diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/Aggregator.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/Aggregator.java
index 28421fa67f4..fb4689fe009 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/Aggregator.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/Aggregator.java
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ public interface Aggregator extends Closeable
   Object get();
   float getFloat();
   long getLong();
-  double getDouble();
+
+  /**
+   * The default implementation casts {@link Aggregator#getFloat()} to double.
+   * This default method is added to enable smooth backward compatibility, please re-implement it if your aggregators
+   * work with numeric double columns.
+   */
+  default double getDouble()
+  {
+    return (double) getFloat();
+  }
 
   @Override
   void close();
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/BufferAggregator.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/BufferAggregator.java
index d67588fbe94..9dc9acb3267 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/BufferAggregator.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/BufferAggregator.java
@@ -123,11 +123,18 @@ public interface BufferAggregator extends HotLoopCallee
    * have an {@link AggregatorFactory#getTypeName()} of "double".
    * If unimplemented, throwing an {@link UnsupportedOperationException} is common and recommended.
    *
+   * The default implementation casts {@link BufferAggregator#getFloat(ByteBuffer, int)} to double.
+   * This default method is added to enable smooth backward compatibility, please re-implement it if your aggregators
+   * work with numeric double columns.
+   *
    * @param buf byte buffer storing the byte array representation of the aggregate
    * @param position offset within the byte buffer at which the aggregate value is stored
    * @return the double representation of the aggregate
    */
-  double getDouble(ByteBuffer buf, int position);
+  default double getDouble(ByteBuffer buf, int position)
+  {
+    return (double) getFloat(buf, position);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Release any resources used by the aggregator