diff --git a/gta.go b/gta.go
index 60f69c4..b5147ad 100644
--- a/gta.go
+++ b/gta.go
@@ -604,12 +604,22 @@ func toplevel() ([]string, error) {
 		return gopaths()
 	}
 
-	root, err := moduleroot()
+	// In workspace mode, go list -m -f '{{.Dir}}' outputs one line per workspace
+	// module, producing a corrupt multi-line string when TrimSpace'd. Use
+	// go env GOWORK instead, which always returns a single path.
+	root, ok, err := workspaceroot()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return []string{root}, nil
+	if ok {
+		return []string{root}, nil
+	}
 
+	root, err = moduleroot()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return []string{root}, nil
 }
 
 func gopaths() ([]string, error) {
@@ -635,3 +645,25 @@ func moduleroot() (string, error) {
 
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(b)), nil
 }
+
+// workspaceroot returns the directory containing the active go.work file and
+// true when Go workspace mode is active.
+func workspaceroot() (string, bool, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("go", "env", "GOWORK")
+	b, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("go env GOWORK: %w", err)
+	}
+	dir, ok := parseGOWORK(string(b))
+	return dir, ok, nil
+}
+
+// parseGOWORK interprets the raw output of `go env GOWORK`.
+// "off" indicates workspace mode was explicitly disabled via GOWORK=off.
+func parseGOWORK(output string) (string, bool) {
+	gowork := strings.TrimSpace(output)
+	if gowork == "" || gowork == "off" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	return filepath.Dir(gowork), true
+}
diff --git a/gta_test.go b/gta_test.go
index 5ffc25c..1253aa6 100644
--- a/gta_test.go
+++ b/gta_test.go
@@ -1082,3 +1082,102 @@ func TestDeepestUnignoredDir(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseGOWORK(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		input   string
+		wantDir string
+		wantOK  bool
+	}{
+		"active workspace": {
+			input:   "/home/user/project/go.work\n",
+			wantDir: "/home/user/project",
+			wantOK:  true,
+		},
+		"explicitly disabled": {
+			input:   "off\n",
+			wantDir: "",
+			wantOK:  false,
+		},
+		"empty output": {
+			input:   "",
+			wantDir: "",
+			wantOK:  false,
+		},
+		"whitespace only": {
+			input:   "   \n",
+			wantDir: "",
+			wantOK:  false,
+		},
+		"workspace at filesystem root": {
+			input:   "/go.work\n",
+			wantDir: "/",
+			wantOK:  true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			gotDir, gotOK := parseGOWORK(tc.input)
+			if gotDir != tc.wantDir || gotOK != tc.wantOK {
+				t.Errorf("parseGOWORK(%q) = (%q, %v), want (%q, %v)",
+					tc.input, gotDir, gotOK, tc.wantDir, tc.wantOK)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWorkspaceroot(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		gowork  string
+		wantDir string
+		wantOK  bool
+	}{
+		"active workspace": {
+			gowork:  filepath.Join(tmpDir, "go.work"),
+			wantDir: tmpDir,
+			wantOK:  true,
+		},
+		"disabled":     {gowork: "off"},
+		"no workspace": {gowork: ""},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv("GOWORK", tc.gowork)
+			gotDir, gotOK, err := workspaceroot()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("workspaceroot() error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if gotDir != tc.wantDir || gotOK != tc.wantOK {
+				t.Errorf("workspaceroot() = (%q, %v), want (%q, %v)",
+					gotDir, gotOK, tc.wantDir, tc.wantOK)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetRootsOption(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	root := "/fake/workspace/root"
+	g, err := New(
+		SetRoots(root),
+		SetDiffer(&testDiffer{}),
+		SetPackager(&testPackager{
+			dirs2Imports: map[string]string{},
+			graph:        &Graph{graph: map[string]map[string]bool{}},
+		}),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New() error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(g.roots) != 1 || g.roots[0] != root {
+		t.Errorf("roots = %v, want [%q]", g.roots, root)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 6e20bca..d03d104 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -51,3 +51,12 @@ func SetIncludeTransitiveTestDeps(include bool) Option {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// SetRoots sets the root directories for the GTA. When provided, toplevel() is
+// not called and the supplied roots are used directly.
+func SetRoots(roots ...string) Option {
+	return func(g *GTA) error {
+		g.roots = roots
+		return nil
+	}
+}