diff --git a/control/injector/Injector.php b/control/injector/Injector.php
index f8694dbe2..1e1343cdb 100644
--- a/control/injector/Injector.php
+++ b/control/injector/Injector.php
@@ -585,15 +585,52 @@ class Injector {
 		$objtype = $asType ? $asType : get_class($object);
 		$mapping = isset($this->injectMap[$objtype]) ? $this->injectMap[$objtype] : null;
 
+		$spec = empty($this->specs[$objtype]) ? array() : $this->specs[$objtype];
+
 		// first off, set any properties defined in the service specification for this
 		// object type
-		if (isset($this->specs[$objtype]) && isset($this->specs[$objtype]['properties'])) {
+		if(!empty($spec['properties']) && is_array($spec['properties'])) {
 			foreach ($this->specs[$objtype]['properties'] as $key => $value) {
 				$val = $this->convertServiceProperty($value);
 				$this->setObjectProperty($object, $key, $val);
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Populate named methods
+		if (!empty($spec['calls']) && is_array($spec['calls'])) {
+			foreach ($spec['calls'] as $method) {
+				// Ignore any blank entries from the array; these may be left in due to config system limitations
+				if(!$method) continue;
+
+				// Format validation
+				if(!is_array($method) || !isset($method[0]) || isset($method[2])) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
+						"'calls' entries in service definition should be 1 or 2 element arrays."
+					);
+				}
+				if(!is_string($method[0])) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException("1st element of a 'calls' entry should be a string");
+				}
+				if(isset($method[1]) && !is_array($method[1])) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException("2nd element of a 'calls' entry should an arguments array");
+				}
+
+				// Check that the method exists and is callable
+				$objectMethod = array($object, $method[0]);
+				if (!is_callable($objectMethod)) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException("'$method[0]' in 'calls' entry is not a public method");
+				}
+
+				// Call it
+				call_user_func_array(
+					$objectMethod,
+					$this->convertServiceProperty(
+						isset($method[1]) ? $method[1] : array()
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
 		// now, use any cached information about what properties this object type has
 		// and set based on name resolution
 		if (!$mapping) {
diff --git a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/05_Injector.md b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/05_Injector.md
index d17603362..56112fc61 100644
--- a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/05_Injector.md
+++ b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/05_Injector.md
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ Now the dependencies will be replaced with our configuration.
 	echo ($object->textProperty == 'My Text Value');
 	// returns true;
 
+As well as properties, method calls can also be specified:
+
+	:::yml
+	Injector:
+	  Logger:
+	    class: Monolog\Logger
+	    calls:
+	      - [ pushHandler, [ %$DefaultHandler ] ]
+
+
 ## Factories
 
 Some services require non-trivial construction which means they must be created by a factory class. To do this, create
diff --git a/tests/injector/InjectorTest.php b/tests/injector/InjectorTest.php
index 71dbddf8c..3ba317828 100644
--- a/tests/injector/InjectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/injector/InjectorTest.php
@@ -619,6 +619,91 @@ class InjectorTest extends SapphireTest {
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('TestObject', $injector->get('service'));
 	}
 
+	public function testMethods() {
+		// do it again but have test object configured as a constructor dependency
+		$injector = new Injector();
+		$config = array(
+			'A' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+			),
+			'B' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+			),
+			'TestService' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+				'calls' => array(
+					array('myMethod', array('%$A')),
+					array('myMethod', array('%$B')),
+					array('noArgMethod')
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$injector->load($config);
+		$item = $injector->get('TestService');
+		$this->assertTrue($item instanceof TestObject);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			array($injector->get('A'), $injector->get('B'), 'noArgMethod called'),
+			$item->methodCalls
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function testNonExistentMethods() {
+		$injector = new Injector();
+		$config = array(
+			'TestService' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+				'calls' => array(
+					array('thisDoesntExist')
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$injector->load($config);
+		$item = $injector->get('TestService');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function testProtectedMethods() {
+		$injector = new Injector();
+		$config = array(
+			'TestService' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+				'calls' => array(
+					array('protectedMethod')
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$injector->load($config);
+		$item = $injector->get('TestService');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function testTooManyArrayValues() {
+		$injector = new Injector();
+		$config = array(
+			'TestService' => array(
+				'class' => 'TestObject',
+				'calls' => array(
+					array('method', array('args'), 'what is this?')
+				)
+			)
+		);
+
+		$injector->load($config);
+		$item = $injector->get('TestService');
+	}
+
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Test nesting of injector
 	 */
@@ -713,10 +798,23 @@ class TestObject implements TestOnly {
 
 	public $sampleService;
 
+	public $methodCalls = array();
+
 	public function setSomething($v) {
 		$this->sampleService = $v;
 	}
 
+	public function myMethod($arg) {
+		$this->methodCalls[] = $arg;
+	}
+
+	public function noArgMethod() {
+		$this->methodCalls[] = 'noArgMethod called';
+	}
+
+	protected function protectedMethod() {
+		$this->methodCalls[] = 'protectedMethod called';
+	}
 }
 
 class OtherTestObject implements TestOnly {
@@ -848,4 +946,4 @@ class SSObjectCreator extends InjectionCreator {
 			return parent::create($class, $params);
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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