diff --git a/source/poodinis/autowire.d b/source/poodinis/autowire.d
index 00f103c..1870c86 100644
--- a/source/poodinis/autowire.d
+++ b/source/poodinis/autowire.d
@@ -92,9 +92,20 @@ class AutowiredRegistration(RegistrationType : Object) : Registration {
 		super(registeredType, typeid(RegistrationType));
 	}
 
-	public override Object getInstance() {
-		RegistrationType instance = cast(RegistrationType) super.getInstance();
-		container.autowire(instance);
+	public override Object getInstance(InstantiationContext context = new AutowireInstantiationContext()) {
+		RegistrationType instance = cast(RegistrationType) super.getInstance(context);
+
+		AutowireInstantiationContext autowireContext = cast(AutowireInstantiationContext) context;
+		enforce(!(autowireContext is null), "Given instantiation context type could not be cast to an AutowireInstantiationContext. If you relied on using the default assigned context: make sure you're calling getInstance() on an instance of type AutowiredRegistration!");
+		if (autowireContext.autowireInstance) {
+			container.autowire(instance);
+		}
+
 		return instance;
 	}
+
+}
+
+class AutowireInstantiationContext : InstantiationContext {
+	public bool autowireInstance = true;
 }
diff --git a/source/poodinis/registration.d b/source/poodinis/registration.d
index 015c5ea..0989489 100644
--- a/source/poodinis/registration.d
+++ b/source/poodinis/registration.d
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ class Registration {
 	TypeInfo registeredType = null;
 	TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType = null;
 	CreationScope registationScope = null;
-	
+
 	this(TypeInfo registeredType, TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType) {
 		this.registeredType = registeredType;
 		this.instantiatableType = instantiatableType;
 	}
-	
-	public Object getInstance() {
+
+	public Object getInstance(InstantiationContext context = new InstantiationContext()) {
 		if (registationScope is null) {
 			throw new NoScopeDefinedException(registeredType);
 		}
-		
+
 		return registationScope.getInstance();
 	}
 }
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ class NullScope : CreationScope {
 class SingleInstanceScope : CreationScope {
 	TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType = null;
 	Object instance = null;
-	
+
 	this(TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType) {
 		this.instantiatableType = instantiatableType;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object getInstance() {
 		if (instance is null) {
 			debug(poodinisVerbose) {
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class SingleInstanceScope : CreationScope {
 				writeln(format("DEBUG: Existing instance returned of type %s (SingleInstanceScope)", instantiatableType.toString()));
 			}
 		}
-		
-		
+
+
 		return instance;
 	}
 }
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ public Registration singleInstance(Registration registration) {
 
 class NewInstanceScope : CreationScope {
 	TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType = null;
-	
+
 	this(TypeInfo_Class instantiatableType) {
 		this.instantiatableType = instantiatableType;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object getInstance() {
 		debug(poodinisVerbose) {
 			writeln(format("DEBUG: Creating new instance of type %s (SingleInstanceScope)", instantiatableType.toString()));
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ public Registration newInstance(Registration registration) {
 
 class ExistingInstanceScope : CreationScope {
 	Object instance = null;
-	
+
 	this(Object instance) {
 		this.instance = instance;
 	}
-	
+
 	public Object getInstance() {
 		debug(poodinisVerbose) {
 			writeln("DEBUG: Existing instance returned (ExistingInstanceScope)");
@@ -130,3 +130,5 @@ public string toConcreteTypeListString(Registration[] registrations) {
 	}
 	return concreteTypeListString;
 }
+
+class InstantiationContext {}
diff --git a/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d b/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
index 0aa3cca..b45985b 100644
--- a/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
+++ b/test/poodinis/autowiretest.d
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ version(unittest) {
 		container.register!ComponentA;
 
 		auto registration = new AutowiredRegistration!ComponentB(typeid(ComponentB), container).singleInstance();
-		auto instance = cast(ComponentB) registration.getInstance();
+		auto instance = cast(ComponentB) registration.getInstance(new AutowireInstantiationContext());
 
 		assert(!instance.componentIsNull());
 	}