diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/Dockerfile b/pkg/kmsg/Dockerfile
index 2ed180641..f1154a010 100644
--- a/pkg/kmsg/Dockerfile
+++ b/pkg/kmsg/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM linuxkit/alpine:33063834cf72d563cd8703467836aaa2f2b5a300 AS mirror
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache go musl-dev linux-headers
-ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin GO111MODULE=off
+ENV GOPATH=/go PATH=$PATH:/go/bin
 # Hack to work around an issue with go on arm64 requiring gcc
 RUN [ $(uname -m) = aarch64 ] && apk add --no-cache gcc || true
 
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/go.mod b/pkg/kmsg/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca25c83b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kmsg/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/pkg/kmsg
+
+go 1.15
+
+require (
+	github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/go.sum b/pkg/kmsg/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f05accc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kmsg/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible h1:cHD53+PLQuuQyLZeriD1V/esuG4MuU0Pjs5y6iknohY=
+github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:MhmAMZ8V4CYH4ybgdRwPr2TU5ThnS43puaKEMpja1uw=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/vendor.conf b/pkg/kmsg/vendor.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d2f13b46..000000000
--- a/pkg/kmsg/vendor.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser 5ba4d492e455a77d25dcf0d2c4acc9f2afebef4e
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/vendor/github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser/README.md b/pkg/kmsg/vendor/github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 4907f00b2..000000000
--- a/pkg/kmsg/vendor/github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# go-kmsg-parser
-
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/euank/go-kmsg-parser.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/euank/go-kmsg-parser)
-
-This repository contains a library to allow parsing the `/dev/kmsg` device in
-Linux. This device provides a read-write interface to the Linux Kernel's ring
-buffer.
-
-In addition to the library, a simple cli-tool that functions similarly to
-`dmesg --ctime --follow` is included. This code serves both as a usage example
-and as a simple way to verify it works how you'd expect on a given system.
-
-# Contributions
-
-Welcome
-
-# License
-
-Apache 2.0
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/vendor/modules.txt b/pkg/kmsg/vendor/modules.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75cdf79f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kmsg/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible
+## explicit
+github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser/kmsgparser
+# github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+## explicit