diff --git a/channelz/service/func_nonlinux.go b/channelz/service/func_nonlinux.go
index 64ecea947de..eb53334ed0d 100644
--- a/channelz/service/func_nonlinux.go
+++ b/channelz/service/func_nonlinux.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux appengine
 
 /*
  *
diff --git a/internal/channelz/types_nonlinux.go b/internal/channelz/types_nonlinux.go
index 50177079152..da7351e9709 100644
--- a/internal/channelz/types_nonlinux.go
+++ b/internal/channelz/types_nonlinux.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux appengine
 
 /*
  *
diff --git a/internal/channelz/util_nonlinux.go b/internal/channelz/util_nonlinux.go
index d600417fb8c..8864a081116 100644
--- a/internal/channelz/util_nonlinux.go
+++ b/internal/channelz/util_nonlinux.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux appengine
 
 /*
  *
diff --git a/internal/credentials/spiffe_appengine.go b/internal/credentials/spiffe_appengine.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af6f5771976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/credentials/spiffe_appengine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// +build appengine
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package credentials
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+// SPIFFEIDFromState is a no-op for appengine builds.
+func SPIFFEIDFromState(state tls.ConnectionState) *url.URL {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/syscall/syscall_linux.go b/internal/syscall/syscall_linux.go
index 3743bd45afb..1fc1a4060e5 100644
--- a/internal/syscall/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/internal/syscall/syscall_linux.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build linux
+
 /*
  *
  * Copyright 2018 gRPC authors.
diff --git a/internal/syscall/syscall_nonlinux.go b/internal/syscall/syscall_nonlinux.go
index 95b71343748..51159e638d7 100644
--- a/internal/syscall/syscall_nonlinux.go
+++ b/internal/syscall/syscall_nonlinux.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux
+// +build !linux appengine
 
 /*
  *
diff --git a/security/advancedtls/sni_appengine.go b/security/advancedtls/sni_appengine.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fffbb0107dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/advancedtls/sni_appengine.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// +build appengine
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2020 gRPC authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package advancedtls
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+)
+
+// buildGetCertificates is a no-op for appengine builds.
+func buildGetCertificates(clientHello *tls.ClientHelloInfo, o *ServerOptions) (*tls.Certificate, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/xds/internal/client/v2/client.go b/xds/internal/client/v2/client.go
index 627b9e8e5a9..c5a79f54fc3 100644
--- a/xds/internal/client/v2/client.go
+++ b/xds/internal/client/v2/client.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (clientBuilder) Version() version.TransportAPI {
 func newClient(cc *grpc.ClientConn, opts xdsclient.BuildOptions) (xdsclient.APIClient, error) {
 	nodeProto, ok := opts.NodeProto.(*v2corepb.Node)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("xds: unsupported Node proto type: %T, want %T", opts.NodeProto, v2corepb.Node{})
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("xds: unsupported Node proto type: %T, want %T", opts.NodeProto, (*v2corepb.Node)(nil))
 	}
 	v2c := &client{
 		cc:        cc,