diff --git a/integrationtest/src/test/resources/pom.xml b/integrationtest/src/test/resources/pom.xml
index 0e0cc4f3e..016376ddf 100644
--- a/integrationtest/src/test/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/integrationtest/src/test/resources/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
                     <version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
                     <scope>provided</scope>
                 </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>mapstruct-spi</artifactId>
+                    <version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
+                    <scope>provided</scope>
+                </dependency>
             </dependencies>
         </profile>
         <profile>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index d2a74269d..6104b2086 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@
                 <artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
                 <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mapstruct-spi</artifactId>
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.shared</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-verifier</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ea91b66d..05120d1cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         <module>core</module>
         <module>core-jdk8</module>
         <module>processor</module>
+        <module>spi</module>
         <module>integrationtest</module>
     </modules>
 
diff --git a/processor/pom.xml b/processor/pom.xml
index 9cbad0986..309c0305f 100644
--- a/processor/pom.xml
+++ b/processor/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
             <groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
             <artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mapstruct-spi</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Compile-only; Using "provided" scope as there is no such scope in Maven;
         these dependencies are not required at runtime, only for prism generation
@@ -150,6 +154,11 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
+                            <artifactSet>
+                                <excludes>
+                                    <exclude>${project.groupId}:mapstruct-spi</exclude>
+                                </excludes>
+                            </artifactSet>
                             <filters>
                                 <filter>
                                     <artifact>org.freemarker:freemarker</artifact>
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/model/assignment/SetterWrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/model/assignment/SetterWrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
index a6794d96a..7262df7f2 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/model/assignment/SetterWrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/model/assignment/SetterWrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.mapstruct.ap.model.common.Type;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.services.Services;
 
 /**
  * This wrapper handles the situation were an assignment is done via the setter.
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ public class SetterWrapperForCollectionsAndMaps extends AssignmentWrapper {
                                         String targetSetterName,
                                         Assignment newCollectionOrMapAssignment) {
         super( decoratedAssignment );
-        this.targetGetterName = "get" + targetSetterName.substring( 3 );
+        this.targetGetterName =
+            Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().getNonBooleanGetterNameForSetterName( targetSetterName );
         this.newCollectionOrMapAssignment = newCollectionOrMapAssignment;
     }
 
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48bc2a471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2015 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.services;
+
+import java.beans.Introspector;
+
+import org.mapstruct.spi.AccessorNamingStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * The default JavaBeans-compliant implementation of the {@link AccessorNamingStrategy} service provider interface.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Schuster
+ */
+class DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy implements AccessorNamingStrategy {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNonBooleanGetterName(String methodName) {
+        return methodName.startsWith( "get" ) && methodName.length() > 3;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isBooleanGetterName(String methodName) {
+        return methodName.startsWith( "is" ) && methodName.length() > 2;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSetterName(String methodName) {
+        return methodName.startsWith( "set" ) && methodName.length() > 3;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAdderName(String methodName) {
+        return methodName.startsWith( "add" ) && methodName.length() > 3;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPropertyNameForNonBooleanGetterName(String methodName) {
+        return Introspector.decapitalize( methodName.substring( 3 ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPropertyNameForBooleanGetterName(String methodName) {
+        return Introspector.decapitalize( methodName.substring( 2 ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getPropertyNameForSetterName(String methodName) {
+        return Introspector.decapitalize( methodName.substring( 3 ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getElementNameForAdderName(String methodName) {
+        return Introspector.decapitalize( methodName.substring( 3 ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getNonBooleanGetterNameForSetterName(String methodName) {
+        return "get" + methodName.substring( 3 );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/Services.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/Services.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaf8089be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/services/Services.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2015 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.services;
+
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+
+import org.mapstruct.spi.AccessorNamingStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * A simple locator for SPI implementations.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Schuster
+ */
+public class Services {
+
+    private Services() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Obtain an implementation of {@link AccessorNamingStrategy}. If no specialized implementation is found using
+     * {@link ServiceLoader}, a JavaBeans-compliant default implementation is returned.
+     *
+     * @return The implementation of {@link AccessorNamingStrategy}.
+     * @throws IllegalStateException If more than one implementation is found by
+     *             {@link ServiceLoader#load(Class, ClassLoader)}.
+     */
+    public static AccessorNamingStrategy getAccessorNamingStrategy() {
+        AccessorNamingStrategy impl = get( AccessorNamingStrategy.class );
+        if ( impl == null ) {
+            impl = new DefaultAccessorNamingStrategy();
+        }
+        return impl;
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T get(Class<T> spi) {
+        T matchingImplementation = null;
+
+        for ( T implementation : ServiceLoader.load( spi, spi.getClassLoader() ) ) {
+            if ( matchingImplementation == null ) {
+                matchingImplementation = implementation;
+            }
+            else {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "Multiple implementations have been found for the service provider interface "
+                        + spi.getCanonicalName() + ": " + matchingImplementation.getClass().getCanonicalName() + ", "
+                        + implementation.getClass().getCanonicalName() + "." );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return matchingImplementation;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/util/Executables.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/util/Executables.java
index 0b6b91a4e..e78e1d8dc 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/util/Executables.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/util/Executables.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.mapstruct.ap.util;
 
-import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -34,6 +33,8 @@ import javax.lang.model.util.Elements;
 import javax.lang.model.util.SimpleElementVisitor6;
 import javax.lang.model.util.SimpleTypeVisitor6;
 
+import org.mapstruct.ap.services.Services;
+
 import static javax.lang.model.util.ElementFilter.methodsIn;
 import static org.mapstruct.ap.util.SpecificCompilerWorkarounds.replaceTypeElementIfNecessary;
 
@@ -52,41 +53,30 @@ public class Executables {
     }
 
     private static boolean isNonBooleanGetterMethod(ExecutableElement method) {
-        String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
-
-        return method.getParameters().isEmpty() &&
-            name.startsWith( "get" ) &&
-            name.length() > 3 &&
-            method.getReturnType().getKind() != TypeKind.VOID;
+        return method.getParameters().isEmpty()
+            && Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().isNonBooleanGetterName( method.getSimpleName().toString() )
+            && method.getReturnType().getKind() != TypeKind.VOID;
     }
 
     private static boolean isBooleanGetterMethod(ExecutableElement method) {
-        String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
         boolean returnTypeIsBoolean = method.getReturnType().getKind() == TypeKind.BOOLEAN ||
             "java.lang.Boolean".equals( getQualifiedName( method.getReturnType() ) );
 
-        return method.getParameters().isEmpty() &&
-            name.startsWith( "is" ) &&
-            name.length() > 2 &&
-            returnTypeIsBoolean;
+        return method.getParameters().isEmpty()
+            && Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().isBooleanGetterName( method.getSimpleName().toString() )
+            && returnTypeIsBoolean;
     }
 
     public static boolean isSetterMethod(ExecutableElement method) {
-        String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
-
-        return isPublic( method ) &&
-            name.startsWith( "set" ) &&
-            name.length() > 3 &&
-            method.getParameters().size() == 1;
+        return isPublic( method )
+            && Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().isSetterName( method.getSimpleName().toString() )
+            && method.getParameters().size() == 1;
     }
 
     public static boolean isAdderMethod(ExecutableElement method) {
-        String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
-
-        return isPublic( method ) &&
-            name.startsWith( "add" ) && name.length() > 3 &&
-            method.getParameters().size() == 1;
-
+        return isPublic( method )
+            && Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().isAdderName( method.getSimpleName().toString() )
+            && method.getParameters().size() == 1;
     }
 
     private static boolean isPublic(ExecutableElement method) {
@@ -95,18 +85,18 @@ public class Executables {
 
     public static String getPropertyName(ExecutableElement getterOrSetterMethod) {
         if ( isNonBooleanGetterMethod( getterOrSetterMethod ) ) {
-            return Introspector.decapitalize(
-                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString().substring( 3 )
+            return Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().getPropertyNameForNonBooleanGetterName(
+                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString()
             );
         }
         else if ( isBooleanGetterMethod( getterOrSetterMethod ) ) {
-            return Introspector.decapitalize(
-                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString().substring( 2 )
+            return Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().getPropertyNameForBooleanGetterName(
+                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString()
             );
         }
         else if ( isSetterMethod( getterOrSetterMethod ) ) {
-            return Introspector.decapitalize(
-                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString().substring( 3 )
+            return Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().getPropertyNameForSetterName(
+                getterOrSetterMethod.getSimpleName().toString()
             );
         }
 
@@ -120,8 +110,8 @@ public class Executables {
      */
     public static String getElementNameForAdder(ExecutableElement adderMethod) {
         if ( isAdderMethod( adderMethod ) ) {
-            return Introspector.decapitalize(
-                adderMethod.getSimpleName().toString().substring( 3 )
+            return Services.getAccessorNamingStrategy().getElementNameForAdderName(
+                adderMethod.getSimpleName().toString()
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/spi/pom.xml b/spi/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f41f3d762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spi/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+ Copyright 2012-2014 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ contributors.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mapstruct-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>mapstruct-spi</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>MapStruct Service Provider Interfaces</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- Test -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fest-assert</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>check-style</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>checkstyle</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spi/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/spi/AccessorNamingStrategy.java b/spi/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/spi/AccessorNamingStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3320d7bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spi/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/spi/AccessorNamingStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2015 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.spi;
+
+/**
+ * A service provider interface for the mapping between method names and properties.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Schuster
+ */
+public interface AccessorNamingStrategy {
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if a method name defines a getter with a non-boolean return type.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name.
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the method name can be a non-boolean getter, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isNonBooleanGetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if a method name defines a getter with a boolean return type.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name.
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the method name can be a boolean getter, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isBooleanGetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if a method name defines a setter.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name.
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the method name can be a setter, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isSetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if a method name defines an adder.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name.
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the method name can be an adder, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    boolean isAdderName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the property name from a method name for which {@link #isNonBooleanGetterName(String)} returned
+     * <code>true</code>.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name, guaranteed to be a non-boolean getter name.
+     * @return The property name corresponding to the method name.
+     */
+    String getPropertyNameForNonBooleanGetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the property name from a method name for which {@link #isBooleanGetterName(String)} returned
+     * <code>true</code>.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name, guaranteed to be a boolean getter name.
+     * @return The property name corresponding to the method name.
+     */
+    String getPropertyNameForBooleanGetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the property name from a method name for which {@link #isSetterName(String)} returned <code>true</code>.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name, guaranteed to be a setter name.
+     * @return The property name corresponding to the method name.
+     */
+    String getPropertyNameForSetterName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the element name (singular form of the collection's property name) from a method name for which
+     * {@link #isAdderName(String)} returned <code>true</code>.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name, guaranteed to be an adder name.
+     * @return The element name corresponding to the method name.
+     */
+    String getElementNameForAdderName(String methodName);
+
+    /**
+     * Extract the non-boolean getter method name from the setter method name of the same property.
+     *
+     * @param methodName The method name, guaranteed to be a setter name.
+     * @return The corresponding non-boolean getter method name.
+     */
+    String getNonBooleanGetterNameForSetterName(String methodName);
+}