diff --git a/examples/dbscan/ArborX_DBSCANVerification.hpp b/examples/dbscan/ArborX_DBSCANVerification.hpp
index bedaf2bcc..ee4fdf8c5 100644
--- a/examples/dbscan/ArborX_DBSCANVerification.hpp
+++ b/examples/dbscan/ArborX_DBSCANVerification.hpp
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ bool verifyDBSCAN(ExecutionSpace exec_space, Primitives const &primitives,
 
   static_assert(Kokkos::is_view<LabelsView>{}, "");
 
-  using MemorySpace = typename Primitives::memory_space;
+  using Access = AccessTraits<Primitives, PrimitivesTag>;
+  using MemorySpace = typename Access::memory_space;
 
   static_assert(std::is_same<typename LabelsView::value_type, int>{}, "");
   static_assert(std::is_same<typename LabelsView::memory_space, MemorySpace>{},
diff --git a/src/ArborX_DBSCAN.hpp b/src/ArborX_DBSCAN.hpp
index 1ae83ceb7..863f91acd 100644
--- a/src/ArborX_DBSCAN.hpp
+++ b/src/ArborX_DBSCAN.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef ARBORX_DBSCAN_HPP
 #define ARBORX_DBSCAN_HPP
 
+#include <ArborX_AccessTraits.hpp>
 #include <ArborX_DetailsDBSCANCallback.hpp>
 #include <ArborX_DetailsSortUtils.hpp>
 #include <ArborX_DetailsUtils.hpp>
@@ -22,28 +23,36 @@
 namespace ArborX
 {
 
-template <typename View>
+template <typename Primitives>
 struct PrimitivesWithRadius
 {
-  View _M_view;
+  Primitives _primitives;
   double _r;
 };
 
-template <typename View>
-auto buildPredicates(View v, double r)
+template <typename Primitives>
+auto buildPredicates(Primitives const &v, double r)
 {
-  return PrimitivesWithRadius<View>{v, r};
+  return PrimitivesWithRadius<Primitives>{v, r};
 }
 
-template <typename View>
-struct AccessTraits<PrimitivesWithRadius<View>, PredicatesTag>
+template <typename Primitives>
+struct AccessTraits<PrimitivesWithRadius<Primitives>, PredicatesTag>
 {
-  using memory_space = typename View::memory_space;
-  using Predicates = PrimitivesWithRadius<View>;
-  static size_t size(Predicates const &w) { return w._M_view.extent(0); }
+  using PrimitivesAccess = AccessTraits<Primitives, PrimitivesTag>;
+
+  using memory_space = typename PrimitivesAccess::memory_space;
+  using Predicates = PrimitivesWithRadius<Primitives>;
+
+  static size_t size(Predicates const &w)
+  {
+    return PrimitivesAccess::size(w._primitives);
+  }
   static KOKKOS_FUNCTION auto get(Predicates const &w, size_t i)
   {
-    return attach(intersects(Sphere{w._M_view(i), w._r}), (int)i);
+    return attach(
+        intersects(Sphere{PrimitivesAccess::get(w._primitives, i), w._r}),
+        (int)i);
   }
 };
 
@@ -103,14 +112,20 @@ struct Parameters
 } // namespace DBSCAN
 
 template <typename ExecutionSpace, typename Primitives>
-Kokkos::View<int *, typename Primitives::memory_space>
+Kokkos::View<int *,
+             typename AccessTraits<Primitives, PrimitivesTag>::memory_space>
 dbscan(ExecutionSpace const &exec_space, Primitives const &primitives,
        float eps, int core_min_size,
        DBSCAN::Parameters const &parameters = DBSCAN::Parameters())
 {
   Kokkos::Profiling::pushRegion("ArborX::dbscan");
 
-  using MemorySpace = typename Primitives::memory_space;
+  using Access = AccessTraits<Primitives, PrimitivesTag>;
+  using MemorySpace = typename Access::memory_space;
+
+  static_assert(
+      KokkosExt::is_accessible_from<MemorySpace, ExecutionSpace>::value,
+      "Primitives must be accessible from the execution space");
 
   ARBORX_ASSERT(eps > 0);
   ARBORX_ASSERT(core_min_size >= 2);
@@ -134,7 +149,7 @@ dbscan(ExecutionSpace const &exec_space, Primitives const &primitives,
 
   auto const predicates = buildPredicates(primitives, eps);
 
-  int const n = primitives.extent_int(0);
+  auto const n = Access::size(primitives);
 
   // Build the tree
   timer_start(timer);
diff --git a/test/tstDBSCAN.cpp b/test/tstDBSCAN.cpp
index 207e3e17b..cd1d60222 100644
--- a/test/tstDBSCAN.cpp
+++ b/test/tstDBSCAN.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@
 #include "BoostTest_CUDA_clang_workarounds.hpp"
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
+template <typename View>
+struct HiddenView
+{
+  View _view;
+};
+template <typename View>
+struct ArborX::AccessTraits<HiddenView<View>, ArborX::PrimitivesTag>
+{
+  using Data = HiddenView<View>;
+  static KOKKOS_FUNCTION std::size_t size(Data const &data)
+  {
+    return data._view.extent(0);
+  }
+  static KOKKOS_FUNCTION typename View::value_type const &get(Data const &data,
+                                                              std::size_t i)
+  {
+    return data._view(i);
+  }
+  using memory_space = typename View::memory_space;
+};
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(DBSCAN)
 
 template <typename DeviceType, typename T>
@@ -125,6 +146,15 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE(dbscan, DeviceType, ARBORX_DEVICE_TYPES)
                             dbscan(space, points, r - 0.1, 2)));
     BOOST_TEST(verifyDBSCAN(space, points, r, 2, dbscan(space, points, r, 2)));
     BOOST_TEST(verifyDBSCAN(space, points, r, 3, dbscan(space, points, r, 3)));
+
+    // Test non-View primitives
+    HiddenView<decltype(points)> hidden_points{points};
+    BOOST_TEST(verifyDBSCAN(space, hidden_points, r - 0.1, 2,
+                            dbscan(space, hidden_points, r - 0.1, 2)));
+    BOOST_TEST(verifyDBSCAN(space, hidden_points, r, 2,
+                            dbscan(space, hidden_points, r, 2)));
+    BOOST_TEST(verifyDBSCAN(space, hidden_points, r, 3,
+                            dbscan(space, hidden_points, r, 3)));
   }
 
   {