diff --git a/deps/deps.go b/deps/deps.go
index 1852be8b4..a244663db 100644
--- a/deps/deps.go
+++ b/deps/deps.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build deps
+
 // Package deps depends on go modules in order to work around the fact that
 // `go mod` subcommands will end up removing dependencies from the vendor directory
 // if they are not referenced in any packages.