diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 466029897bf7d..817f6491f3f4d 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ linters:
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
+    - interfacebloat
     - nakedret
     - nilerr
     - predeclared
diff --git a/metric.go b/metric.go
index 23098bb8bc71e..64b62324406be 100644
--- a/metric.go
+++ b/metric.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Field struct {
 // Metric is the type of data that is processed by Telegraf.  Input plugins,
 // and to a lesser degree, Processor and Aggregator plugins create new Metrics
 // and Output plugins write them.
+// nolint:interfacebloat // conditionally allow to contain more methods
 type Metric interface {
 	// Name is the primary identifier for the Metric and corresponds to the
 	// measurement in the InfluxDB data model.
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
index f31cef4abe1c6..6337e238b7ad8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3/process"
 )
 
+// nolint:interfacebloat // conditionally allow to contain more methods
 type Process interface {
 	PID() PID
 	Tags() map[string]string