diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
index ffa931225a..04e860e609 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/TraitsInterfaces.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ using OpenRA.Primitives;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Traits
 {
+	public sealed class RequireExplicitImplementationAttribute : Attribute { }
+
 	public enum DamageState { Undamaged, Light, Medium, Heavy, Critical, Dead }
 
 	public interface IHealth
@@ -249,6 +251,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 	public interface ILoadsPlayerPalettes { void LoadPlayerPalettes(WorldRenderer wr, string playerName, HSLColor playerColor, bool replaceExisting); }
 	public interface IPaletteModifier { void AdjustPalette(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MutablePalette> b); }
 	public interface IPips { IEnumerable<PipType> GetPips(Actor self); }
+
+	[RequireExplicitImplementation]
 	public interface ISelectionBar { float GetValue(); Color GetColor(); }
 
 	public interface IPositionableInfo : ITraitInfoInterface { }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index 96efe75e0a..d79458f8e0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@
     <Compile Include="FileFormats\RLEZerosCompression.cs" />
     <Compile Include="FileFormats\IniFile.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Orders\GuardOrderGenerator.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UtilityCommands\CheckExplicitInterfacesCommand.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/CheckExplicitInterfacesCommand.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/CheckExplicitInterfacesCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06af9d8350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UtilityCommands/CheckExplicitInterfacesCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2015 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UtilityCommands
+{
+	public class CheckExplicitInterfacesCommand : IUtilityCommand
+	{
+		string IUtilityCommand.Name { get { return "--check-explicit-interfaces"; } }
+
+		bool IUtilityCommand.ValidateArguments(string[] args)
+		{
+			return args.Length == 1;
+		}
+
+		int violationCount;
+
+		[Desc("Check for explicit interface implementation violations in all assemblies referenced by the specified mod.")]
+		void IUtilityCommand.Run(ModData modData, string[] args)
+		{
+			var types = modData.ObjectCreator.GetTypes();
+
+			foreach (var implementingType in types.Where(t => !t.IsInterface))
+			{
+				if (implementingType.IsEnum)
+					continue;
+
+				var interfaces = implementingType.GetInterfaces();
+				foreach (var interfaceType in interfaces)
+				{
+					if (!interfaceType.HasAttribute<RequireExplicitImplementationAttribute>())
+						continue;
+
+					var interfaceMembers = interfaceType.GetMembers();
+					foreach (var interfaceMember in interfaceMembers)
+					{
+						if (interfaceMember.Name.StartsWith("get_") || interfaceMember.Name.StartsWith("set_"))
+							continue;
+
+						var interfaceMethod = interfaceMember as MethodInfo;
+						if (interfaceMethod != null)
+						{
+							var interfaceMethodParams = interfaceMethod.GetParameters();
+							foreach (var implementingMethod in implementingType.GetMethods())
+							{
+								if (implementingMethod.Name != interfaceMethod.Name
+									|| implementingMethod.ReturnType != interfaceMethod.ReturnType)
+									continue;
+
+								var implementingMethodParams = implementingMethod.GetParameters();
+								var lenImpl = implementingMethodParams.Length;
+								if (lenImpl != interfaceMethodParams.Length)
+									continue;
+
+								var allMatch = true;
+								for (var i = 0; i < lenImpl; i++)
+								{
+								    var implementingParam = implementingMethodParams[i];
+								    var interfaceParam = interfaceMethodParams[i];
+								    if (implementingParam.ParameterType != interfaceParam.ParameterType
+										|| implementingParam.Name != interfaceParam.Name
+										|| implementingParam.IsOut != interfaceParam.IsOut)
+								    {
+										allMatch = false;
+										break;
+								    }
+								}
+
+								// Explicitly implemented methods are never public in C#.
+								if (allMatch && implementingMethod.IsPublic)
+									OnViolation(implementingType, interfaceType, implementingMethod);
+							}
+						}
+
+						var interfaceProperty = interfaceMember as PropertyInfo;
+						if (interfaceProperty != null)
+						{
+							var implementingProperties = implementingType.GetProperties();
+							foreach (var implementingProperty in implementingProperties)
+							{
+								if (implementingProperty.PropertyType != interfaceProperty.PropertyType
+									|| implementingProperty.Name != interfaceProperty.Name)
+									continue;
+
+								if (!IsExplicitInterfaceProperty(implementingProperty))
+									OnViolation(implementingType, interfaceType, implementingProperty);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (violationCount > 0)
+			{
+				Console.WriteLine("Explicit interface violations: {0}", violationCount);
+				Environment.Exit(1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		static bool IsExplicitInterfaceProperty(PropertyInfo pi)
+		{
+			return pi.Name.Contains(".");
+		}
+
+		void OnViolation(Type implementor, Type interfaceType, MemberInfo violator)
+		{
+			Console.WriteLine("{0} must explicitly implement the interface member {1}.{2}", implementor.Name, interfaceType.Name, violator.Name);
+			violationCount++;
+		}
+	}
+}