src/cmd/go/internal/list/list.go             |  4 +++-
 src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_test.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/list/list.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/list/list.go
index 186b006c12acd555c6b9311ccb3953a0b1a8de46..f3cb4e47eccc216a6d50ccd4c3fe4153d49cdcb2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/list/list.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/list/list.go
@@ -510,7 +510,9 @@ 		b.NeedCompiledGoFiles = *listCompiled
 		a := &work.Action{}
 		// TODO: Use pkgsFilter?
 		for _, p := range pkgs {
-			a.Deps = append(a.Deps, b.AutoAction(work.ModeInstall, work.ModeInstall, p))
+			if len(p.GoFiles)+len(p.CgoFiles) > 0 {
+				a.Deps = append(a.Deps, b.AutoAction(work.ModeInstall, work.ModeInstall, p))
+			}
 		}
 		b.Do(a)
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_test.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a99e4f36cd58745b47b8a09efac3ce072771d713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_list_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+env GO111MODULE=on
+
+# go list -compiled -test must handle test-only packages
+# golang.org/issue/27097.
+go list -compiled -test
+stdout '^m$'
+stdout '^m\.test$'
+stdout '^m \[m\.test\]$'
+
+-- go.mod --
+module m
+
+-- x_test.go --
+package x
+import "testing"
+func Test(t *testing.T) {}