diff --git a/hvplot/plotting/core.py b/hvplot/plotting/core.py
index dbf8e4ee9..e53694c63 100644
--- a/hvplot/plotting/core.py
+++ b/hvplot/plotting/core.py
@@ -13,9 +13,16 @@
 
 
 class hvPlotBase(object):
+
     __all__ = []
 
     def __init__(self, data, custom_plots={}, **metadata):
+        if 'query' in metadata:
+            data = data.query(metadata.pop('query'))
+        if 'sel' in metadata:
+            data = data.sel(**metadata.pop('sel'))
+        if 'isel' in metadata:
+            data = data.isel(**metadata.pop('isel'))
         self._data = data
         self._plots = custom_plots
         self._metadata = metadata
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testoverrides.py b/hvplot/tests/testoverrides.py
index 0dccef70d..816ac6e80 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testoverrides.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testoverrides.py
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from unittest import SkipTest
+
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
-from hvplot.plotting import hvPlotTabular
+
+from hvplot.plotting import hvPlot, hvPlotTabular
 from holoviews import Store, Scatter
 from holoviews.element.comparison import ComparisonTestCase
 
+try:
+    import xarray as xr
+except:
+    xr = None
+
 
 class TestOverrides(ComparisonTestCase):
 
@@ -42,3 +52,31 @@ def test_define_customize_method(self):
     def test_attempt_to_override_kind_on_method(self):
         hvplot = hvPlotTabular(self.df, {'scatter': {'kind': 'line'}})
         self.assertIsInstance(hvplot.scatter(y='y'), Scatter)
+
+    def test_pandas_query_metadata(self):
+        hvplot = hvPlotTabular(self.df, query='x>2')
+        assert len(hvplot._data) == 2
+
+
+class TestXArrayOverrides(ComparisonTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if xr is None:
+            raise SkipTest('XArray not available')
+        coords = OrderedDict([('time', [0, 1]), ('lat', [0, 1]), ('lon', [0, 1])])
+        self.da_img_by_time = xr.DataArray(np.arange(8).reshape((2, 2, 2)),
+                                           coords, ['time', 'lat', 'lon']).assign_coords(
+                                               lat1=xr.DataArray([2,3], dims=['lat']))
+
+    def test_xarray_isel_scalar_metadata(self):
+        hvplot = hvPlot(self.da_img_by_time, isel={'time': 1})
+        assert hvplot._data.ndim == 2
+
+    def test_xarray_isel_nonscalar_metadata(self):
+        hvplot = hvPlot(self.da_img_by_time, isel={'time': [1]})
+        assert hvplot._data.ndim == 3
+        assert len(hvplot._data.time) == 1
+
+    def test_xarray_sel_metadata(self):
+        hvplot = hvPlot(self.da_img_by_time, sel={'time': 1})
+        assert hvplot._data.ndim == 2