diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AutowirePass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AutowirePass.php
index 9a2f2ecba1865..8fce2bdd9b54c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AutowirePass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/AutowirePass.php
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ private function completeDefinition($id, Definition $definition)
             $this->autowireMethod($id, $definition, $constructor, true);
         }
 
+        if (!$definition->hasAutowiredSetters()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $methodsCalled = array();
         foreach ($definition->getMethodCalls() as $methodCall) {
             $methodsCalled[$methodCall[0]] = true;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Definition.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Definition.php
index b697f02708e1f..47d67003beca9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Definition.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Definition.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Definition
     private $lazy = false;
     private $decoratedService;
     private $autowired = false;
+    private $autowiredSetters = false;
     private $autowiringTypes = array();
 
     protected $arguments;
@@ -679,6 +680,30 @@ public function setAutowired($autowired)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Are setters autowired?
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function hasAutowiredSetters()
+    {
+        return $this->autowiredSetters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets setters autowired.
+     *
+     * @param $autowiredSetters
+     *
+     * @return Definition The current instance
+     */
+    public function setAutowiredSetters($autowiredSetters)
+    {
+        $this->autowiredSetters = $autowiredSetters;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets autowiring types that will default to this definition.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index 6b1381b01201d..1f1eeb3ba923c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ private function parseDefinition(\DOMElement $service, $file)
             $definition->setAutowired(XmlUtils::phpize($value));
         }
 
+        if ($value = $service->getAttribute('autowire-setters')) {
+            $definition->setAutowiredSetters(XmlUtils::phpize($value));
+        }
+
         if ($files = $this->getChildren($service, 'file')) {
             $definition->setFile($files[0]->nodeValue);
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index 98e78efce8a06..4cab8f2ea1d03 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class YamlFileLoader extends FileLoader
         'decoration_inner_name' => 'decoration_inner_name',
         'decoration_priority' => 'decoration_priority',
         'autowire' => 'autowire',
+        'autowire_setters' => 'autowire_setters',
         'autowiring_types' => 'autowiring_types',
     );
 
@@ -305,6 +306,10 @@ private function parseDefinition($id, $service, $file)
             $definition->setAutowired($service['autowire']);
         }
 
+        if (isset($service['autowire_setters'])) {
+            $definition->setAutowiredSetters($service['autowire_setters']);
+        }
+
         if (isset($service['autowiring_types'])) {
             if (is_string($service['autowiring_types'])) {
                 $definition->addAutowiringType($service['autowiring_types']);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
index 182e09e8572ce..92aacbd1388d1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     <xsd:attribute name="decoration-inner-name" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="decoration-priority" type="xsd:integer" />
     <xsd:attribute name="autowire" type="boolean" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="autowire-setters" type="boolean" />
   </xsd:complexType>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="tag">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/AutowirePassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/AutowirePassTest.php
index 684e99b63228f..312d3bc86e075 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/AutowirePassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/AutowirePassTest.php
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ public function testSetterInjection()
         $container
             ->register('setter_injection', SetterInjection::class)
             ->setAutowired(true)
+            ->setAutowiredSetters(true)
             ->addMethodCall('setWithCallsConfigured', array('manual_arg1', 'manual_arg2'))
         ;
 
@@ -470,6 +471,20 @@ public function testSetterInjection()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testSetterInjectionNotEnabledByDefault()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container
+            ->register('setter_injection', SetterInjection::class)
+            ->setAutowired(true)
+        ;
+
+        $pass = new AutowirePass();
+        $pass->process($container);
+
+        $this->assertCount(0, $container->getDefinition('setter_injection')->getMethodCalls());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getCreateResourceTests
      */
@@ -531,6 +546,7 @@ public function testSetterInjectionCollisionThrowsException()
         $container->register('c2', CollisionB::class);
         $aDefinition = $container->register('setter_injection_collision', SetterInjectionCollision::class);
         $aDefinition->setAutowired(true);
+        $aDefinition->setAutowiredSetters(true);
 
         $pass = new AutowirePass();
         $pass->process($container);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/DefinitionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/DefinitionTest.php
index 35bc048c11626..fc4205fe1a5e6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/DefinitionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/DefinitionTest.php
@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@ public function testAutowired()
         $this->assertTrue($def->isAutowired());
     }
 
+    public function testSettersAutowired()
+    {
+        $def = new Definition('stdClass');
+        $this->assertFalse($def->hasAutowiredSetters());
+        $def->setAutowiredSetters(true);
+        $this->assertTrue($def->hasAutowiredSetters());
+    }
+
     public function testTypes()
     {
         $def = new Definition('stdClass');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services25.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services25.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5ca2fd72de8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services25.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+    <services>
+        <service id="bar" class="Bar" autowire="true" autowire-setters="true" />
+    </services>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services25.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services25.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b1d5e071c990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services25.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+services:
+    bar_service:
+        class:            BarClass
+        autowire:         true
+        autowire_setters: true
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index a351c62ebc881..77478b3000288 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@ public function testAutowire()
         $this->assertTrue($container->getDefinition('bar')->isAutowired());
     }
 
+    public function testAutowireSetters()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new XmlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/xml'));
+        $loader->load('services25.xml');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->getDefinition('bar')->hasAutowiredSetters());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group legacy
      * @requires function Symfony\Bridge\PhpUnit\ErrorAssert::assertDeprecationsAreTriggered
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
index 13308a94a014a..4c18563ebe9de 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ public function testAutowire()
         $this->assertTrue($container->getDefinition('bar_service')->isAutowired());
     }
 
+    public function testAutowireSetters()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/yaml'));
+        $loader->load('services25.yml');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->getDefinition('bar_service')->hasAutowiredSetters());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage The value of the "decorates" option for the "bar" service must be the id of the service without the "@" prefix (replace "@foo" with "foo").