diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4e73a39..bf7dc2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Next Release (2024-02-29)
+-------------------------
+
+- Add support to get PackageURL from ``go_package`` or 
+  go module "name version" string as seen in a go.mod file.
+
+
 0.14.0 (2024-02-29)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 54949ae..487a689 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ known_django = django
 sections = FUTURE,STDLIB,DJANGO,THIRDPARTY,FIRSTPARTY,LOCALFOLDER
 
 [mypy]
-python_version = 3.7
+python_version = 3.8
 
 files = src/packageurl/__init__.py
 show_error_codes = True
diff --git a/src/packageurl/utils.py b/src/packageurl/utils.py
index c8a528f..46e3022 100644
--- a/src/packageurl/utils.py
+++ b/src/packageurl/utils.py
@@ -30,12 +30,24 @@
 def get_golang_purl(go_package: str):
     """
     Return a PackageURL object given an imported ``go_package``
+    or go module "name version" string as seen in a go.mod file.
+    >>> get_golang_purl(go_package="github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1")
+    PackageURL(type='golang', namespace='github.com/gorilla', name='mux', version='v1.8.1', qualifiers={}, subpath=None)
     """
     if not go_package:
         return
+    version = None
+    # Go package in *.mod files is represented like this
+    # package version
+    # github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
+    # https://github.com/moby/moby/blob/6c10086976d07d4746e03dcfd188972a2f07e1c9/vendor.mod#L51
+    if "@" in go_package:
+        raise Exception(f"{go_package} should not contain ``@``")
+    if " " in go_package:
+        go_package, _, version = go_package.rpartition(" ")
     parts = go_package.split("/")
     if not parts:
         return
     name = parts[-1]
     namespace = "/".join(parts[:-1])
-    return PackageURL(type="golang", namespace=namespace, name=name)
+    return PackageURL(type="golang", namespace=namespace, name=name, version=version)
diff --git a/tests/contrib/test_utils.py b/tests/contrib/test_utils.py
index 6f92d7f..23a01b0 100644
--- a/tests/contrib/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/contrib/test_utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 # Visit https://github.com/package-url/packageurl-python for support and
 # download.
 
+import pytest
+
 from packageurl.contrib.django.utils import purl_to_lookups
 from packageurl.utils import get_golang_purl
 
@@ -66,3 +68,9 @@ def test_get_golang_purl():
     )
     assert golang_purl_1.name == "v3"
     assert golang_purl_1.namespace == "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/config/listener"
+    golang_purl_2 = get_golang_purl(
+        go_package="github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0"
+    )
+    assert "pkg:golang/github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware@v1.3.0" == str(golang_purl_2)
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        get_golang_purl("github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/config/listener@v3.1")