diff --git a/DataFixtures/AbstractDataHandler.php b/DataFixtures/AbstractDataHandler.php
index 3c40480..333b77a 100644
--- a/DataFixtures/AbstractDataHandler.php
+++ b/DataFixtures/AbstractDataHandler.php
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ abstract class AbstractDataHandler
         if (0 === count($this->dbMap->getTables())) {
             $finder = new Finder();
             $files  = $finder->files()->name('*TableMap.php')
-                ->in($this->getRootDir() . '/../src/')
-                ->in($this->getRootDir() . '/../vendor/')
+                ->in($this->getModelSearchPath($connectionName))
                 ->exclude('PropelBundle')
                 ->exclude('Tests');
 
@@ -121,4 +120,24 @@ abstract class AbstractDataHandler
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    /**
+    * Gets the search path for models out of the configuration.
+    *
+    * @param string $connectionName A connection name.
+    */
+
+    private function getModelSearchPath($connectionName) {
+        $configuration = Propel::getConfiguration();
+        $searchPath = array();
+        if (!empty($configuration['datasources'][$connectionName]['connection']['model_paths'])) {
+            $modelPaths = $configuration['datasources'][$connectionName]['connection']['model_paths'];
+            foreach ($modelPaths as $modelPath) {
+                $searchPath[] = $this->getRootDir() . '/../' . $modelPath;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $searchPath[] = $this->getRootDir() . '/../';
+        }
+        return $searchPath;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index d2f3bbf..8f3eca4 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         ->prototype('scalar')->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
+                ->fixXmlConfig('model_path')
+                    ->children()
+                        ->arrayNode('model_paths')
+                        ->prototype('scalar')->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
                 ->fixXmlConfig('attribute')
                     ->children()
                         ->arrayNode('attributes')
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/PropelExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/PropelExtension.php
index 3daf950..cbd1719 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/PropelExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/PropelExtension.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class PropelExtension extends Extension
                 $c['datasources'][$name]['slaves']['connection'] = $conf['slaves'];
             }
 
-            foreach (array('dsn', 'user', 'password', 'classname', 'options', 'attributes', 'settings') as $att) {
+            foreach (array('dsn', 'user', 'password', 'classname', 'options', 'attributes', 'settings', 'model_paths') as $att) {
                 if (isset($conf[$att])) {
                     $c['datasources'][$name]['connection'][$att] = $conf[$att];
                 }
diff --git a/Resources/doc/configuration.markdown b/Resources/doc/configuration.markdown
index ac26fce..91ea7c0 100644
--- a/Resources/doc/configuration.markdown
+++ b/Resources/doc/configuration.markdown
@@ -110,10 +110,13 @@ propel:
                 settings:
                     charset:        { value: UTF8 }
                     queries:        { query: 'INSERT INTO BAR ('hey', 'there')' }
+                model_paths:
+                    - /src/Acme/DemoBundle/Model/
+                    - /vendor/
 ```
 
 `options`, `attributes` and `settings` are parts of the runtime configuration. See [Runtime Configuration File](http://www.propelorm.org/reference/runtime-configuration.html) documentation for more explanation.
-
+`model_paths` can be defined to speed up searching for model data. By default it searches in the whole project from project root.
 
 ## Logging ##