diff --git a/dynamic/dynamic.go b/dynamic/dynamic.go
index 30b4423..653b757 100644
--- a/dynamic/dynamic.go
+++ b/dynamic/dynamic.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import "fmt"
 // Load is currently only implemented on non-static, non-gccgo builds for amd64
 // and arm64, and plugins must be built with the exact same version of Go as
 // containerd itself.
-func Load(path string) (err error) {
+func Load(path string) (loaded int, err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if v := recover(); v != nil {
 			rerr, ok := v.(error)
diff --git a/dynamic/dynamic_supported.go b/dynamic/dynamic_supported.go
index eff7e59..5c77f0a 100644
--- a/dynamic/dynamic_supported.go
+++ b/dynamic/dynamic_supported.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import (
 
 // loadPlugins loads all plugins for the OS and Arch
 // that containerd is built for inside the provided path
-func loadPlugins(path string) error {
+func loadPlugins(path string) (int, error) {
 	abs, err := filepath.Abs(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 	pattern := filepath.Join(abs, fmt.Sprintf(
 		"*-%s-%s.%s",
@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@ func loadPlugins(path string) error {
 	))
 	libs, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
+	loaded := 0
 	for _, lib := range libs {
 		if _, err := plugin.Open(lib); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return loaded, err
 		}
+		loaded++
 	}
-	return nil
+	return loaded, nil
 }
 
 // getLibExt returns a platform specific lib extension for
diff --git a/dynamic/dynamic_unsupported.go b/dynamic/dynamic_unsupported.go
index ccef3d3..5565694 100644
--- a/dynamic/dynamic_unsupported.go
+++ b/dynamic/dynamic_unsupported.go
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ package dynamic
 // - with gccgo: gccgo has no plugin support golang/go#36403
 // - on static builds; https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/0d682e24a1ba8e93e5e54a73d64f7d256f87492f
 // - on architectures other than amd64 and arm64 (other architectures need to be tested)
-func loadPlugins(path string) error {
-	return nil
+func loadPlugins(path string) (int, error) {
+	return 0, nil
 }