diff --git a/mypy/traverser.py b/mypy/traverser.py
index 4ce8332fed86..c4834c9acb6b 100644
--- a/mypy/traverser.py
+++ b/mypy/traverser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Generic node traverser visitor"""
 
 from typing import List
+from mypy_extensions import mypyc_attr
 
 from mypy.visitor import NodeVisitor
 from mypy.nodes import (
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 )
 
 
+@mypyc_attr(allow_interpreted_subclasses=True)
 class TraverserVisitor(NodeVisitor[None]):
     """A parse tree visitor that traverses the parse tree during visiting.
 
diff --git a/mypy/visitor.py b/mypy/visitor.py
index 09a6cea9106a..b98ec773bbe3 100644
--- a/mypy/visitor.py
+++ b/mypy/visitor.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import TypeVar, Generic
 from typing_extensions import TYPE_CHECKING
-from mypy_extensions import trait
+from mypy_extensions import trait, mypyc_attr
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     # break import cycle only needed for mypy
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 
 @trait
+@mypyc_attr(allow_interpreted_subclasses=True)
 class ExpressionVisitor(Generic[T]):
     @abstractmethod
     def visit_int_expr(self, o: 'mypy.nodes.IntExpr') -> T:
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ def visit_temp_node(self, o: 'mypy.nodes.TempNode') -> T:
 
 
 @trait
+@mypyc_attr(allow_interpreted_subclasses=True)
 class StatementVisitor(Generic[T]):
     # Definitions
 
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ def visit_exec_stmt(self, o: 'mypy.nodes.ExecStmt') -> T:
 
 
 @trait
+@mypyc_attr(allow_interpreted_subclasses=True)
 class NodeVisitor(Generic[T], ExpressionVisitor[T], StatementVisitor[T]):
     """Empty base class for parse tree node visitors.