diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/interface.v b/vlib/v/checker/interface.v
index fb7d8822ad..fc09bc6cea 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/interface.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/interface.v
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) interface_decl(mut node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
 	mut decl_sym := c.table.sym(node.typ)
 	is_js := node.language == .js
 	if mut decl_sym.info is ast.Interface {
+		mut has_generic_types := false
 		if node.embeds.len > 0 {
 			all_embeds := c.expand_iface_embeds(node, 0, node.embeds)
 			// eprintln('> node.name: $node.name | node.embeds.len: $node.embeds.len | all_embeds: $all_embeds.len')
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) interface_decl(mut node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
 			}
 			for embed in all_embeds {
 				isym := c.table.sym(embed.typ)
+				if embed.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
+					has_generic_types = true
+				}
 				if isym.kind != .interface_ {
 					c.error('interface `$node.name` tries to embed `$isym.name`, but `$isym.name` is not an interface, but `$isym.kind`',
 						embed.pos)
@@ -109,10 +113,16 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) interface_decl(mut node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
 					c.error('method $method.name returns non JS type', method.pos)
 				}
 			}
+			if method.return_type.has_flag(.generic) {
+				has_generic_types = true
+			}
 			for j, param in method.params {
 				if j == 0 && is_js {
 					continue // no need to check first param
 				}
+				if param.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
+					has_generic_types = true
+				}
 				c.ensure_type_exists(param.typ, param.pos) or { return }
 				if param.name in reserved_type_names {
 					c.error('invalid use of reserved type `$param.name` as a parameter name',
@@ -145,6 +155,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) interface_decl(mut node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
 				c.check_valid_snake_case(field.name, 'field name', field.pos)
 			}
 			c.ensure_type_exists(field.typ, field.pos) or { return }
+			if field.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
+				has_generic_types = true
+			}
 			if is_js {
 				tsym := c.table.sym(field.typ)
 				if !tsym.is_js_compatible() {
@@ -161,6 +174,10 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) interface_decl(mut node ast.InterfaceDecl) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if node.generic_types.len == 0 && has_generic_types {
+			c.error('generic interface declaration must specify the generic type names, e.g. Foo<T>',
+				node.pos)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcf5b5db0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.vv:1:1: error: generic interface declaration must specify the generic type names, e.g. Foo<T>
+    1 | interface Expr {
+      | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    2 |     accept(v Visitor<R>) R
+    3 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a73e949bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/generics_interface_declaration_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+interface Expr {
+	accept(v Visitor<R>) R
+}
+
+interface Visitor<R> {
+}
+
+fn main() {
+}