diff --git a/Imaging/Hybrid/vtkSampleFunction.cxx b/Imaging/Hybrid/vtkSampleFunction.cxx
index 39258afa86b2523052ae407a5540904304efc6a6..e6e76e14fcf39a2d92e6842f65e3516b6e222512 100644
--- a/Imaging/Hybrid/vtkSampleFunction.cxx
+++ b/Imaging/Hybrid/vtkSampleFunction.cxx
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ int vtkSampleFunction::RequestInformation (
   vtkDataObject::
     SetPointDataActiveScalarInfo(outInfo,this->OutputScalarType,1);
 
+  outInfo->Set(vtkAlgorithm::CAN_PRODUCE_SUB_EXTENT(), 1);
+
   return 1;
 }