diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fcae98..6b9094b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ constructor injection.
 - [Circular dependencies](#circular-dependencies)
     - [The `delay` helper function](#the-delay-helper-function)
     - [Interfaces and circular dependencies](#interfaces-and-circular-dependencies)
+- [Disposable instances](#disposable-instances)
 - [Full examples](#full-examples)
   - [Example without interfaces](#example-without-interfaces)
   - [Example with interfaces](#example-with-interfaces)
@@ -540,6 +541,14 @@ export class Bar implements IBar {
 }
 ```    
 
+# Disposable instances
+All instances create by the container that implement the [`Disposable`](./src/types/disposable.ts)
+interface will automatically be disposed of when the container is disposed.
+
+```typescript
+container.dispose();
+```
+
 # Full examples
 
 ## Example without interfaces
diff --git a/src/__tests__/disposable.test.ts b/src/__tests__/disposable.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efa838f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/disposable.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import Disposable, {isDisposable} from "../types/disposable";
+
+describe("Disposable", () => {
+  describe("isDisposable", () => {
+    it("returns false for non-disposable object", () => {
+      const nonDisposable = {};
+
+      expect(isDisposable(nonDisposable)).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when dispose method takes too many args", () => {
+      const specialDisposable = {
+        dispose(_: any) {}
+      };
+
+      expect(isDisposable(specialDisposable)).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for disposable object", () => {
+      const disposable: Disposable = {
+        dispose() {}
+      };
+
+      expect(isDisposable(disposable)).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/__tests__/global-container.test.ts b/src/__tests__/global-container.test.ts
index 35a9c12..2359a7e 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/global-container.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/global-container.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {instance as globalContainer} from "../dependency-container";
 import injectAll from "../decorators/inject-all";
 import Lifecycle from "../types/lifecycle";
 import {ValueProvider} from "../providers";
+import Disposable from "../types/disposable";
 
 interface IBar {
   value: string;
@@ -782,3 +783,60 @@ test("predicateAwareClassFactory returns new instances each call with caching of
 
   expect(factory(globalContainer)).not.toBe(factory(globalContainer));
 });
+
+describe("dispose", () => {
+  class Foo implements Disposable {
+    disposed = false;
+    dispose(): void {
+      this.disposed = true;
+    }
+  }
+  class Bar implements Disposable {
+    disposed = false;
+    dispose(): void {
+      this.disposed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("renders the container useless", () => {
+    const container = globalContainer.createChildContainer();
+    container.dispose();
+
+    expect(() => container.reset()).toThrow(/disposed/);
+  });
+
+  it("disposes all child disposables", () => {
+    const container = globalContainer.createChildContainer();
+
+    const foo = container.resolve(Foo);
+    const bar = container.resolve(Bar);
+
+    container.dispose();
+
+    expect(foo.disposed).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(bar.disposed).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("disposes all instances of the same type", () => {
+    const container = globalContainer.createChildContainer();
+
+    const foo1 = container.resolve(Foo);
+    const foo2 = container.resolve(Foo);
+
+    container.dispose();
+
+    expect(foo1.disposed).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(foo2.disposed).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("doesn't dispose of instances created external to the container", () => {
+    const foo = new Foo();
+    const container = globalContainer.createChildContainer();
+
+    container.registerInstance(Foo, foo);
+    container.resolve(Foo);
+    container.dispose();
+
+    expect(foo.disposed).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/dependency-container.ts b/src/dependency-container.ts
index d4f472d..022206c 100644
--- a/src/dependency-container.ts
+++ b/src/dependency-container.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import Lifecycle from "./types/lifecycle";
 import ResolutionContext from "./resolution-context";
 import {formatErrorCtor} from "./error-helpers";
 import {DelayedConstructor} from "./lazy-helpers";
+import Disposable, {isDisposable} from "./types/disposable";
 
 export type Registration<T = any> = {
   provider: Provider<T>;
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ export const typeInfo = new Map<constructor<any>, ParamInfo[]>();
 
 /** Dependency Container */
 class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
-  private _registry = new Registry();
+  private registry = new Registry();
+  private disposed = false;
+  private disposables = new Set<Disposable>();
 
   public constructor(private parent?: InternalDependencyContainer) {}
 
@@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     providerOrConstructor: Provider<T> | constructor<T>,
     options: RegistrationOptions = {lifecycle: Lifecycle.Transient}
   ): InternalDependencyContainer {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     let provider: Provider<T>;
 
     if (!isProvider(providerOrConstructor)) {
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
 
         path.push(currentToken);
 
-        const registration = this._registry.get(currentToken);
+        const registration = this.registry.get(currentToken);
 
         if (registration && isTokenProvider(registration.provider)) {
           tokenProvider = registration.provider;
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
       }
     }
 
-    this._registry.set(token, {provider, options});
+    this.registry.set(token, {provider, options});
 
     return this;
   }
@@ -131,6 +136,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     from: InjectionToken<T>,
     to: InjectionToken<T>
   ): InternalDependencyContainer {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     if (isNormalToken(to)) {
       return this.register(from, {
         useToken: to
@@ -146,6 +153,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     token: InjectionToken<T>,
     instance: T
   ): InternalDependencyContainer {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     return this.register(token, {
       useValue: instance
     });
@@ -163,6 +172,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     from: InjectionToken<T>,
     to?: InjectionToken<T>
   ): InternalDependencyContainer {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     if (isNormalToken(from)) {
       if (isNormalToken(to)) {
         return this.register(
@@ -205,6 +216,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     token: InjectionToken<T>,
     context: ResolutionContext = new ResolutionContext()
   ): T {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     const registration = this.getRegistration(token);
 
     if (!registration && isNormalToken(token)) {
@@ -230,6 +243,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     registration: Registration,
     context: ResolutionContext
   ): T {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     // If we have already resolved this scoped dependency, return it
     if (
       registration.options.lifecycle === Lifecycle.ResolutionScoped &&
@@ -282,6 +297,8 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     token: InjectionToken<T>,
     context: ResolutionContext = new ResolutionContext()
   ): T[] {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     const registrations = this.getAllRegistrations(token);
 
     if (!registrations && isNormalToken(token)) {
@@ -301,8 +318,10 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
   }
 
   public isRegistered<T>(token: InjectionToken<T>, recursive = false): boolean {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     return (
-      this._registry.has(token) ||
+      this.registry.has(token) ||
       (recursive &&
         (this.parent || false) &&
         this.parent.isRegistered(token, true))
@@ -310,12 +329,16 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
   }
 
   public reset(): void {
-    this._registry.clear();
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
+    this.registry.clear();
   }
 
   public clearInstances(): void {
-    for (const [token, registrations] of this._registry.entries()) {
-      this._registry.setAll(
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
+    for (const [token, registrations] of this.registry.entries()) {
+      this.registry.setAll(
         token,
         registrations
           // Clear ValueProvider registrations
@@ -330,9 +353,11 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
   }
 
   public createChildContainer(): DependencyContainer {
+    this.ensureNotDisposed();
+
     const childContainer = new InternalDependencyContainer(this);
 
-    for (const [token, registrations] of this._registry.entries()) {
+    for (const [token, registrations] of this.registry.entries()) {
       // If there are any ContainerScoped registrations, we need to copy
       // ALL registrations to the child container, if we were to copy just
       // the ContainerScoped registrations, we would lose access to the others
@@ -341,7 +366,7 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
           ({options}) => options.lifecycle === Lifecycle.ContainerScoped
         )
       ) {
-        childContainer._registry.setAll(
+        childContainer.registry.setAll(
           token,
           registrations.map<Registration>(registration => {
             if (registration.options.lifecycle === Lifecycle.ContainerScoped) {
@@ -360,9 +385,14 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     return childContainer;
   }
 
+  public dispose(): void {
+    this.disposed = true;
+    this.disposables.forEach(disposable => disposable.dispose());
+  }
+
   private getRegistration<T>(token: InjectionToken<T>): Registration | null {
     if (this.isRegistered(token)) {
-      return this._registry.get(token)!;
+      return this.registry.get(token)!;
     }
 
     if (this.parent) {
@@ -376,7 +406,7 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
     token: InjectionToken<T>
   ): Registration[] | null {
     if (this.isRegistered(token)) {
-      return this._registry.getAll(token);
+      return this.registry.getAll(token);
     }
 
     if (this.parent) {
@@ -395,18 +425,27 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
         this.resolve(target, context)
       );
     }
-    const paramInfo = typeInfo.get(ctor);
-    if (!paramInfo || paramInfo.length === 0) {
-      if (ctor.length === 0) {
-        return new ctor();
-      } else {
-        throw new Error(`TypeInfo not known for "${ctor.name}"`);
+
+    const instance: T = (() => {
+      const paramInfo = typeInfo.get(ctor);
+      if (!paramInfo || paramInfo.length === 0) {
+        if (ctor.length === 0) {
+          return new ctor();
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`TypeInfo not known for "${ctor.name}"`);
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    const params = paramInfo.map(this.resolveParams(context, ctor));
+      const params = paramInfo.map(this.resolveParams(context, ctor));
+
+      return new ctor(...params);
+    })();
+
+    if (isDisposable(instance)) {
+      this.disposables.add(instance);
+    }
 
-    return new ctor(...params);
+    return instance;
   }
 
   private resolveParams<T>(context: ResolutionContext, ctor: constructor<T>) {
@@ -423,6 +462,14 @@ class InternalDependencyContainer implements DependencyContainer {
       }
     };
   }
+
+  private ensureNotDisposed(): void {
+    if (this.disposed) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "This container has been disposed, you cannot interact with a disposed container"
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export const instance: DependencyContainer = new InternalDependencyContainer();
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c62ce23..3eace31 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ if (typeof Reflect === "undefined" || !Reflect.getMetadata) {
   );
 }
 
-export {DependencyContainer, Lifecycle, RegistrationOptions} from "./types";
+export {
+  DependencyContainer,
+  Lifecycle,
+  RegistrationOptions,
+  Disposable
+} from "./types";
 export * from "./decorators";
 export * from "./factories";
 export * from "./providers";
diff --git a/src/types/dependency-container.ts b/src/types/dependency-container.ts
index 3533b5d..079374d 100644
--- a/src/types/dependency-container.ts
+++ b/src/types/dependency-container.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import ValueProvider from "../providers/value-provider";
 import ClassProvider from "../providers/class-provider";
 import constructor from "./constructor";
 import RegistrationOptions from "./registration-options";
+import Disposable from "./disposable";
 
-export default interface DependencyContainer {
+export default interface DependencyContainer extends Disposable {
   register<T>(
     token: InjectionToken<T>,
     provider: ValueProvider<T>
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ export default interface DependencyContainer {
    * @return An instance of the dependency
    */
   resolve<T>(token: InjectionToken<T>): T;
+
   resolveAll<T>(token: InjectionToken<T>): T[];
 
   /**
@@ -71,5 +73,12 @@ export default interface DependencyContainer {
   reset(): void;
 
   clearInstances(): void;
+
   createChildContainer(): DependencyContainer;
+
+  /**
+   * Calls `.dispose()` on all disposable instances created by the container.
+   * After calling this, the container may no longer be used.
+   */
+  dispose(): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/types/disposable.ts b/src/types/disposable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..374052d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/disposable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export default interface Disposable {
+  dispose(): void;
+}
+
+export function isDisposable(value: any): value is Disposable {
+  if (typeof value.dispose !== "function") return false;
+
+  const disposeFun: Function = value.dispose;
+
+  // `.dispose()` takes in no arguments
+  if (disposeFun.length > 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index 0d0b4c3..2f9fdd9 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export {default as DependencyContainer} from "./dependency-container";
 export {default as Dictionary} from "./dictionary";
 export {default as RegistrationOptions} from "./registration-options";
 export {default as Lifecycle} from "./lifecycle";
+export {default as Disposable} from "./disposable";