diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c6d556e..c71cef61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,3 +21,29 @@ API docs: http://godoc.org/bazil.org/fuse
 
 Our thanks to Russ Cox for his fuse library, which this project is
 based on.
+
+# Quick Start #
+
+Recipe using Go Modules (requires Go 1.12 or higher).
+
+    git clone https://github.com/bazil/fuse ;# clone outside of GOPATH
+
+Build and install 'hellofs':
+
+    cd fuse
+    go install ./examples/hellofs
+
+Mount /tmp/hello:
+
+    mkdir /tmp/hello
+    hellofs /tmp/hello
+
+Access /tmp/hello from another session:
+
+    $ ls -al /tmp/hello
+    total 0
+    -r--r--r-- 1 root root 13 Jul 31 22:21 hello
+
+    $ cat /tmp/hello/hello
+    hello, world
+
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9137978a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module bazil.org/fuse
+
+go 1.12
+
+require (
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cf938aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80 h1:Ao/3l156eZf2AW5wK8a7/smtodRU+gha3+BeqJ69lRk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a h1:1BGLXjeY4akVXGgbC9HugT3Jv3hCI0z56oJR5vAMgBU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=