diff --git a/test/bench/go1/go.mod b/test/bench/go1/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41f75c4031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bench/go1/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module test/bench/go1
+
+go 1.12