diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/IContainer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/IContainer.cs
index 9a5452bf65..2937fb2b02 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/IContainer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/IContainer.cs
@@ -169,5 +169,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Composing
         IContainer EnablePerWebRequestScope();
 
         #endregion
+
+        void Release(object instance);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/LightInject/LightInjectContainer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/LightInject/LightInjectContainer.cs
index 269873a3de..d4b88e862c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/LightInject/LightInjectContainer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Composing/LightInject/LightInjectContainer.cs
@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Composing.LightInject
 
         #endregion
 
+        public void Release(object instance)
+        {
+            // fixme - no idea how to do this with LI
+        }
+
         #region Control
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/ContainerControllerFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/ContainerControllerFactory.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d37054fda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/ContainerControllerFactory.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Routing;
+using System.Web.SessionState;
+using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
+{
+    public class ContainerControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
+    {
+        private readonly IContainer container;
+
+        public ContainerControllerFactory(IContainer container)
+        {
+            this.container = container;
+        }
+
+        protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
+        {
+            return (IController)container.GetInstance(controllerType);
+        }
+
+        public override void ReleaseController(IController controller)
+        {
+            container.Release(controller);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/MasterControllerFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/MasterControllerFactory.cs
index 20c5c1cfd5..3d1e450c93 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/MasterControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/MasterControllerFactory.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Web.Routing;
+using Umbraco.Web.Composing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
 {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
     /// request. Allows circumvention of MVC3's singly registered IControllerFactory.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks></remarks>
-    internal class MasterControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
+    internal class MasterControllerFactory : ContainerControllerFactory
     {
         private readonly Func<FilteredControllerFactoryCollection> _factoriesAccessor;
         private FilteredControllerFactoryCollection _factories;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="factoriesAccessor">The factories accessor.</param>
         public MasterControllerFactory(Func<FilteredControllerFactoryCollection> factoriesAccessor)
+            : base(Current.Container)
         {
             // note
             // because the MasterControllerFactory needs to be ctored to be assigned to
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoControllerFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoControllerFactory.cs
index 2c68718ec2..330031976d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoControllerFactory.cs
@@ -65,8 +65,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
         /// this nested class changes the visibility of <see cref="DefaultControllerFactory"/>'s internal methods in order to not have to rely on a try-catch.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks></remarks>
-        internal class OverridenDefaultControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
+        internal class OverridenDefaultControllerFactory : ContainerControllerFactory
+            // DefaultControllerFactory
         {
+            public OverridenDefaultControllerFactory()
+                : base(Current.Container)
+            {
+            }
+
             public new IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
             {
                 return base.GetControllerInstance(requestContext, controllerType);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index cc477c3224..79f0fbdafb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Editors\BackOfficeServerVariables.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\ContentSavedState.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Mapping\ContentSavedStateResolver.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Mvc\ContainerControllerFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\HttpActionContextExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ContentEditing\IContentSave.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WebApi\TrimModelBinder.cs" />