diff --git a/src/ImageAxes.jl b/src/ImageAxes.jl
index c13b307..ac04ddd 100644
--- a/src/ImageAxes.jl
+++ b/src/ImageAxes.jl
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export # types
     timeaxis,
     timedim
 
+ImageCore.HasDimNames(::Type{A}) where {A<:AxisArray} = HasDimNames{true}()
+ImageCore.namedaxes(a::AxisArray) = NamedTuple{axisnames(a)}(axisvalues(a))
+Base.names(a::AxisArray) = axisnames(a)
+
 """
     TimeAxis{Ax}
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5484c10..99ee04f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ end
     @test @inferred(size_spatial(M)) == (5, 4)
     assert_timedim_last(P)
     @test_throws ErrorException assert_timedim_last(M)
+    @test @inferred(HasDimNames(A)) == HasDimNames{true}()
+    @test @inferred(namedaxes(A)) == NamedTuple{axisnames(A)}(axisvalues(A))
 end
 
 # Possibly-ambiguous functions