diff --git a/hvplot/converter.py b/hvplot/converter.py
index bf13c0689..354768d43 100644
--- a/hvplot/converter.py
+++ b/hvplot/converter.py
@@ -1860,6 +1860,8 @@ def hist(self, x=None, y=None, data=None):
                 ymin, ymax = (ys.min(), ys.max())
                 if is_dask(ys):
                     ymin, ymax = ymin.compute(), ymax.compute()
+                elif is_ibis(ys):
+                    ymin, ymax = ymin.execute(), ymax.execute()
                 hist_opts['bin_range'] = ymin, ymax
 
             ds = Dataset(data, self.by)
@@ -1883,6 +1885,8 @@ def hist(self, x=None, y=None, data=None):
                 ymin, ymax = (ys.min(), ys.max())
                 if is_dask(ys):
                     ymin, ymax = ymin.compute(), ymax.compute()
+                elif is_ibis(ys):
+                    ymin, ymax = ymin.execute(), ymax.execute()
                 ranges.append((ymin, ymax))
         if ranges:
             hist_opts['bin_range'] = max_range(ranges)
diff --git a/hvplot/ibis.py b/hvplot/ibis.py
index 0717ff0b7..7cd3f2516 100644
--- a/hvplot/ibis.py
+++ b/hvplot/ibis.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+"""
+Experimental support for ibis.
+"""
+
 def patch(name='hvplot', extension='bokeh', logo=False):
     from . import hvPlotTabular, post_patch
 
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testibis.py b/hvplot/tests/testibis.py
index 5ad5757c7..2b2ed8b99 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testibis.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testibis.py
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
-"""Ibis works with hvplot"""
+"""Basic ibis tests"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
 try:
+    import hvplot.ibis  # noqa
     import ibis
-    import hvplot.ibis # noqa
-    import pandas as pd
-except:
+except ImportError:
     pytest.skip(allow_module_level=True)
+else:
+    ibis.set_backend('sqlite')
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def table():
-    df = pd.DataFrame({
-        "x": [pd.Timestamp("2022-01-01"), pd.Timestamp("2022-01-02")], "y": [1,2]
-    })
-    con = ibis.pandas.connect({"df": df})
-    return con.table("df")
-
-def test_can_hvplot(table):
-    """hvplot works with Ibis"""
-    table.hvplot(x="x", y="y")
+def test_ibis_hist():
+    df = pd.DataFrame(dict(x=np.arange(10)))
+    table = ibis.memtable(df)
+    table.hvplot.hist('x')
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 489f85a1b..1c7abd0d8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ license_file = LICENSE
 [tool:pyctdev.conda]
 namespace_map =
     geoviews=geoviews-core
+    ibis-framework=ibis-sqlite
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 06cd312ca..1d57c0b11 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def get_setup_version(reponame):
     'dask',
     'polars',
     'fugue',
+    'ibis-framework',  # ibis-sqlite on conda
 ]
 
 # Dependencies required to run the notebooks