diff --git a/src/pkg/extensions/extensions.go b/src/pkg/extensions/extensions.go
index f3f699a9f..f130a28f1 100644
--- a/src/pkg/extensions/extensions.go
+++ b/src/pkg/extensions/extensions.go
@@ -22,14 +22,27 @@ type CorsoItemExtensionFactory func(
 	*details.ExtensionInfo,
 ) (CorsoItemExtension, error)
 
+type AddItemExtensioner interface {
+	AddItemExtensions(
+		context.Context,
+		io.ReadCloser,
+		details.ItemInfo,
+		[]CorsoItemExtensionFactory,
+	) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ExtensionInfo, error)
+}
+
+var _ AddItemExtensioner = &ItemExtensionHandler{}
+
+type ItemExtensionHandler struct{}
+
 // AddItemExtensions wraps provided readcloser with extensions
 // supplied via factory
-func AddItemExtensions(
+func (eh *ItemExtensionHandler) AddItemExtensions(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	rc io.ReadCloser,
 	info details.ItemInfo,
 	factories []CorsoItemExtensionFactory,
-) (CorsoItemExtension, *details.ExtensionInfo, error) {
+) (io.ReadCloser, *details.ExtensionInfo, error) {
 	// TODO: move to validate
 	if rc == nil {
 		return nil, nil, clues.New("nil inner readcloser")
diff --git a/src/pkg/extensions/extensions_test.go b/src/pkg/extensions/extensions_test.go
index 5c5fc2a7b..6826696d7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/extensions/extensions_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/extensions/extensions_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
 )
 
+var _ CorsoItemExtension = &MockExtension{}
+
 // Temporary, testing purposes only
 type MockExtension struct {
 	// TODO: Add cumlulative crc32 checksum
@@ -265,8 +267,9 @@ func (suite *ExtensionsUnitSuite) TestAddItemExtensions() {
 			t := suite.T()
 			ctx, flush := tester.NewContext(t)
 			defer flush()
+			ith := &ItemExtensionHandler{}
 
-			extRc, extInfo, err := AddItemExtensions(
+			extRc, extInfo, err := ith.AddItemExtensions(
 				ctx,
 				test.rc,
 				testItemInfo,