diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4acfb76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+name: Go CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - glide-core/**
+      - submodules/**
+      - go/**
+      - .github/workflows/go.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - glide-core/**
+      - submodules/**
+      - go/**
+      - .github/workflows/go.yml
+
+# Run only the latest job on a branch and cancel previous ones
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test-go-client:
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+    strategy:
+      # Run all jobs
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        go:
+          - '1.18'
+          - '1.21'
+        redis:
+          - 6.2.14
+          - 7.2.3
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+          - macos-latest
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '^1.13.1'
+
+      - name: Install shared software dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-shared-dependencies
+        with:
+          os: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          target: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' || 'x86_64-apple-darwin' }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install redis
+        # TODO: make this step macos compatible: https://github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/issues/781
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/install-redis
+        with:
+          redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis }}
+
+      - name: Build glide-core
+        working-directory: ./glide-core
+        run: cargo build --release
+
+      - name: Build glide
+        working-directory: ./go/glide
+        run: cargo build --release
+
+      - name: Generate the Go protobuf files
+        run: |
+            go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest
+            mkdir go/glide/protobuf
+            protoc --proto_path=glide-core/src/protobuf \
+              --go_opt=Mconnection_request.proto=github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/go/glide/protobuf \
+              --go_opt=Mredis_request.proto=github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/go/glide/protobuf \
+              --go_opt=Mresponse.proto=github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/go/glide/protobuf \
+              --go_out=go/glide/protobuf \
+              --go_opt=paths=source_relative \
+              glide-core/src/protobuf/*.proto
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fdc9d2b163..a0d5b9bc4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ utils/tls_crts/
 
 # java compiled files.
 *.class
+
+# Go compilation files
+go/**/lib.h
+*.pb.go
diff --git a/go/glide/.cargo/config.toml b/go/glide/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f510628c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[env]
+GLIDE_NAME = { value = "GlideGo", force = true }
+GLIDE_VERSION = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/go/glide/Cargo.toml b/go/glide/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c8564d9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[package]
+name = "glide-rs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+authors = ["Amazon Web Services"]
+
+build = "build.rs"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cbindgen = "0.20"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+redis = { path = "../../submodules/redis-rs/redis", features = ["aio", "tokio-comp", "tls", "tokio-native-tls-comp", "tls-rustls-insecure"] }
+glide-core = { path = "../../glide-core" }
+tokio = { version = "^1", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
+num-derive = "0.4.0"
+num-traits = "0.2.15"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
+protobuf = { version = "3.3.0", features = [] }
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+debug = true
diff --git a/go/glide/build.rs b/go/glide/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37de0f5120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright GLIDE-for-Redis Project Contributors - SPDX Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+use std::env;
+
+fn main() {
+    let crate_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+
+    cbindgen::Builder::new()
+        .with_crate(crate_dir)
+        .with_language(cbindgen::Language::C)
+        .generate()
+        .expect("Unable to generate bindings")
+        .write_to_file("lib.h");
+}
diff --git a/go/glide/glide.go b/go/glide/glide.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f12fc6096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/glide.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package glide
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Hello world!")
+}
diff --git a/go/glide/go.mod b/go/glide/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11b9cb0b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module github.com/aws/glide-for-redis/go/glide
diff --git a/go/glide/src/lib.rs b/go/glide/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0847900a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/glide/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello World!");
+}
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