diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8354953c3870127d4699b4c394d0e0c085e64630..4cfe98c2424d60b3a50d870dc0da5df2ee9243ba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,17 +6,27 @@ language: go
 go:
   - 1.11.x
 
+env:
+  global:
+    - GOTFLAGS="-race"
+  matrix:
+    - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gx
+    - BUILD_DEPTYPE=gomod
+
+
+# disable travis install
 install:
-  - make deps
+  - true
 
 script:
   - bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/ci-helpers/master/travis-ci/run-standard-tests.sh)
 
+
 cache:
   directories:
     - $GOPATH/src/gx
+    - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
+    - $HOME/.cache/go-build
 
 notifications:
   email: false
-
-env: GOTFLAGS="-race"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e3c78e9cee77d63a4435dbdb60c87388aae6f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool