diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index 7841cd656..f211fa8d3 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"go/constant"
 	"go/token"
 	"go/types"
+	"log"
 	"math/bits"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -693,6 +694,7 @@ func (c *compilerContext) getDIFile(filename string) llvm.Metadata {
 // createPackage builds the LLVM IR for all types, methods, and global variables
 // in the given package.
 func (c *compilerContext) createPackage(irbuilder llvm.Builder, pkg *ssa.Package) {
+	println("called create package:", pkg.Pkg.Name())
 	// Sort by position, so that the order of the functions in the IR matches
 	// the order of functions in the source file. This is useful for testing,
 	// for example.
@@ -758,6 +760,13 @@ func (c *compilerContext) createPackage(irbuilder llvm.Builder, pkg *ssa.Package
 		case *ssa.Global:
 			// Global variable.
 			info := c.getGlobalInfo(member)
+			if strings.TrimSpace(info.embeds) != "" {
+				embeds, err := parseGoEmbed(info.embeds)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf("file embed found at %v: %v\n", info.linkName, embeds)
+			}
 			global := c.getGlobal(member)
 			if !info.extern {
 				global.SetInitializer(llvm.ConstNull(global.Type().ElementType()))
@@ -766,6 +775,7 @@ func (c *compilerContext) createPackage(irbuilder llvm.Builder, pkg *ssa.Package
 					global.SetSection(info.section)
 				}
 			}
+
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/compiler/embed.go b/compiler/embed.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2915af5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/embed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package compiler
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// parseGoEmbed parses the text following "//go:embed" to extract the glob patterns.
+// It accepts unquoted space-separated patterns as well as double-quoted and back-quoted Go strings.
+// Copied from https://github.com/golang/go/blob/219fe9d547d09d3de1b024c6c8b8314dd0bf12e4/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/noder.go#L1717-L1776
+func parseGoEmbed(args string) ([]string, error) {
+	var list []string
+	for args = strings.TrimSpace(args); args != ""; args = strings.TrimSpace(args) {
+		var path string
+	Switch:
+		switch args[0] {
+		default:
+			i := len(args)
+			for j, c := range args {
+				if unicode.IsSpace(c) {
+					i = j
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			path = args[:i]
+			args = args[i:]
+
+		case '`':
+			i := strings.Index(args[1:], "`")
+			if i < 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid quoted string in //go:embed: %s", args)
+			}
+			path = args[1 : 1+i]
+			args = args[1+i+1:]
+
+		case '"':
+			i := 1
+			for ; i < len(args); i++ {
+				if args[i] == '\\' {
+					i++
+					continue
+				}
+				if args[i] == '"' {
+					q, err := strconv.Unquote(args[:i+1])
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid quoted string in //go:embed: %s", args[:i+1])
+					}
+					path = q
+					args = args[i+1:]
+					break Switch
+				}
+			}
+			if i >= len(args) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid quoted string in //go:embed: %s", args)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if args != "" {
+			r, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(args)
+			if !unicode.IsSpace(r) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid quoted string in //go:embed: %s", args)
+			}
+		}
+		list = append(list, path)
+	}
+	return list, nil
+}
diff --git a/compiler/symbol.go b/compiler/symbol.go
index 49ccfa20d..efffd45b2 100644
--- a/compiler/symbol.go
+++ b/compiler/symbol.go
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ type globalInfo struct {
 	extern   bool   // go:extern
 	align    int    // go:align
 	section  string // go:section
+	embeds   string // go:embed
 }
 
 // loadASTComments loads comments on globals from the AST, for use later in the
@@ -448,6 +449,9 @@ func (info *globalInfo) parsePragmas(doc *ast.CommentGroup) {
 			if len(parts) == 2 {
 				info.section = parts[1]
 			}
+		case "//go:embed":
+			raw := strings.TrimPrefix(comment.Text, "//go:embed")
+			info.embeds += " " + raw
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4820d7747..f8f1e2668 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20150311145944-8bd4349a67f2
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/embed.go b/src/examples/embed/embed.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..453bb46ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/embed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"log"
+)
+
+//go:embed file1.txt file2.txt
+//go:embed file3.txt
+var files embed.FS
+
+func main() {
+	println(msg)
+	contents, err := files.ReadDir(".")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, c := range contents {
+		println("file:", c.Name())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/file1.txt b/src/examples/embed/file1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c8db5df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/file1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+file 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/file2.txt b/src/examples/embed/file2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd4128ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/file2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+file 2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/file3.txt b/src/examples/embed/file3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe1b1a429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/file3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+file 3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/message.txt b/src/examples/embed/message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc7774a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello world!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/examples/embed/test.go b/src/examples/embed/test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3093dd794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/embed/test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package main
+
+import _ "embed"
+
+//go:embed message.txt
+var msg string