diff --git a/libcni/api.go b/libcni/api.go
index 8ba78b26..dfc30cab 100644
--- a/libcni/api.go
+++ b/libcni/api.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type CNIConfig struct {
 	Path []string
 }
 
+// CNIConfig implements the CNI interface
+var _ CNI = &CNIConfig{}
+
 // AddNetwork executes the plugin with the ADD command
 func (c *CNIConfig) AddNetwork(net *NetworkConfig, rt *RuntimeConf) (*types.Result, error) {
 	pluginPath, err := invoke.FindInPath(net.Network.Type, c.Path)
diff --git a/pkg/invoke/args.go b/pkg/invoke/args.go
index be28ba62..ba9d0c3b 100644
--- a/pkg/invoke/args.go
+++ b/pkg/invoke/args.go
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ type Args struct {
 	Path          string
 }
 
+// Args implements the CNIArgs interface
+var _ CNIArgs = &Args{}
+
 func (args *Args) AsEnv() []string {
 	env := os.Environ()
 	pluginArgsStr := args.PluginArgsStr
diff --git a/pkg/ns/ns.go b/pkg/ns/ns.go
index 3246ebf3..220dd694 100644
--- a/pkg/ns/ns.go
+++ b/pkg/ns/ns.go
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ type netNS struct {
 	closed  bool
 }
 
+// netNS implements the NetNS interface
+var _ NetNS = &netNS{}
+
 func getCurrentThreadNetNSPath() string {
 	// /proc/self/ns/net returns the namespace of the main thread, not
 	// of whatever thread this goroutine is running on.  Make sure we
diff --git a/pkg/version/plugin.go b/pkg/version/plugin.go
index dc937b54..8a467281 100644
--- a/pkg/version/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/version/plugin.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type pluginInfo struct {
 	SupportedVersions_ []string `json:"supportedVersions,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// pluginInfo implements the PluginInfo interface
+var _ PluginInfo = &pluginInfo{}
+
 func (p *pluginInfo) Encode(w io.Writer) error {
 	return json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(p)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/disk/backend.go b/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/disk/backend.go
index 703ec09d..9c116993 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/disk/backend.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/disk/backend.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend"
 )
 
 const lastIPFile = "last_reserved_ip"
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ type Store struct {
 	dataDir string
 }
 
+// Store implements the Store interface
+var _ backend.Store = &Store{}
+
 func New(network, dataDir string) (*Store, error) {
 	if dataDir == "" {
 		dataDir = defaultDataDir
diff --git a/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/testing/fake_store.go b/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/testing/fake_store.go
index f7750cac..0a2b5ca6 100644
--- a/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/testing/fake_store.go
+++ b/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend/testing/fake_store.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package testing
 
 import (
 	"net"
+
+	"github.com/containernetworking/cni/plugins/ipam/host-local/backend"
 )
 
 type FakeStore struct {
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ type FakeStore struct {
 	lastReservedIP net.IP
 }
 
+// FakeStore implements the Store interface
+var _ backend.Store = &FakeStore{}
+
 func NewFakeStore(ipmap map[string]string, lastIP net.IP) *FakeStore {
 	return &FakeStore{ipmap, lastIP}
 }