diff --git a/Command/LoadDataFixturesDoctrineODMCommand.php b/Command/LoadDataFixturesDoctrineODMCommand.php
index 3ff670e5..1508ab28 100644
--- a/Command/LoadDataFixturesDoctrineODMCommand.php
+++ b/Command/LoadDataFixturesDoctrineODMCommand.php
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             }
         }
 
-        $loader = new ContainerAwareLoader($this->getContainer());
+        $loaderClass = $this->getContainer()->getParameter('doctrine_mongodb.odm.fixture_loader');
+        $loader = new $loaderClass($this->getContainer());
         foreach ($paths as $path) {
             if (is_dir($path)) {
                 $loader->loadFromDirectory($path);
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index ea952128..65023591 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                 ->scalarNode('hydrator_namespace')->defaultValue('Hydrators')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('hydrator_dir')->defaultValue('%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/odm/mongodb/Hydrators')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('auto_generate_hydrator_classes')->defaultValue(false)->end()
+                ->scalarNode('fixture_loader')
+                    ->defaultValue('Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader')
+                    ->beforeNormalization()
+                        ->ifTrue(function($v) {return !($v == 'Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader' || in_array('Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader', class_parents($v)));})
+                        ->then(function($v) { throw new \LogicException(sprintf("The %s class is not a subclass of the ContainerAwareLoader", $v));})
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('default_document_manager')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('default_connection')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('default_database')->defaultValue('default')->end()
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
index ee25c59b..8ddb6c91 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         // set some options as parameters and unset them
         $config = $this->overrideParameters($config, $container);
 
+        // set the fixtures loader
+        $container->setParameter('doctrine_mongodb.odm.fixture_loader', $config['fixture_loader']);
+
         // load the connections
         $this->loadConnections($config['connections'], $container);
 
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 34f1b3a1..a397008b 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public function testDefaults()
         $options = $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array());
 
         $defaults = array(
+            'fixture_loader'                 => 'Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader',
             'auto_generate_hydrator_classes' => false,
             'auto_generate_proxy_classes'    => false,
             'default_database'               => 'default',
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public function testFullConfiguration($config)
         $options = $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array($config));
 
         $expected = array(
+            'fixture_loader'                 => 'Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader',
             'auto_generate_hydrator_classes' => true,
             'auto_generate_proxy_classes'    => true,
             'default_connection'             => 'conn1',
@@ -440,4 +442,29 @@ public function testInvalidReplicaSetValue()
         $configuration = new Configuration(false);
         $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array($config));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideExceptionConfiguration
+     */
+    public function testFixtureLoaderValidation($config)
+    {
+        $processor = new Processor();
+        $configuration = new Configuration(false);
+        $this->setExpectedException('\LogicException');
+        $processor->processConfiguration($configuration, array($config));
+    }
+
+    public function provideExceptionConfiguration()
+    {
+        $yaml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/config/yml/exception.yml'));
+        $yaml = $yaml['doctrine_mongodb'];
+
+        $xml = XmlUtils::loadFile(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/config/xml/exception.xml');
+        $xml = XmlUtils::convertDomElementToArray($xml->getElementsByTagName('config')->item(0));
+
+        return array(
+            array($yaml),
+            array($xml),
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/exception.xml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/exception.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07d4ed12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/exception.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:doctrine="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/odm/mongodb"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/odm/mongodb http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/odm/mongodb/mongodb-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <doctrine:config
+        fixture_loader="stdClass"
+    >
+    </doctrine:config>
+</container>
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/full.xml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/full.xml
index 6defab8b..e298cb40 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/full.xml
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/xml/full.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
                         http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/odm/mongodb http://symfony.com/schema/dic/doctrine/odm/mongodb/mongodb-1.0.xsd">
 
     <doctrine:config
+        fixture_loader="Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader"
         auto-generate-hydrator-classes="true"
         auto-generate-proxy-classes="true"
         default-connection="conn1"
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/exception.yml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/exception.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c33bb926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/exception.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+doctrine_mongodb:
+    fixture_loader: stdClass
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/full.yml b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/full.yml
index bd7f4e4d..e1ed7e5b 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/full.yml
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/config/yml/full.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 doctrine_mongodb:
+    fixture_loader: Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DataFixtures\ContainerAwareLoader
     auto_generate_proxy_classes: true
     auto_generate_hydrator_classes: true
     default_connection: conn1