diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/basedatatypes.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/basedatatypes.py
index 87da535702a..94aa3ccfe2e 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/basedatatypes.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/basedatatypes.py
@@ -1529,7 +1529,14 @@ def _validate_rows_cols(name, n, vals):
             if len(vals) != n:
                 BaseFigure._raise_invalid_rows_cols(name=name, n=n, invalid=vals)
 
-            if [r for r in vals if not isinstance(r, int)]:
+            try:
+                import numpy as np
+
+                int_type = (int, np.integer)
+            except ImportError:
+                int_type = (int,)
+
+            if [r for r in vals if not isinstance(r, int_type)]:
                 BaseFigure._raise_invalid_rows_cols(name=name, n=n, invalid=vals)
         else:
             BaseFigure._raise_invalid_rows_cols(name=name, n=n, invalid=vals)
diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_core/test_utils/test_utils.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_core/test_utils/test_utils.py
index 27b77bd1d4c..d35a33d376f 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_core/test_utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_core/test_utils/test_utils.py
@@ -52,3 +52,21 @@ def test_node_generator(self):
         ]
         for i, item in enumerate(node_generator(node0)):
             self.assertEqual(item, expected_node_path_tuples[i])
+
+
+class TestNumpyIntegerBaseType(TestCase):
+    def test_numpy_integer_import(self):
+        # should generate a figure with subplots of array and not throw a ValueError
+        import numpy as np
+        import plotly.graph_objects as go
+        from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
+
+        indices_rows = np.array([1], dtype=np.int)
+        indices_cols = np.array([1], dtype=np.int)
+        fig = make_subplots(rows=1, cols=1)
+        fig.add_trace(go.Scatter(y=[1]), row=indices_rows[0], col=indices_cols[0])
+
+        data_path = ("data", 0, "y")
+        value = get_by_path(fig, data_path)
+        expected_value = (1,)
+        self.assertEqual(value, expected_value)