diff --git a/src/controllers/controller.line.js b/src/controllers/controller.line.js
index a62d9be895a..be96e72ed79 100644
--- a/src/controllers/controller.line.js
+++ b/src/controllers/controller.line.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export default class LineController extends DatasetController {
 
   initialize() {
     this.enableOptionSharing = true;
+    this.supportsDecimation = true;
     super.initialize();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/core.datasetController.js b/src/core/core.datasetController.js
index b6c6778d999..85cc50e9162 100644
--- a/src/core/core.datasetController.js
+++ b/src/core/core.datasetController.js
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export default class DatasetController {
     this._drawStart = undefined;
     this._drawCount = undefined;
     this.enableOptionSharing = false;
+    this.supportsDecimation = false;
     this.$context = undefined;
     this._syncList = [];
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.decimation.js b/src/plugins/plugin.decimation.js
index 20fbb44b93a..95604e42966 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.decimation.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.decimation.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export default {
         return;
       }
 
-      if (meta.type !== 'line') {
+      if (!meta.controller.supportsDecimation) {
         // Only line datasets are supported
         return;
       }
diff --git a/types/index.esm.d.ts b/types/index.esm.d.ts
index a4f463c25b1..efa73a793ed 100644
--- a/types/index.esm.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.esm.d.ts
@@ -576,6 +576,10 @@ export class DatasetController<
   readonly index: number;
   readonly _cachedMeta: ChartMeta<TElement, TDatasetElement, TType>;
   enableOptionSharing: boolean;
+  // If true, the controller supports the decimation
+  // plugin. Defaults to `false` for all controllers
+  // except the LineController
+  supportsDecimation: boolean;
 
   linkScales(): void;
   getAllParsedValues(scale: Scale): number[];