diff --git a/v2/doc.go b/v2/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b210211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Package car represents the CAR v2 implementation.
+// TODO add CAR v2 byte structure here.
+package car
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8eec48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/ipld/go-car/v2
+
+go 1.15