\nerrors is discouraged.",
 			Default: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:    "embed",
+			Doc:     "check for //go:embed directive import\n\nThis analyzer checks that the embed package is imported when source code contains //go:embed comment directives.\nThe embed package must be imported for //go:embed directives to function.import _ \"embed\".",
+			Default: true,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:    "errorsas",
 			Doc:     "report passing non-pointer or non-error values to errors.As\n\nThe errorsas analysis reports calls to errors.As where the type\nof the second argument is not a pointer to a type implementing error.",
diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/options.go b/internal/lsp/source/options.go
index 123bbe120c..de82cb2fe7 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/source/options.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/options.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/unusedresult"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/unusedwrite"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/packages"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/analysis/embeddirective"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/analysis/fillreturns"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/analysis/fillstruct"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/internal/lsp/analysis/infertypeargs"
@@ -1308,6 +1309,7 @@ func defaultAnalyzers() map[string]*Analyzer {
 		unusedwrite.Analyzer.Name:      {Analyzer: unusedwrite.Analyzer, Enabled: false},
 		useany.Analyzer.Name:           {Analyzer: useany.Analyzer, Enabled: false},
 		infertypeargs.Analyzer.Name:    {Analyzer: infertypeargs.Analyzer, Enabled: true},
+		embeddirective.Analyzer.Name:   {Analyzer: embeddirective.Analyzer, Enabled: true},
 
 		// gofmt -s suite:
 		simplifycompositelit.Analyzer.Name: {