diff --git a/client/android/gomobile.go b/client/android/gomobile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..533f0c7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/android/gomobile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package android
+
+import _ "golang.org/x/mobile/bind"
+
+// to keep our CI/CD that checks go.mod and go.sum files happy, we need to import the package above
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39fc6dd38..0f80479c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.33.0
 	goauthentik.io/api/v3 v3.2023051.3
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220518171630-0b5c67f07fdf
+	golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190719004257-d2bd2a29d028
 	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9c719d57c..0845147e3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200130185559-910be7a94367/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPI
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20200302205851-738671d3881b/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616/go.mod h1:3xt1FjdF8hUf6vQPIChWIBhFzV8gjjsPE/fR3IyQdNY=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190312151609-d3739f865fa6/go.mod h1:z+o9i4GpDbdi3rU15maQ/Ox0txvL9dWGYEHz965HBQE=
+golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190719004257-d2bd2a29d028 h1:4+4C/Iv2U4fMZBiMCc98MG1In4gJY5YRhtpDNeDeHWs=
 golang.org/x/mobile v0.0.0-20190719004257-d2bd2a29d028/go.mod h1:E/iHnbuqvinMTCcRqshq8CkpyQDoeVncDDYHnLhea+o=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.0.0-20190513183733-4bf6d317e70e/go.mod h1:mXi4GBBbnImb6dmsKGUJ2LatrhH/nqhxcFungHvyanc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.1.0/go.mod h1:0QHyrYULN0/3qlju5TqG8bIK38QM8yzMo5ekMj3DlcY=