diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b33ad36..f970f21 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ $router = Router::parseConfig($config);
 $router->matchCurrentRequest();
 ```
 
+## Using a Service Container
+
+PHPRouter provides a way to work with Containers just by passing it via `PHPRouter\Router` constructor.
+
+```
+<?php
+
+$app = new Router($routes, $container);
+```
+
 ## More information
 
 If you like PHP Router you might also like [AltoRouter](//github.com/dannyvankooten/AltoRouter).
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 028c609..e72a6b5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": "^5.3.0|^7.0",
-    "fig/http-message-util": "^1.1"
+    "fig/http-message-util": "^1.1",
+    "container-interop/container-interop": "^1.1"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "malukenho/docheader": "^0.1.5",
@@ -32,5 +33,10 @@
     "psr-4": {
       "PHPRouter\\": "src/"
     }
+  },
+  "autoload-dev": {
+    "classmap": [
+      "tests/Fixtures/SomeController.php"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Route.php b/src/Route.php
index 16bf99e..dcaf1ed 100755
--- a/src/Route.php
+++ b/src/Route.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 use Fig\Http\Message\RequestMethodInterface;
 use Exception;
+use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use SebastianBergmann\GlobalState\RuntimeException;
 
 class Route
 {
@@ -29,10 +31,14 @@ class Route
     private $url;
 
     /**
-     * Accepted HTTP methods for this route.
      * @var string[]
      */
-    private $methods = array(
+    private $methods;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private $httpMethods = array(
         RequestMethodInterface::METHOD_GET,
         RequestMethodInterface::METHOD_POST,
         RequestMethodInterface::METHOD_PUT,
@@ -75,20 +81,45 @@ class Route
      */
     private $config;
 
+    /**
+     * @var ContainerInterface
+     */
+    private $container;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $action;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $controller;
+
     /**
      * @param       $resource
      * @param array $config
      */
     public function __construct($resource, array $config)
     {
-        $this->url        = $resource;
-        $this->config     = $config;
+        $this->url    = $resource;
+        $this->config = $config;
+
+        list($controller, $action) = explode('::', $this->config['_controller']);
+
+        $this->controller = $controller;
+        $this->action     = $action;
         $this->methods    = isset($config['methods']) ? (array) $config['methods'] : array();
         $this->target     = isset($config['target']) ? $config['target'] : null;
         $this->name       = isset($config['name']) ? $config['name'] : null;
         $this->parameters = isset($config['parameters']) ? $config['parameters'] : array();
     }
 
+    public function setContainer(ContainerInterface $container)
+    {
+        $this->container = $container;
+    }
+
     public function getUrl()
     {
         return $this->url;
@@ -187,24 +218,38 @@ public function setParameters(array $parameters)
 
     public function dispatch()
     {
-        $action = explode('::', $this->config['_controller']);
+        if (null === $this->getAction()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                sprintf('Could not find an action to controller "%s"', $this->controller)
+            );
+        }
 
         if ($this->parametersByName) {
             $this->parameters = array($this->parameters);
         }
 
-        $this->action = !empty($action[1]) && trim($action[1]) !== '' ? $action[1] : null;
+        $controller = $this->controller;
 
-        if (!is_null($this->action)) {
-            $instance = new $action[0];
-            call_user_func_array(array($instance, $this->action), $this->parameters);
+        if ($this->container && $this->container->has($controller)) {
+            $instance = $this->container->get($controller);
         } else {
-            $instance = new $action[0]($this->parameters);
+            $instance = new $controller;
+        }
+
+        if (method_exists($this, $this->getAction())){
+            call_user_func_array(
+                array($instance, $this->getAction()),
+                $this->parameters
+            );
+
+            return;
         }
+
+        new $controller($this->parameters);
     }
 
     public function getAction()
     {
-        return $this->action;
+        return '' !== trim($this->action) ? $this->action : null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Router.php b/src/Router.php
index e9bd478..86d1e47 100755
--- a/src/Router.php
+++ b/src/Router.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 use Exception;
 use Fig\Http\Message\RequestMethodInterface;
+use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
 
 /**
  * Routing class to match request URL's against given routes and map them to a controller action.
@@ -45,18 +46,27 @@ class Router
     private $basePath = '';
 
     /**
-     * @param RouteCollection $collection
+     * @var ContainerInterface
      */
-    public function __construct(RouteCollection $collection)
+    private $container;
+
+    /**
+     * @param RouteCollection    $collection
+     * @param ContainerInterface $container
+     */
+    public function __construct(RouteCollection $collection, ContainerInterface $container = null)
     {
         $this->routes = $collection;
 
+        // @todo remove this heavy operation from construct
         foreach ($this->routes->all() as $route) {
             $name = $route->getName();
             if (null !== $name) {
                 $this->namedRoutes[$name] = $route;
             }
         }
+
+        $this->container = $container;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/src/PHPRouterTest/RouteTest.php b/tests/src/PHPRouterTest/RouteTest.php
index e43a18e..2587b0f 100644
--- a/tests/src/PHPRouterTest/RouteTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/PHPRouterTest/RouteTest.php
@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@
 namespace PHPRouterTest\Test;
 
 use PHPRouter\Route;
+use PHPRouter\Test\SomeController;
 use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
 
 class RouteTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Route
+     */
     private $routeWithParameters;
 
     protected function setUp()
@@ -93,4 +97,40 @@ public function testGetAction()
     {
         self::assertEquals('page', $this->routeWithParameters->getAction());
     }
+
+    public function testShouldGetInstanceFromContainerIfContainerIsProvided()
+    {
+        /* @var $container \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|\Interop\Container\ContainerInterface */
+        $container = $this->getMock('Interop\Container\ContainerInterface');
+
+        $container->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('has')
+            ->with('PHPRouter\Test\SomeController')
+            ->willReturn(true);
+
+        $container->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->with('PHPRouter\Test\SomeController')
+            ->willReturn(new SomeController());
+
+        $this->routeWithParameters->setContainer($container);
+
+        $this->routeWithParameters->dispatch();
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldRaiseAnExceptionIfActionIsNull()
+    {
+        $route = new Route(
+            '/page/:page_id',
+            array(
+                '_controller' => 'PHPRouter\Test\SomeController::',
+                'methods' => array('GET'),
+                'target' => 'thisIsAString',
+                'name' => 'page'
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->setExpectedException('\RuntimeException');
+        $route->dispatch();
+    }
 }