diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 237e8a3..f87f757 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ let injector2 = injector.spawn();
 ```
 By default this will create a brand new injector, but if you want to share registered services/factories between the two, pass `true` into the function. This will create a new injector that *inherits* the previous one. Any factories registered on the first injector will be available to the second, but not vice versa.
 
+#### strict
+If set to `false` then all dependencies will be made optional. If a component's dependency cannot be found, rather than throwing an error it will just be set to `undefined`. Not that this does not affect the `get` function.
+
 ### Lifecycle
 When registering a factory or service, it's possible to determine the lifecycle.
 *As of v0.4, the default lifecycle is set to `class`*.
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 56bf653..f682fbd 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 2.0.0
 - Injecting components/mixins/directives is now optional
 - There is now a default merging strategy for when using mixins with dependencies
+- Added a `injector.strict` option which makes all dependencies optional. Note this doesn't affect `injector.get`
 
 ## 1.0.0
 - Upgraded to Jpex 2.0.0  
diff --git a/spec/install.spec.js b/spec/install.spec.js
index ad7ce1b..1c244ee 100644
--- a/spec/install.spec.js
+++ b/spec/install.spec.js
@@ -136,3 +136,22 @@ test('sets option merging strategies', function (t) {
 
   t.deepEqual(merged, [ 'apple', { banana: 'b'}]);
 });
+
+// strict
+test('strict throws when a dep is not found', function (t) {
+  let {injector, vue} = t.context;
+
+  vue.dependencies = 'foofactory';
+
+  t.throws(() => vue.use(injector));
+  t.throws(() => injector.get('foofactory'));
+});
+test('non-strict does not throw for missing deps', function (t) {
+  let {injector, vue} = t.context;
+
+  vue.dependencies = 'foofactory';
+  injector.strict = false;
+
+  t.notThrows(() => vue.use(injector));
+  t.throws(() => injector.get('foofactory'));
+});
diff --git a/src/base.js b/src/base.js
index 19a61b4..05c5a0c 100644
--- a/src/base.js
+++ b/src/base.js
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ Base.spawn = function (extend) {
   }
 };
 
+// Allow setting a soft mode
+Base.strict = true;
+
 // Install method used by Vue.use
 Base.install = install;
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index fe28e92..7fcad58 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ module.exports = function (Vue, options) {
   var self = this;
 
   var $typeof = this.$resolve('$typeof');
+  var strict = this.strict;
+
+  function fixName(name) {
+    if (strict) {
+      return name;
+    }
+    if (name.charAt(0) === '_' && name.substr(name.length -1) === '_') {
+      return name;
+    }
+    return '_' + name + '_';
+  }
 
   function setProperty(target, name, value) {
     Object.defineProperty(target, name, {
@@ -22,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = function (Vue, options) {
       .forEach(function (dependency) {
         switch ($typeof(dependency)){
         case 'string': // resolve dependency and attach to the same-named property
-          setProperty(target, dependency, self.$resolve(dependency, named));
+          setProperty(target, dependency, self.$resolve(fixName(dependency), named));
           break;
         case 'object': // resolve each property and use the key as the property name
           // Aliases
@@ -30,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function (Vue, options) {
             .forEach(function (key) {
               var value = dependency[key];
               if ($typeof(value) === 'string'){
-                setProperty(target, key, self.$resolve(value, named));
+                setProperty(target, key, self.$resolve(fixName(value), named));
               }
             });
           break;