diff --git a/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Component.java b/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Component.java
index b374cc9..76591a7 100644
--- a/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Component.java
+++ b/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Component.java
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@
                     // verify service
                     boolean isServiceFactory = false;
                     if (this.getService() != null) {
+                        if ( this.getService().getInterfaces().size() == 0 ) {
+                            issues.add(this.getMessage("Service interface information is missing for @scr.service tag"));
+                        }
                         this.getService().validate(issues, warnings);
                         isServiceFactory = Boolean.valueOf(this.getService().getServicefactory()).booleanValue();
                     }
diff --git a/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Service.java b/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Service.java
index 12fcf83..0076ba7 100644
--- a/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Service.java
+++ b/scrplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/scrplugin/om/Service.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     public void setServicefactory(String servicefactory) {
         this.servicefactory = servicefactory;
     }
-    
+
     public void setServicefactory(boolean servicefactory) {
         this.servicefactory = String.valueOf(servicefactory);
     }