diff --git a/Doctrine/AbstractListener.php b/Doctrine/AbstractListener.php
index a7e8867..7a88e4b 100644
--- a/Doctrine/AbstractListener.php
+++ b/Doctrine/AbstractListener.php
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use Doctrine\Common\EventSubscriber;
 use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ObjectManager;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Persister\ObjectPersisterInterface;
 use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Persister\ObjectPersister;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Expression;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\SyntaxError;
 
 abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
 {
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
      */
     private $scheduledForRemoval = array();
 
+    /**
+     * An instance of ExpressionLanguage
+     *
+     * @var ExpressionLanguage
+     */
+    protected $expressionLanguage;
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -89,8 +99,21 @@ abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
     public function setIsIndexableCallback($callback)
     {
         if (is_string($callback)) {
+
             if (!is_callable(array($this->objectClass, $callback))) {
-                throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Indexable callback %s::%s() is not callable.', $this->objectClass, $callback));
+
+                if(false !== ($expression = $this->getExpressionLanguage())) {
+
+                    $callback = new Expression($callback);
+
+                    try {
+                        $expression->compile($callback, array($this->getExpressionVar()));
+                    } catch(SyntaxError $e) {
+                        throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Indexable callback %s::%s() is not callable or a valid expression.', $this->objectClass, $callback), 0, $e);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Indexable callback %s::%s() is not callable.', $this->objectClass, $callback));
+                }
             }
         } elseif (!is_callable($callback)) {
             if (is_array($callback)) {
@@ -98,6 +121,7 @@ abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
                 if (is_object($class)) {
                     $class = get_class($class);
                 }
+
                 if ($class && $method) {
                     throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Indexable callback %s::%s() is not callable.', $class, $method));
                 }
@@ -120,6 +144,10 @@ abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
             return true;
         }
 
+        if($this->isIndexableCallback instanceof Expression) {
+            return $this->getExpressionLanguage()->evaluate($this->isIndexableCallback, array($this->getExpressionVar($object) => $object));
+        }
+
         return is_string($this->isIndexableCallback)
             ? call_user_func(array($object, $this->isIndexableCallback))
             : call_user_func($this->isIndexableCallback, $object);
@@ -155,4 +183,33 @@ abstract class AbstractListener implements EventSubscriber
             unset($this->scheduledForRemoval[$objectHash]);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $object
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getExpressionVar($object = null)
+    {
+        $class = $object ?: $this->objectClass;
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionClass($class);
+
+        return strtolower($ref->getShortName());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool|ExpressionLanguage
+     */
+    private function getExpressionLanguage()
+    {
+        if(null === $this->expressionLanguage) {
+            if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage')) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            $this->expressionLanguage = new ExpressionLanguage();
+        }
+
+        return $this->expressionLanguage;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f6cf06..6a9b899 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ In this case, the callback_class will be the `isIndexable()` method on the speci
 service and the object being considered for indexing will be passed as the only
 argument. This allows you to do more complex validation (e.g. ACL checks).
 
+If you have the [Symfony ExpressionLanguage](https://github.com/symfony/expression-language) component installed, you can use expressions
+to evaluate the callback:
+
+                        persistence:
+                            listener:
+                                is_indexable_callback: "user.isActive() && user.hasRole('ROLE_USER')"
+
 As you might expect, new entities will only be indexed if the callback_class returns
 `true`. Additionally, modified entities will be updated or removed from the
 index depending on whether the callback_class returns `true` or `false`, respectively.
diff --git a/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php b/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
index e3af609..e99e26d 100644
--- a/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Doctrine/AbstractListenerTest.php
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ abstract class AbstractListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array('nonexistentEntityMethod'),
             array(array(new Listener\IndexableDecider(), 'internalMethod')),
             array(42),
+            array('entity.getIsIndexable() && nonexistentEntityFunction()'),
         );
     }
 
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ abstract class AbstractListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array('getIsIndexable'),
             array(array(new Listener\IndexableDecider(), 'isIndexable')),
             array(function(Listener\Entity $entity) { return $entity->getIsIndexable(); }),
+            array('entity.getIsIndexable()')
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 099868b..094eba5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@
         "doctrine/mongodb-odm": "1.0.*@dev",
         "propel/propel1": "1.6.*",
         "pagerfanta/pagerfanta": "1.0.*@dev",
-        "knplabs/knp-components": "1.2.*"
+        "knplabs/knp-components": "1.2.*",
+        "symfony/expression-language" : "2.4.*@dev"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "doctrine/orm": ">=2.2,<2.5-dev",
         "doctrine/mongodb-odm": "1.0.*@dev",
         "propel/propel1": "1.6.*",
         "pagerfanta/pagerfanta": "1.0.*@dev",
-        "knplabs/knp-components": "1.2.*"
+        "knplabs/knp-components": "1.2.*",
+        "symfony/expression-language" : "2.4.*@dev"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": { "FOS\\ElasticaBundle": "" }