diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ea39fb1..74e6dae4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0 h1:HsD+QiTn7sK6flMKIvNmpqz1qrpP3Ps6jOKIKMooyg4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XNkn88O1ChpSDQmQeStsy+sBenx6DDtFZJxhVysOjyk=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20200122045848-3419fae592fc h1:yUaosFVTJwnltaHbSNC3i82I92quFs+OFPRl8kNMVwo=
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d629651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// +build tools
+
+package terminal
+
+import (
+	// This is a workaround to make sure go mod keeps around the 
+	// dependencies in the go.sum file that we only use during compilation
+	// of the CLI binaries that are delivered together with LiT.
+	_ "github.com/lightninglabs/faraday/cmd/frcli"
+	_ "github.com/lightninglabs/loop/cmd/loop"
+	_ "github.com/lightninglabs/pool/cmd/pool"
+	_ "github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/cmd/lncli"
+)