diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/plot.py b/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
index ced12777cd..50e3c4dca6 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/plot.py
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ def _get_range_extents(self, element, ranges, range_type, xdim, ydim, zdim):
 
         return (x0, y0, x1, y1)
 
-    def get_extents(self, element, ranges, range_type='combined', xdim=None, ydim=None, zdim=None):
+    def get_extents(self, element, ranges, range_type='combined', dimension=None, xdim=None, ydim=None, zdim=None):
         """
         Gets the extents for the axes from the current Element. The globally
         computed ranges can optionally override the extents.