diff --git a/Doctrine/AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer.php b/Doctrine/AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer.php
index 0b339fb..f796eec 100755
--- a/Doctrine/AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer.php
+++ b/Doctrine/AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace FOS\ElasticaBundle\Doctrine;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\HybridResult;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer\ElasticaToModelTransformerInterface;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer\HighlightableModelInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Form\Util\PropertyPath;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
 
 /**
  * Maps Elastica documents with Doctrine objects
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ abstract class AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTran
      */
     protected $options = array(
         'hydrate'    => true,
-		'identifier' => 'id'
+        'identifier' => 'id'
     );
 
+    /**
+     * PropertyAccessor instance
+     *
+     * @var PropertyAccessorInterface
+     */
+    protected $propertyAccessor;
+
     /**
      * Instantiates a new Mapper
      *
@@ -60,6 +67,16 @@ abstract class AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTran
         return $this->objectClass;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the PropertyAccessor
+     *
+     * @param PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor
+     */
+    public function setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor)
+    {
+        $this->propertyAccessor = $propertyAccessor;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transforms an array of elastica objects into an array of
      * model objects fetched from the doctrine repository
@@ -87,13 +104,13 @@ abstract class AbstractElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTran
             }
         }
 
-        $identifierProperty =  new PropertyPath($this->options['identifier']);
-
         // sort objects in the order of ids
         $idPos = array_flip($ids);
-        usort($objects, function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifierProperty)
+        $identifier = $this->options['identifier'];
+        $propertyAccessor = $this->propertyAccessor;
+        usort($objects, function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifier, $propertyAccessor)
         {
-            return $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($a)] > $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($b)];
+            return $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($a, $identifier)] > $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($b, $identifier)];
         });
 
         return $objects;
diff --git a/Propel/ElasticaToModelTransformer.php b/Propel/ElasticaToModelTransformer.php
index 76e4233..2678cd6 100644
--- a/Propel/ElasticaToModelTransformer.php
+++ b/Propel/ElasticaToModelTransformer.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace FOS\ElasticaBundle\Propel;
 
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\HybridResult;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer\ElasticaToModelTransformerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Form\Util\PropertyPath;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
 
 /**
  * Maps Elastica documents with Propel objects
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ class ElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTransformerInterface
         'identifier' => 'id'
     );
 
+    /**
+     * PropertyAccessor instance
+     *
+     * @var PropertyAccessorInterface
+     */
+    protected $propertyAccessor;
+
     /**
      * Instantiates a new Mapper
      *
@@ -44,6 +51,16 @@ class ElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTransformerInterface
         $this->options     = array_merge($this->options, $options);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the PropertyAccessor
+     *
+     * @param PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor
+     */
+    public function setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor)
+    {
+        $this->propertyAccessor = $propertyAccessor;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Transforms an array of elastica objects into an array of
      * model objects fetched from the propel repository
@@ -59,17 +76,17 @@ class ElasticaToModelTransformer implements ElasticaToModelTransformerInterface
 
         $objects = $this->findByIdentifiers($ids, $this->options['hydrate']);
 
-        $identifierProperty =  new PropertyPath($this->options['identifier']);
-
         // sort objects in the order of ids
         $idPos = array_flip($ids);
+        $identifier = $this->options['identifier'];
+        $propertyAccessor = $this->propertyAccessor;
         if (is_object($objects)) {
-            $objects->uasort(function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifierProperty) {
-                return $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($a)] > $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($b)];
+            $objects->uasort(function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifier, $propertyAccessor) {
+                return $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($a, $identifier)] > $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($b, $identifier)];
             });
         } else {
-            usort($objects, function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifierProperty) {
-                return $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($a)] > $idPos[$identifierProperty->getValue($b)];
+            usort($objects, function($a, $b) use ($idPos, $identifier, $propertyAccessor) {
+                return $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($a, $identifier)] > $idPos[$propertyAccessor->getValue($b, $identifier)];
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/Resources/config/config.xml b/Resources/config/config.xml
index a0819fb..bf9d40d 100644
--- a/Resources/config/config.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/config.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <parameter key="fos_elastica.manager.class">FOS\ElasticaBundle\Manager\RepositoryManager</parameter>
         <parameter key="fos_elastica.elastica_to_model_transformer.collection.class">FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer\ElasticaToModelTransformerCollection</parameter>
         <parameter key="fos_elastica.provider_registry.class">FOS\ElasticaBundle\Provider\ProviderRegistry</parameter>
+        <parameter key="fos_elastica.property_accessor.class">Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessor</parameter>
     </parameters>
 
     <services>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
         <service id="fos_elastica.model_to_elastica_transformer.prototype.auto" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer\ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer" public="false" abstract="true">
             <argument /> <!-- options -->
             <call method="setPropertyAccessor">
-                <argument type="service" id="property_accessor" on-invalid="null" />
+                <argument type="service" id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" />
             </call>
         </service>
 
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@
         <service id="fos_elastica.paginator.subscriber" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Subscriber\PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber">
             <tag name="knp_paginator.subscriber" />
         </service>
+
+        <service id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" class="%fos_elastica.property_accessor.class%">
+        </service>
     </services>
 
 </container>
diff --git a/Resources/config/mongodb.xml b/Resources/config/mongodb.xml
index 53c82f9..e60e3dc 100644
--- a/Resources/config/mongodb.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/mongodb.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
             <argument type="service" id="doctrine_mongodb" />
             <argument /> <!-- model -->
             <argument type="collection" /> <!-- options -->
+            <call method="setPropertyAccessor">
+                <argument type="service" id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" />
+            </call>
         </service>
 
         <service id="fos_elastica.manager.mongodb" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Doctrine\RepositoryManager">
diff --git a/Resources/config/orm.xml b/Resources/config/orm.xml
index b47cfc1..4fd6ae7 100644
--- a/Resources/config/orm.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/orm.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
             <argument type="service" id="doctrine" />
             <argument /> <!-- model -->
             <argument type="collection" /> <!-- options -->
+            <call method="setPropertyAccessor">
+                <argument type="service" id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" />
+            </call>
         </service>
 
         <service id="fos_elastica.manager.orm" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Doctrine\RepositoryManager">
diff --git a/Resources/config/propel.xml b/Resources/config/propel.xml
index a6fc32f..7a7d93e 100644
--- a/Resources/config/propel.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/propel.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
         <service id="fos_elastica.elastica_to_model_transformer.prototype.propel" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Propel\ElasticaToModelTransformer" public="false">
             <argument /> <!-- model -->
             <argument type="collection" /> <!-- options -->
+            <call method="setPropertyAccessor">
+                <argument type="service" id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" />
+            </call>
         </service>
 
         <service id="fos_elastica.manager.propel" class="%fos_elastica.manager.class%">
diff --git a/Tests/Persister/ObjectPersisterTest.php b/Tests/Persister/ObjectPersisterTest.php
index 0a46553..e672e12 100644
--- a/Tests/Persister/ObjectPersisterTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Persister/ObjectPersisterTest.php
@@ -213,10 +213,7 @@ class ObjectPersisterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     private function getTransformer()
     {
         $transformer = new ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer();
-
-        if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess')) {
-            $transformer->setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor());
-        }
+        $transformer->setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor());
 
         return $transformer;
     }
diff --git a/Tests/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest.php b/Tests/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest.php
index 798ea38..5ac13e6 100644
--- a/Tests/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest.php
@@ -203,12 +203,7 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     public function testThatCannotTransformObjectWhenGetterDoesNotExistForPrivateMethod()
     {
-        // Support both Symfony 2.1 (Form component) and 2.2 (PropertyAccess component)
-        $expectedException = class_exists('Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess')
-            ? 'Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\PropertyAccessDeniedException'
-            : 'Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\PropertyAccessDeniedException';
-
-        $this->setExpectedException($expectedException);
+        $this->setExpectedException('Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\PropertyAccessDeniedException');
 
         $transformer = $this->getTransformer();
         $transformer->transform(new POPO(), array('desc' => array()));
@@ -302,10 +297,7 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     private function getTransformer()
     {
         $transformer = new ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer();
-
-        if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess')) {
-            $transformer->setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor());
-        }
+        $transformer->setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccess::getPropertyAccessor());
 
         return $transformer;
     }
diff --git a/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer.php b/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer.php
index 4565199..ad20529 100644
--- a/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer.php
+++ b/Transformer/ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer.php
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace FOS\ElasticaBundle\Transformer;
 
-use Symfony\Component\Form\Util\PropertyPath;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -22,11 +21,11 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer implements ModelToElasticaTransformerInterf
     );
 
     /**
-     * PropertyAccessor instance (will be used if available)
+     * PropertyAccessor instance
      *
      * @var PropertyAccessorInterface
      */
-    private $propertyAccessor;
+    protected $propertyAccessor;
 
     /**
      * Instanciates a new Mapper
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer implements ModelToElasticaTransformerInterf
      *
      * @param PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor
      */
-    public function setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor = null)
+    public function setPropertyAccessor(PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor)
     {
         $this->propertyAccessor = $propertyAccessor;
     }
@@ -58,17 +57,17 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer implements ModelToElasticaTransformerInterf
      **/
     public function transform($object, array $fields)
     {
-        $identifier = $this->getPropertyValue($object, $this->options['identifier']);
+        $identifier = $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($object, $this->options['identifier']);
         $document = new \Elastica_Document($identifier);
 
         foreach ($fields as $key => $mapping) {
-            $value = $this->getPropertyValue($object, $key);
+            $value = $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($object, $key);
 
             if (isset($mapping['_parent']['identifier'])) {
                 /* $value is the parent. Read its identifier and set that as the
                  * document's parent.
                  */
-                $document->setParent($this->getPropertyValue($value, $mapping['_parent']['identifier']));
+                $document->setParent($this->propertyAccessor->getValue($value, $mapping['_parent']['identifier']));
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -96,26 +95,6 @@ class ModelToElasticaAutoTransformer implements ModelToElasticaTransformerInterf
         return $document;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the value of an object property.
-     *
-     * This method will use Symfony 2.2's PropertyAccessor if it is available.
-     *
-     * @param object $object
-     * @param string $property
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    protected function getPropertyValue($object, $property)
-    {
-        if (isset($this->propertyAccessor)) {
-            return $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($object, $property);
-        }
-
-        $propertyPath = new PropertyPath($property);
-
-        return $propertyPath->getValue($object);
-    }
-
     /**
      * transform a nested document or an object property into an array of ElasticaDocument
      *
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a4969a0..3629fda 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "symfony/framework-bundle": ">=2.1.0,<2.3.0-dev",
         "symfony/console": ">=2.1.0,<2.3.0-dev",
         "symfony/form": ">=2.1.0,<2.3.0-dev",
+        "symfony/property-access": "2.2.*",
         "ruflin/elastica": "0.19.8"
     },
     "require-dev":{
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@
         "knplabs/knp-components": "1.2.*"
     },
     "suggest": {
-        "symfony/property-access": "2.2.*",
         "doctrine/orm": ">=2.2,<2.5-dev",
         "doctrine/mongodb-odm": "1.0.*@dev",
         "propel/propel1": "1.6.*",