diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/ImplicitArrays/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cb1c39d89..fa8dccdd8a 100644
--- a/Common/ImplicitArrays/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ foreach (INSTANTIATION_VALUE_TYPE IN LISTS vtkArrayDispatchImplicit_all_types)
   list(APPEND _list "vtkCompositeArrayInstantiate")
   list(APPEND _list "vtkCompositeImplicitBackendInstantiate")
   list(APPEND _list "vtkConstantArrayInstantiate")
+  list(APPEND _list "vtkIndexedImplicitBackendInstantiate")
   list(APPEND _list "vtkStdFunctionArrayInstantiate")
 
   # generate cxx file to instantiate template with this type
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ set(nowrap_headers
 set(nowrap_template_classes
   vtkImplicitArray
   vtkCompositeImplicitBackend
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend
 )
 
 set(sources
diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt
index 463fe0c4be..3c47128b93 100644
--- a/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vtk_add_test_cxx(vtkCommonImplicitArrayCxxTests tests
   TestConstantArray.cxx
   TestImplicitArraysBase.cxx
   TestImplicitArrayTraits.cxx
+  TestIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
   TestStdFunctionArray.cxx
 )
 
diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/TestIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx b/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/TestIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1261fccb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/Testing/Cxx/TestIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
+  Module:    TestIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
+
+  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
+  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#include "vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h"
+
+#include "vtkDataArrayRange.h"
+#include "vtkIdList.h"
+#include "vtkIntArray.h"
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <numeric>
+#include <random>
+
+namespace
+{
+
+int LoopAndTest(vtkIdList* handles, vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int>& backend)
+{
+  for (int idx = 0; idx < handles->GetNumberOfIds(); idx++)
+  {
+    if (backend(idx) != static_cast<int>(handles->GetId(idx)))
+    {
+      std::cout << "Indexed backend evaluation failed with: " << backend(idx)
+                << " != " << handles->GetId(idx) << std::endl;
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  }
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+int TestWithIDList()
+{
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> baseArray;
+  baseArray->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+  baseArray->SetNumberOfTuples(100);
+  auto range = vtk::DataArrayValueRange<1>(baseArray);
+  std::iota(range.begin(), range.end(), 0);
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIdList> handles;
+  handles->SetNumberOfIds(100);
+  {
+    std::vector<vtkIdType> buffer(100);
+    std::iota(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), 0);
+    std::random_device rd;
+    std::mt19937 g(rd());
+    std::shuffle(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), g);
+    for (vtkIdType idx = 0; idx < 100; idx++)
+    {
+      handles->SetId(idx, buffer[idx]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int> backend(handles, baseArray);
+
+  int res = LoopAndTest(handles, backend);
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> baseMultiArray;
+  baseMultiArray->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
+  baseMultiArray->SetNumberOfTuples(100);
+  auto multiRange = vtk::DataArrayValueRange<3>(baseMultiArray);
+  std::iota(multiRange.begin(), multiRange.end(), 0);
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIdList> multiHandles;
+  multiHandles->SetNumberOfIds(300);
+  {
+    std::vector<vtkIdType> buffer(100);
+    std::iota(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), 0);
+    std::random_device randdev;
+    std::mt19937 generator(randdev());
+    std::shuffle(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), generator);
+    for (vtkIdType idx = 0; idx < 100; idx++)
+    {
+      for (vtkIdType comp = 0; comp < 3; comp++)
+      {
+        multiHandles->SetId(3 * idx + comp, 3 * buffer[idx] + comp);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int> multiBackend(multiHandles, baseMultiArray);
+  return LoopAndTest(multiHandles, multiBackend) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? res : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+
+int LoopAndTest(vtkIntArray* handles, vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int>& backend)
+{
+  for (int idx = 0; idx < handles->GetNumberOfTuples(); idx++)
+  {
+    if (backend(idx) != static_cast<int>(handles->GetValue(idx)))
+    {
+      std::cout << "Indexed backend evaluation failed with: " << backend(idx)
+                << " != " << handles->GetValue(idx) << std::endl;
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+  }
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+int TestWithDataArrayIndexing()
+{
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> baseArray;
+  baseArray->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+  baseArray->SetNumberOfTuples(100);
+  auto range = vtk::DataArrayValueRange<1>(baseArray);
+  std::iota(range.begin(), range.end(), 0);
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> handles;
+  handles->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+  handles->SetNumberOfTuples(100);
+  {
+    std::vector<int> buffer(100);
+    std::iota(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), 0);
+    std::random_device randdev;
+    std::mt19937 generator(randdev());
+    std::shuffle(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), generator);
+    auto handleRange = vtk::DataArrayValueRange<1>(handles);
+    std::copy(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), handleRange.begin());
+  }
+
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int> backend(handles, baseArray);
+  int res = LoopAndTest(handles, backend);
+
+  // and with multi component entries
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> baseMultiArray;
+  baseMultiArray->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
+  baseMultiArray->SetNumberOfTuples(100);
+  auto multiRange = vtk::DataArrayValueRange<3>(baseMultiArray);
+  std::iota(multiRange.begin(), multiRange.end(), 0);
+
+  vtkNew<vtkIntArray> multiHandles;
+  multiHandles->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+  multiHandles->SetNumberOfTuples(300);
+  {
+    std::vector<vtkIdType> buffer(100);
+    std::iota(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), 0);
+    std::random_device randdev;
+    std::mt19937 generator(randdev());
+    std::shuffle(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), generator);
+    for (vtkIdType idx = 0; idx < 100; idx++)
+    {
+      for (vtkIdType comp = 0; comp < 3; comp++)
+      {
+        multiHandles->SetValue(3 * idx + comp, 3 * buffer[idx] + comp);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<int> multiBackend(multiHandles, baseMultiArray);
+  return LoopAndTest(multiHandles, multiBackend) == EXIT_SUCCESS ? res : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
+}
+
+int TestIndexedImplicitBackend(int, char*[])
+{
+  int res = ::TestWithIDList();
+  return ::TestWithDataArrayIndexing() == EXIT_SUCCESS ? res : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc7af20ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
+  Module:    vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h
+
+  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
+  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#ifndef vtkIndexedImplicitBackend_h
+#define vtkIndexedImplicitBackend_h
+
+#include "vtkCommonImplicitArraysModule.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+
+VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+class vtkDataArray;
+class vtkIdList;
+template <typename ValueType>
+class vtkIndexedImplicitBackend
+{
+public:
+  ///@{
+  /**
+   * Constructor
+   * @param indexes list of indexes to use for indirection of the array
+   * @param array base array of interest
+   */
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend(vtkIdList* indexes, vtkDataArray* array);
+  vtkIndexedImplicitBackend(vtkDataArray* indexes, vtkDataArray* array);
+  ///@}
+  ~vtkIndexedImplicitBackend();
+
+  /**
+   * Indexing operation for the indexed array respecting the backend expectations of
+   * `vtkImplicitArray`
+   */
+  ValueType operator()(int idx) const;
+
+private:
+  struct Internals;
+  std::unique_ptr<Internals> Internal;
+};
+VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_END
+
+#endif // vtkIndexedImplicitBackend_h
+
+#ifdef VTK_INDEXED_BACKEND_INSTANTIATING
+#define VTK_INSTANTIATE_INDEXED_BACKEND(ValueType)                                                 \
+  VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_BEGIN                                                                          \
+  template class VTKCOMMONIMPLICITARRAYS_EXPORT vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>;              \
+  VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_END
+#endif
diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.txx b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.txx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1951a6aa12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.txx
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
+  Module:    vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
+
+  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
+  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#include "vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h"
+
+#include "vtkArrayDispatch.h"
+#include "vtkArrayDispatchImplicitArrayList.h"
+#include "vtkDataArrayRange.h"
+#include "vtkIdList.h"
+#include "vtkImplicitArray.h"
+#include "vtkTypeList.h"
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace
+{
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+struct TypedArrayCache
+{
+  virtual ValueType GetValue(int idx) const = 0;
+  virtual ~TypedArrayCache() = default;
+};
+
+template <typename ValueType, typename ArrayT>
+struct SpecializedCache : public TypedArrayCache<ValueType>
+{
+public:
+  SpecializedCache(ArrayT* arr)
+    : Array(arr)
+  {
+  }
+
+  ValueType GetValue(int idx) const override
+  {
+    return static_cast<ValueType>(this->Array->GetValue(idx));
+  }
+
+private:
+  vtkSmartPointer<ArrayT> Array;
+};
+
+template <typename ValueType>
+struct SpecializedCache<ValueType, vtkDataArray> : public TypedArrayCache<ValueType>
+{
+public:
+  SpecializedCache(vtkDataArray* arr)
+    : Array(arr)
+  {
+  }
+
+  ValueType GetValue(int idx) const override
+  {
+    int iTup = idx / this->Array->GetNumberOfComponents();
+    int iComp = idx - iTup * this->Array->GetNumberOfComponents();
+    return static_cast<ValueType>(this->Array->GetComponent(iTup, iComp));
+  }
+
+private:
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataArray> Array;
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+struct CacheDispatchWorker
+{
+  template <typename ArrayT>
+  void operator()(ArrayT* arr, std::shared_ptr<TypedArrayCache<ValueType>>& cache)
+  {
+    cache = std::make_shared<SpecializedCache<ValueType, ArrayT>>(arr);
+  }
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ArrayList, typename ValueType>
+struct TypedCacheWrapper
+{
+  TypedCacheWrapper(vtkDataArray* arr)
+  {
+    CacheDispatchWorker<ValueType> worker;
+    if (!Dispatcher::Execute(arr, worker, this->Cache))
+    {
+      worker(arr, this->Cache);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ValueType operator()(int idx) const { return this->Cache->GetValue(idx); }
+
+private:
+  using Dispatcher = vtkArrayDispatch::DispatchByArray<ArrayList>;
+  std::shared_ptr<TypedArrayCache<ValueType>> Cache = nullptr;
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+struct IdListWrapper
+{
+  IdListWrapper(vtkIdList* indexes)
+    : Handles(indexes)
+  {
+  }
+
+  vtkIdType operator()(int idx) const { return this->Handles->GetId(idx); }
+
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkIdList> Handles;
+};
+
+}
+
+VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+struct vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>::Internals
+{
+  using InternalArrayList = vtkTypeList::Append<vtkArrayDispatch::AllArrays,
+    vtkTypeList::Create<vtkImplicitArray<::IdListWrapper>>>::Result;
+
+  Internals(vtkIdList* indexes, vtkDataArray* array)
+  {
+    if (!indexes || !array)
+    {
+      vtkErrorWithObjectMacro(nullptr, "Either index array or array itself is nullptr");
+      return;
+    }
+    vtkNew<vtkImplicitArray<::IdListWrapper>> newHandles;
+    newHandles->SetBackend(std::make_shared<IdListWrapper>(indexes));
+    newHandles->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+    newHandles->SetNumberOfTuples(indexes->GetNumberOfIds());
+    this->Handles = this->TypeCacheArray<vtkIdType>(newHandles);
+    this->Array = this->TypeCacheArray<ValueType>(array);
+  }
+
+  Internals(vtkDataArray* indexes, vtkDataArray* array)
+  {
+    if (!indexes || !array)
+    {
+      vtkErrorWithObjectMacro(nullptr, "Either index array or array itself is nullptr");
+      return;
+    }
+    if (indexes->GetNumberOfComponents() != 1)
+    {
+      vtkErrorWithObjectMacro(nullptr,
+        "Passed a vtkDataArray with multiple components as indexing array to vtkIndexedArray");
+      return;
+    }
+    this->Handles = this->TypeCacheArray<vtkIdType>(indexes);
+    this->Array = this->TypeCacheArray<ValueType>(array);
+  }
+
+  template <typename VT>
+  static vtkSmartPointer<vtkImplicitArray<::TypedCacheWrapper<InternalArrayList, VT>>>
+  TypeCacheArray(vtkDataArray* da)
+  {
+    vtkNew<vtkImplicitArray<::TypedCacheWrapper<InternalArrayList, VT>>> wrapped;
+    wrapped->SetBackend(std::make_shared<::TypedCacheWrapper<InternalArrayList, VT>>(da));
+    wrapped->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
+    wrapped->SetNumberOfTuples(da->GetNumberOfTuples() * da->GetNumberOfComponents());
+    return wrapped;
+  }
+
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImplicitArray<::TypedCacheWrapper<InternalArrayList, ValueType>>> Array;
+  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImplicitArray<::TypedCacheWrapper<InternalArrayList, vtkIdType>>> Handles;
+};
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>::vtkIndexedImplicitBackend(
+  vtkIdList* indexes, vtkDataArray* array)
+  : Internal(std::unique_ptr<Internals>(new Internals(indexes, array)))
+{
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>::vtkIndexedImplicitBackend(
+  vtkDataArray* indexes, vtkDataArray* array)
+  : Internal(std::unique_ptr<Internals>(new Internals(indexes, array)))
+{
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>::~vtkIndexedImplicitBackend()
+{
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+template <typename ValueType>
+ValueType vtkIndexedImplicitBackend<ValueType>::operator()(int idx) const
+{
+  return this->Internal->Array->GetValue(this->Internal->Handles->GetValue(idx));
+}
+VTK_ABI_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackendInstantiate.cxx.in b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackendInstantiate.cxx.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c0817673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Common/ImplicitArrays/vtkIndexedImplicitBackendInstantiate.cxx.in
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*=========================================================================
+
+  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
+  Module:    vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.cxx
+
+  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
+  All rights reserved.
+  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.
+
+     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
+     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
+
+=========================================================================*/
+#define VTK_INDEXED_BACKEND_INSTANTIATING
+#include "vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.h"
+#include "vtkIndexedImplicitBackend.txx"
+
+VTK_INSTANTIATE_INDEXED_BACKEND(@INSTANTIATION_VALUE_TYPE@)