diff --git a/luna/include/luna/LinkedList.h b/luna/include/luna/LinkedList.h
index 47a07cbf..80c9b240 100644
--- a/luna/include/luna/LinkedList.h
+++ b/luna/include/luna/LinkedList.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <luna/Option.h>
+#include <luna/TypeTraits.h>
 
 template <typename T> inline Option<T*> nonnull_or_error(T* ptr)
 {
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ template <typename T> class DoublyLinkedList
 {
     using Node = DoublyLinkedListNode<T>;
 
+    static_assert(IsBaseOf<DoublyLinkedListNode<T>, T>);
+
   public:
     void append(T* ptr)
     {