diff --git a/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/SearchApiSolrBackend.php b/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/SearchApiSolrBackend.php
index e9a4b1a..db181b9 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/SearchApiSolrBackend.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/search_api/backend/SearchApiSolrBackend.php
@@ -1091,6 +1091,16 @@ class SearchApiSolrBackend extends BackendPluginBase implements SolrBackendInter
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
+  public function supportsDataType($type) {
+    $supported_data_types = [
+      'location',
+    ];
+    return in_array($type, $supported_data_types);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
   public function getSolrFieldNames(IndexInterface $index, $single_value_name = FALSE, $reset = FALSE) {
     // @todo The field name mapping should be cached per index because custom
     // queries needs to access it on every query.