diff --git a/holoviews/core/options.py b/holoviews/core/options.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/holoviews/core/options.py
+++ b/holoviews/core/options.py
@@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ class Store(object):
     object.
     """
 
+    renderers = {} # The set of available Renderers across all backends.
+
     # A mapping from ViewableElement types to their corresponding plot
     # types. Set using the register_plots methods.
     registry = {}
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
+++ b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ def default_options(options):
     # Interface
     options.TimeSeries = Options('style', color=Cycle())
 
+
+Store.renderers['matplotlib'] = MPLRenderer
+
 # Register the default options
 Store.option_setters.append(default_options)
Introduced Store.renderers containing the set of available Renderers