diff --git a/src/cmd/init.zig b/src/cmd/init.zig
index e2d9ba2fb6f863fc1c934af8ed8cceb1215c5511..42fe43c5b23d9d3114d4722f5b38e99a7cafd6bc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/init.zig
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pub fn execute(self_name: []const u8, args: [][]u8) !void {
             try w.writeAll(".zigmod\n");
             try w.writeAll("deps.zig\n");
             try w.writeAll("files.zig\n");
+            if (ptype == .lib) try w.writeAll("zigmod.lock\n");
         }
     }