diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/Element.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/Element.java
index 5d3969e..1c5e22b 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/Element.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/Element.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /**
  * Base abstraction of a network element, i.e. an infrastructure device or an end-station host.
  */
-public interface Element extends Provided {
+public interface Element extends Annotated, Provided {
 
     /**
      * Returns the network element identifier.