diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
index e6a978d46..2d22890bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java
@@ -599,6 +599,48 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     return serviceObject.get(key);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Put a service object into configuration such that it can be passed to a plugin.
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   JedisPool jedisPool = ..
+   *
+   *   serverConfig.putServiceObject(jedisPool);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   */
+  public void putServiceObject(Object configObject) {
+    String key = serviceObjectKey(configObject);
+    serviceObject.put(key, configObject);
+  }
+
+  private String serviceObjectKey(Object configObject) {
+    return serviceObjectKey(configObject.getClass());
+  }
+
+  private String serviceObjectKey(Class<?> cls) {
+    String simpleName = cls.getSimpleName();
+    return Character.toLowerCase(simpleName.charAt(0)) + simpleName.substring(1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Used by plugins to obtain service objects.
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   JedisPool jedisPool = serverConfig.getServiceObject(JedisPool.class);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param cls The
+   * @param <P>
+   * @return
+   */
+  public <P> P getServiceObject(Class<P> cls) {
+    return (P)serviceObject.get(serviceObjectKey(cls));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the Jackson JsonFactory to use.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfigTest.java
index 5ac810e8b..e5487b2b9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfigTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.ebean.config;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.IdType;
 import io.ebean.datasource.DataSourceConfig;
@@ -121,4 +122,19 @@ public class ServerConfigTest {
     serverConfig.setIdGeneratorAutomatic(false);
     assertFalse(serverConfig.isIdGeneratorAutomatic());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void test_putServiceObject() {
+
+    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    ServerConfig config = new ServerConfig();
+    config.putServiceObject(objectMapper);
+
+    ObjectMapper mapper0 = config.getServiceObject(ObjectMapper.class);
+    ObjectMapper mapper1 = (ObjectMapper)config.getServiceObject("objectMapper");
+
+    assertThat(objectMapper).isSameAs(mapper0);
+    assertThat(objectMapper).isSameAs(mapper1);
+  }
 }