diff --git a/go/internal/packagesdriver/sizes.go b/go/internal/packagesdriver/sizes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebde896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/internal/packagesdriver/sizes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package packagesdriver
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/types"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var debug = false
+
+// GetSizes returns the sizes used by the underlying driver with the given parameters.
+func GetSizes(ctx context.Context, buildFlags, env []string, dir string, usesExportData bool) (types.Sizes, error) {
+	// TODO(matloob): Clean this up. This code is mostly a copy of packages.findExternalDriver.
+	const toolPrefix = "GOPACKAGESDRIVER="
+	tool := ""
+	for _, env := range env {
+		if val := strings.TrimPrefix(env, toolPrefix); val != env {
+			tool = val
+		}
+	}
+	if tool != "" && tool == "off" {
+		return GetSizesGolist(ctx, buildFlags, env, dir, usesExportData)
+	}
+
+	if tool == "" {
+		var err error
+		tool, err = exec.LookPath("gopackagesdriver")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	req, err := json.Marshal(struct {
+		Command    string   `json:"command"`
+		Env        []string `json:"env"`
+		BuildFlags []string `json:"build_flags"`
+	}{
+		Command:    "sizes",
+		Env:        env,
+		BuildFlags: buildFlags,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to encode message to driver tool: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, tool)
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	cmd.Env = env
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(req)
+	cmd.Stdout = buf
+	cmd.Stderr = new(bytes.Buffer)
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v: %s", tool, err, cmd.Stderr)
+	}
+	var response struct {
+		// Sizes, if not nil, is the types.Sizes to use when type checking.
+		Sizes *types.StdSizes
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &response); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return response.Sizes, nil
+}
+
+func GetSizesGolist(ctx context.Context, buildFlags, env []string, dir string, usesExportData bool) (types.Sizes, error) {
+	args := []string{"list", "-f", "{{context.GOARCH}} {{context.Compiler}}"}
+	args = append(args, buildFlags...)
+	args = append(args, "--", "unsafe")
+	stdout, err := InvokeGo(ctx, env, dir, usesExportData, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	fields := strings.Fields(stdout.String())
+	goarch := fields[0]
+	compiler := fields[1]
+	return types.SizesFor(compiler, goarch), nil
+}
+
+// InvokeGo returns the stdout of a go command invocation.
+func InvokeGo(ctx context.Context, env []string, dir string, usesExportData bool, args ...string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
+	if debug {
+		defer func(start time.Time) { log.Printf("%s for %v", time.Since(start), cmdDebugStr(env, args...)) }(time.Now())
+	}
+	stdout := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	stderr := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "go", args...)
+	// On darwin the cwd gets resolved to the real path, which breaks anything that
+	// expects the working directory to keep the original path, including the
+	// go command when dealing with modules.
+	// The Go stdlib has a special feature where if the cwd and the PWD are the
+	// same node then it trusts the PWD, so by setting it in the env for the child
+	// process we fix up all the paths returned by the go command.
+	cmd.Env = append(append([]string{}, env...), "PWD="+dir)
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	cmd.Stdout = stdout
+	cmd.Stderr = stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		exitErr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError)
+		if !ok {
+			// Catastrophic error:
+			// - executable not found
+			// - context cancellation
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't exec 'go %v': %s %T", args, err, err)
+		}
+
+		// Export mode entails a build.
+		// If that build fails, errors appear on stderr
+		// (despite the -e flag) and the Export field is blank.
+		// Do not fail in that case.
+		if !usesExportData {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("go %v: %s: %s", args, exitErr, stderr)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// As of writing, go list -export prints some non-fatal compilation
+	// errors to stderr, even with -e set. We would prefer that it put
+	// them in the Package.Error JSON (see https://golang.org/issue/26319).
+	// In the meantime, there's nowhere good to put them, but they can
+	// be useful for debugging. Print them if $GOPACKAGESPRINTGOLISTERRORS
+	// is set.
+	if len(stderr.Bytes()) != 0 && os.Getenv("GOPACKAGESPRINTGOLISTERRORS") != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s stderr: <<%s>>\n", cmdDebugStr(env, args...), stderr)
+	}
+
+	// debugging
+	if false {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s stdout: <<%s>>\n", cmdDebugStr(env, args...), stdout)
+	}
+
+	return stdout, nil
+}
+
+func cmdDebugStr(envlist []string, args ...string) string {
+	env := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, kv := range envlist {
+		split := strings.Split(kv, "=")
+		k, v := split[0], split[1]
+		env[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("GOROOT=%v GOPATH=%v GO111MODULE=%v PWD=%v go %v", env["GOROOT"], env["GOPATH"], env["GO111MODULE"], env["PWD"], args)
+}
diff --git a/go/packages/external.go b/go/packages/external.go
index 9d369a3..a596325 100644
--- a/go/packages/external.go
+++ b/go/packages/external.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 
 // Driver
 type driverRequest struct {
-	// TODO(matloob): Add a "command" option, so the "list" argument
-	// to the command is instead supplied in the driverRequest?
+	Command    string            `json "command"`
 	Mode       LoadMode          `json:"mode"`
 	Env        []string          `json:"env"`
 	BuildFlags []string          `json:"build_flags"`