diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Net40.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Net40.cs
index 44bdd442b..52158e37e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Net40.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Net40.cs
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ public Net40PclExport()
             this.PlatformName = Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString();
         }
 
-        public static void Configure()
+        public static PclExport Configure()
         {
             Configure(Provider);
+            return Provider;
         }
 
         public override string ReadAllText(string filePath)
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Sl5.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Sl5.cs
index 601e9ab2a..0b507273a 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Sl5.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Sl5.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ public Sl5PclExport()
             this.PlatformName = "Silverlight5";
         }
 
+        public static PclExport Configure()
+        {
+            Configure(Provider);
+            return Provider;
+        }
+
         public override string ReadAllText(string filePath)
         {
             return File.ReadAllText(filePath);
@@ -64,11 +70,6 @@ public override HttpWebRequest CreateWebRequest(string requestUri, bool? emulate
 
             return (HttpWebRequest)creator.Create(new Uri(requestUri));
         }
-
-        public static void Configure()
-        {
-            Configure(Provider);
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WP.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WP.cs
index 520070ae8..5eef2fd02 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WP.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WP.cs
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ namespace ServiceStack
 {
     public class WpPclExport : PclExport
     {
-        public new static WpPclExport Instance = new WpPclExport();
+        public static WpPclExport Provider = new WpPclExport();
 
         public WpPclExport()
         {
             this.PlatformName = "WindowsPhone";
         }
 
+        public static PclExport Configure()
+        {
+            Configure(Provider);
+            return Provider;
+        }
+
         public override string ReadAllText(string filePath)
         {
             using (var isoStore = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WinStore.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WinStore.cs
index d0d7fb793..f2dfb8f88 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WinStore.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.WinStore.cs
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ public WinStorePclExport()
             this.PlatformName = "WindowsStore";
         }
 
-        public static void Configure()
+        public static PclExport Configure()
         {
             Configure(Provider);
+            return Provider;
         }
 
         public override string ReadAllText(string filePath)
diff --git a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Xbox.cs b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Xbox.cs
index e5658d8de..9fcd23ae6 100644
--- a/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Xbox.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceStack.Text/PclExport.Xbox.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ namespace ServiceStack
 {
     public class XboxPclExport : PclExport
     {
-        public new static XboxPclExport Instance = new XboxPclExport();
+        public static XboxPclExport Provider = new XboxPclExport();
 
         public XboxPclExport()
         {
             this.PlatformName = "XBOX";
         }
 
+        public static PclExport Configure()
+        {
+            Configure(Provider);
+            return Provider;
+        }
+
         public override string ReadAllText(string filePath)
         {
             using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))