diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/cfg/SearchEngineSettings.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/cfg/SearchEngineSettings.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e697ce30e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/cfg/SearchEngineSettings.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Search, full-text search for your domain model
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.search.engine.cfg;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanReference;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanConfigurer;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanResolver;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration properties for the Hibernate Search engine.
+ */
+public final class SearchEngineSettings {
+
+	private SearchEngineSettings() {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The {@link BeanConfigurer} instances
+	 * used to pre-define beans.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Accepts either:
+	 * <ul>
+	 *     <li>A list, containing {@link BeanConfigurer} instances,
+	 *     or {@link BeanConfigurer} implementation classes to be resolved against the {@link BeanResolver},
+	 *     or Strings to be considered as bean name and resolved against the {@link BeanResolver}
+	 *     (fully-qualified class names will be instantiated using reflection).
+	 *     </li>
+	 *     <li>A String containing whitespace-separated bean names to be resolved against the {@link BeanResolver}
+	 *     (fully-qualified class names will be instantiated using reflection).</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 */
+	public static final String BEAN_CONFIGURERS = "bean_configurers";
+
+	/**
+	 * Default values for the different settings if no values are given.
+	 */
+	public static final class Defaults {
+
+		private Defaults() {
+		}
+
+		public static final List<BeanReference<? extends BeanConfigurer>> BEAN_CONFIGURERS = Collections.emptyList();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/common/impl/SearchIntegrationBuilderImpl.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/common/impl/SearchIntegrationBuilderImpl.java
index 2eacd954557..08fd5096f22 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/common/impl/SearchIntegrationBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/common/impl/SearchIntegrationBuilderImpl.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.common.spi.SearchIntegration;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.common.spi.SearchIntegrationBuilder;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanProvider;
-import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.impl.BeanProviderImpl;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.impl.ConfiguredBeanProvider;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanResolver;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.ReflectionBeanResolver;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.classpath.spi.ClassResolver;
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ public SearchIntegration build() {
 				beanResolver = new ReflectionBeanResolver( classResolver );
 			}
 
-			BeanProvider beanProvider = new BeanProviderImpl( classResolver, beanResolver );
-			ServiceManager serviceManager = new ServiceManagerImpl( classResolver, resourceResolver, beanProvider );
-			RootBuildContext rootBuildContext = new RootBuildContext( serviceManager, failureCollector );
-
 			ConfigurationPropertySource propertySource;
 			if ( !overriddenProperties.isEmpty() ) {
 				propertySource = mainPropertySource.withOverride(
@@ -163,6 +159,10 @@ public SearchIntegration build() {
 				propertySource = mainPropertySource;
 			}
 
+			BeanProvider beanProvider = new ConfiguredBeanProvider( classResolver, beanResolver, propertySource );
+			ServiceManager serviceManager = new ServiceManagerImpl( classResolver, resourceResolver, beanProvider );
+			RootBuildContext rootBuildContext = new RootBuildContext( serviceManager, failureCollector );
+
 			indexManagerBuildingStateHolder = new IndexManagerBuildingStateHolder( rootBuildContext, propertySource );
 
 			// First phase: collect configuration for all mappings
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..975eb7ca9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate Search, full-text search for your domain model
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.impl;
+
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanHolder;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanProvider;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanResolver;
+import org.hibernate.search.util.impl.common.Contracts;
+
+/**
+ * A BeanProvider that ignores the explicitly configured beans.
+ * Used in the ConfiguredBeanProvider constructor to retrieve bean configurers.
+ */
+final class BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider implements BeanProvider {
+	private final BeanResolver beanResolver;
+
+	BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider(BeanResolver beanResolver) {
+		this.beanResolver = beanResolver;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> BeanHolder<T> getBean(Class<T> typeReference) {
+		Contracts.assertNotNull( typeReference, "typeReference" );
+		return beanResolver.resolve( typeReference );
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> BeanHolder<T> getBean(Class<T> typeReference, String nameReference) {
+		Contracts.assertNotNull( typeReference, "typeReference" );
+		Contracts.assertNotNullNorEmpty( nameReference, "nameReference" );
+		return beanResolver.resolve( typeReference, nameReference );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanProviderImpl.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/ConfiguredBeanProvider.java
similarity index 70%
rename from engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanProviderImpl.java
rename to engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/ConfiguredBeanProvider.java
index 63edd0f835f..162600e0572 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/BeanProviderImpl.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/search/engine/environment/bean/impl/ConfiguredBeanProvider.java
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.impl;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.cfg.ConfigurationPropertySource;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.cfg.SearchEngineSettings;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.cfg.spi.ConfigurationProperty;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanHolder;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanProvider;
+import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.BeanReference;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanConfigurer;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanCreationContext;
 import org.hibernate.search.engine.environment.bean.spi.BeanFactory;
@@ -18,21 +24,35 @@
 import org.hibernate.search.util.SearchException;
 import org.hibernate.search.util.impl.common.Contracts;
 
-public final class BeanProviderImpl implements BeanProvider {
+public final class ConfiguredBeanProvider implements BeanProvider {
+
+	private static final ConfigurationProperty<List<BeanReference<? extends BeanConfigurer>>> BEAN_CONFIGURERS =
+			ConfigurationProperty.forKey( SearchEngineSettings.BEAN_CONFIGURERS )
+					.asBeanReference( BeanConfigurer.class )
+					.multivalued( Pattern.compile( "\\s+" ) )
+					.withDefault( SearchEngineSettings.Defaults.BEAN_CONFIGURERS )
+					.build();
 
 	private final BeanResolver beanResolver;
 	private final Map<ConfiguredBeanKey<?>, BeanFactory<?>> explicitlyConfiguredBeans;
 
 	private final BeanCreationContext beanCreationContext;
 
-	public BeanProviderImpl(ClassResolver classResolver, BeanResolver beanResolver) {
+	public ConfiguredBeanProvider(ClassResolver classResolver, BeanResolver beanResolver,
+			ConfigurationPropertySource configurationPropertySource) {
 		this.beanResolver = beanResolver;
 
-		// TODO maybe also add a way to pass configurer through a configuration property?
 		BeanConfigurationContextImpl configurationContext = new BeanConfigurationContextImpl();
 		for ( BeanConfigurer beanConfigurer : classResolver.loadJavaServices( BeanConfigurer.class ) ) {
 			beanConfigurer.configure( configurationContext );
 		}
+		BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider beanProviderForConfigurers = new BeanResolverOnlyBeanProvider( beanResolver );
+		try ( BeanHolder<List<BeanConfigurer>> beanConfigurersFromConfigurationProperties =
+				BEAN_CONFIGURERS.getAndTransform( configurationPropertySource, beanProviderForConfigurers::getBeans ) ) {
+			for ( BeanConfigurer beanConfigurer : beanConfigurersFromConfigurationProperties.get() ) {
+				beanConfigurer.configure( configurationContext );
+			}
+		}
 		this.explicitlyConfiguredBeans = configurationContext.getConfiguredBeans();
 
 		this.beanCreationContext = new BeanCreationContextImpl( this );