diff --git a/src/Service/ServiceManagerConfig.php b/src/Service/ServiceManagerConfig.php
index d667c1628..94badafb2 100644
--- a/src/Service/ServiceManagerConfig.php
+++ b/src/Service/ServiceManagerConfig.php
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ public function __construct(array $config = [])
             },
             'ServiceManagerAwareInitializer' => function ($first, $second) {
                 if ($first instanceof ContainerInterface) {
+                    // zend-servicemanager v3
                     $container = $first;
                     $instance = $second;
                 } else {
+                    // zend-servicemanager v2
                     $container = $second;
                     $instance = $first;
                 }
@@ -129,10 +131,16 @@ public function __construct(array $config = [])
                 }
             },
             'ServiceLocatorAwareInitializer' => function ($first, $second) {
-                if ($first instanceof ContainerInterface) {
+                if ($first instanceof AbstractPluginManager) {
+                    // Edge case under zend-servicemanager v2
+                    $container = $second;
+                    $instance = $first;
+                } elseif ($first instanceof ContainerInterface) {
+                    // zend-servicemanager v3
                     $container = $first;
                     $instance = $second;
                 } else {
+                    // zend-servicemanager v2
                     $container = $second;
                     $instance = $first;
                 }
diff --git a/test/Service/ServiceManagerConfigTest.php b/test/Service/ServiceManagerConfigTest.php
index 0956ad68b..286a5b19e 100644
--- a/test/Service/ServiceManagerConfigTest.php
+++ b/test/Service/ServiceManagerConfigTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use ReflectionClass;
 use stdClass;
 use Zend\EventManager\EventManager;
+use Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager;
 use Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceManagerConfig;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\InvokableFactory;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ protected function setUp()
         $this->config->configureServiceManager($this->services);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Is this a v2 service manager?
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isV2ServiceManager()
+    {
+        return (! method_exists($this->services, 'configure'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create an event manager instance based on zend-eventmanager version
      *
@@ -225,4 +236,66 @@ public function testCreatesAFactoryForTheServiceManagerThatReturnsIt()
         $this->assertTrue($serviceManager->has('ServiceManager'), 'Missing ServiceManager service!');
         $this->assertSame($serviceManager, $serviceManager->get('ServiceManager'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/zendframework/zend-servicemanager/issues/109
+     */
+    public function testServiceLocatorAwareInitializerCanInjectPluginManagers()
+    {
+        if (! $this->isV2ServiceManager()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(sprintf(
+                '%s verifies backwards compatibility with the v2 series of zend-servicemanager',
+                __FUNCTION__
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $this->services->setFactory('test-plugins', function () {
+            return new PluginManager();
+        });
+
+        $deprecated = false;
+        set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr) use (&$deprecated) {
+            $deprecated = true;
+        }, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
+        $plugins = $this->services->get('test-plugins');
+
+        restore_error_handler();
+
+        $this->assertSame($this->services, $plugins->getServiceLocator());
+        $this->assertTrue($deprecated, 'Deprecation notice for ServiceLocatorAwareInitializer was not triggered');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/zendframework/zend-servicemanager/issues/109
+     */
+    public function testServiceLocatorAwareInitializerWillNotReinjectPluginManagers()
+    {
+        if (! $this->isV2ServiceManager()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(sprintf(
+                '%s verifies backwards compatibility with the v2 series of zend-servicemanager',
+                __FUNCTION__
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $altServices = new ServiceManager();
+        $this->services->setFactory('test-plugins', function () use ($altServices) {
+            return new PluginManager($altServices);
+        });
+
+        $deprecated = false;
+        set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr) use (&$deprecated) {
+            $deprecated = true;
+        }, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
+        $plugins = $this->services->get('test-plugins');
+
+        restore_error_handler();
+
+        $this->assertSame($altServices, $plugins->getServiceLocator());
+        $this->assertFalse(
+            $deprecated,
+            'Deprecation notice for ServiceLocatorAwareInitializer was triggered, but should not have been'
+        );
+    }
 }