diff --git a/holoviews/core/data/__init__.py b/holoviews/core/data/__init__.py
index 73dcac77d9..cd73b7048c 100644
--- a/holoviews/core/data/__init__.py
+++ b/holoviews/core/data/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 from .interface import Interface, iloc, ndloc
 from .multipath import MultiInterface         # noqa (API import)
 from .image import ImageInterface             # noqa (API import)
-from .pandas import PandasInterface
+from .pandas import PandasAPI, PandasInterface        # noqa (API import)
 from .spatialpandas import SpatialPandasInterface     # noqa (API import)
 from .spatialpandas_dask import DaskSpatialPandasInterface # noqa (API import)
 from .xarray import XArrayInterface           # noqa (API import)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def __call__(self, new_type, kdims=None, vdims=None, groupby=None,
             else:
                 selected = self._element
         else:
-            if issubclass(self._element.interface, PandasInterface):
+            if issubclass(self._element.interface, PandasAPI):
                 ds_dims = self._element.dimensions()
                 ds_kdims = [self._element.get_dimension(d) if d in ds_dims else d
                             for d in groupby+kdims]
diff --git a/holoviews/core/data/pandas.py b/holoviews/core/data/pandas.py
index 383593d21f..8e54d609d4 100644
--- a/holoviews/core/data/pandas.py
+++ b/holoviews/core/data/pandas.py
@@ -14,7 +14,20 @@
 from .util import finite_range
 
 
-class PandasInterface(Interface):
+class PandasAPI:
+    """
+    This class is used to describe the interface as having a pandas-like API.
+
+    The reason to have this class is that it is not always
+    possible to directly inherit from the PandasInterface.
+
+    This class should not have any logic as it should be used like:
+        if issubclass(interface, PandasAPI):
+            ...
+    """
+
+
+class PandasInterface(Interface, PandasAPI):
 
     types = (pd.DataFrame,)