diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/groupby.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/groupby.py
index 6fbfd802fb8..600d6cc7412 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/groupby.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/groupby.py
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ def aggregate(self, arg, split_every=None, split_out=1):
         }
         if (
             isinstance(self.obj, DaskDataFrame)
-            and isinstance(self.index, (str, list))
+            and (
+                isinstance(self.index, str)
+                or (
+                    isinstance(self.index, list)
+                    and all(isinstance(x, str) for x in self.index)
+                )
+            )
             and _is_supported(arg, _supported)
         ):
             if isinstance(self._meta.grouping.keys, cudf.MultiIndex):
diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_groupby.py b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_groupby.py
index 0c6f7686275..61fa32b76ed 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_groupby.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/dask_cudf/tests/test_groupby.py
@@ -631,3 +631,17 @@ def test_groupby_first_last(data, agg):
         getattr(gdf.groupby("a"), agg)(),
         getattr(gddf.groupby("a"), agg)().compute(),
     )
+
+
+def test_groupby_with_list_of_series():
+    df = cudf.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]})
+    gdf = dask_cudf.from_cudf(df, npartitions=2)
+    gs = cudf.Series([1, 1, 1, 2, 2], name="id")
+    ggs = dask_cudf.from_cudf(gs, npartitions=2)
+
+    ddf = dd.from_pandas(df.to_pandas(), npartitions=2)
+    pgs = dd.from_pandas(gs.to_pandas(), npartitions=2)
+
+    dd.assert_eq(
+        gdf.groupby([ggs]).agg(["sum"]), ddf.groupby([pgs]).agg(["sum"])
+    )