diff --git a/integration/cni_setup_teardown_linux_test.go b/integration/cni_setup_teardown_linux_test.go
index a95bd12..3fa1623 100644
--- a/integration/cni_setup_teardown_linux_test.go
+++ b/integration/cni_setup_teardown_linux_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/continuity/testutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/go-cni"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -306,6 +308,25 @@ func TestBasicSetupAndRemovePluginWithoutVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestLoopbackStatus validates whether the loopback interface state is UP.
+func TestLoopbackStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log("Checking loopback interface status")
+	up, err := isLoInterfaceUp()
+	assert.NoError(t, err, "could not check lo interface status")
+
+	t.Logf("loopback interface status is %v", map[bool]string{true: "UP", false: "DOWN"}[up])
+	assert.True(t, up)
+}
+
+// isLoInterfaceUp returns true if the loopback interface status is UP, otherwise false.
+func isLoInterfaceUp() (bool, error) {
+	link, err := netlink.LinkByName("lo")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not find interface lo: %w", err)
+	}
+	return link.Attrs().Flags&net.FlagUp != 0, nil
+}
+
 // createNetNS returns temp netns path.
 //
 // NOTE: It is based on https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/blob/v1.0.1/pkg/testutils/netns_linux.go.
diff --git a/integration/go.mod b/integration/go.mod
index 1e244a2..a1a8cbe 100644
--- a/integration/go.mod
+++ b/integration/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.2.2
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
+	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201207232520-09787c993a3a // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/integration/go.sum b/integration/go.sum
index 89097fa..5cc00db 100644
--- a/integration/go.sum
+++ b/integration/go.sum
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/tv42/httpunix v0.0.0-20191220191345-2ba4b9c3382c/go.mod h1:hzIxponao9Kjc7aWznkXaL4U4TWaDSs8zcsY4Ka08nM=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.4/go.mod h1:uQMGLiO92mf5W77hV/PUCpI3pbzQx3CRekS0kk+RGrc=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0 h1:X7l42GfcV4S6E4vHTsw48qbrV+9PVojNfIhZcwQdrZk=
+github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0/go.mod h1:i6NetklAujEcC6fK0JPjT8qSwWyO0HLn4UKG+hGqeJs=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 h1:Oeaw1EM2JMxD51g9uhtC0D7erkIjgmj8+JZc26m1YX8=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4/go.mod h1:SpkAiCQRtJ6TvvxPnOSyH3BMl6unz3xZlaprSwhNNJM=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191210023423-ac6580df4449/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=