diff --git a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/pom.xml b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/pom.xml
index c37db959af7..db095365ded 100644
--- a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-grizzly2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- JSR-330 DEPENDENCY INJECTION ANNOTATIONS, FOR CUSTOM DI/IOC -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+          <version>1</version>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- TESTING DEPENDENCIES -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/InjectedRESTResource.java b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/InjectedRESTResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2330ad9e78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/InjectedRESTResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.opentripplanner.api.standalone;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.spi.resource.Singleton;
+
+@Path("/inject")
+@Singleton
+public class InjectedRESTResource {
+    
+    // @Resource Thing t;
+    
+    @GET
+    @Produces({ MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN })
+    public String get(
+            @QueryParam("x") @DefaultValue("4") double x,
+            @QueryParam("y") @DefaultValue("6") double y) {
+        return "x=" + x + " y=" + y;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/JerseyInjector.java b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/JerseyInjector.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8232b18256c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/JerseyInjector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.opentripplanner.api.standalone;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ComponentContext;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ComponentScope;
+import com.sun.jersey.spi.inject.Injectable;
+import com.sun.jersey.spi.inject.InjectableProvider;
+
+@Provider
+public class JerseyInjector implements InjectableProvider<Resource, Type> {
+
+    static Map<Type, Object> m = new HashMap<Type, Object>();
+    
+    public static void put(Type key, Object value) {
+        m.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ComponentScope getScope() {
+        return ComponentScope.Singleton;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Injectable<Object> getInjectable(ComponentContext ic, Resource r, final Type t) {
+        return new Injectable<Object>() {
+            @Override
+            public Object getValue() {
+                return m.get(t);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/OTPComponentProvider.java b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/OTPComponentProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53c4a0baf75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/OTPComponentProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package org.opentripplanner.api.standalone;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ComponentContext;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ComponentScope;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCComponentProvider;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCComponentProviderFactory;
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Ultra-minimal implementation of a subset of JSR-330 dependency injection.
+ * 
+ * Jersey IoCComponentProviders must implement one of IoCManagedComponentProvider, 
+ * IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider, IoCInstantiatedComponentProvider, 
+ * or IoCProxiedComponentProvider. This is checked in 
+ * com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCProviderFactory.wrap(Class, IoCComponentProvider)
+ */
+public class OTPComponentProvider implements IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider {
+
+    final Object o;
+
+    public OTPComponentProvider(Object o) {
+        this.o = o;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public ComponentScope getScope() {
+        return ComponentScope.Singleton; // we only bind objects in singleton scope
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public Object getInstance() {
+        return o;
+    }
+
+    public static class Factory implements IoCComponentProviderFactory {
+
+        private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Factory.class);
+        
+        private Map<Class<?>, Object> bindings = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>();
+        private List<Object> bindingOrder = new ArrayList<Object>(); 
+        
+        private boolean locked = false;
+        
+        public void bind(Class<?> key, Object value) {
+            if (locked) {
+                LOG.error("Attempt to add a binding to a completed set of bindings.");
+            } else {
+                if (key.isInstance(value)) {
+                    bindings.put(key, value);
+                    bindingOrder.add(value);
+                } else {
+                    LOG.error("Type mismatch in binding: " + key + " " + value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public IoCComponentProvider getComponentProvider(Class<?> c) {
+            if ( ! bindings.containsKey(c)) {
+                LOG.debug("Requested component provider for unbound " + c);
+                return null; // let Jersey internal provider take care of it
+            }
+            LOG.info("Returning component provider for " + c);
+            return new OTPComponentProvider(bindings.get(c));
+        }
+
+        /** Ignore the ComponentContext, wrap the 1-arg version. */
+        @Override
+        public IoCComponentProvider getComponentProvider(ComponentContext cc, Class<?> c) {
+            return getComponentProvider(c);
+        }
+        
+        /** Call this method after all bindings have been established. */
+        public void doneBinding() {
+            locked = true;
+            injectFields();
+            invokePostConstructMethods();
+        }
+
+        /** Perform field injection on all bound instances, in the order they were bound. */
+        private void injectFields() {
+            for (Object instance : bindingOrder) {
+                LOG.debug("Performing field injection on instance of class {}", 
+                         instance.getClass().getName());
+                for (Field field : instance.getClass().getDeclaredFields()) {
+                    LOG.debug("Considering field {} for injection", field.getName());
+                    if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Inject.class)) {
+                        Object obj = bindings.get(field.getType());
+                        LOG.info("Injecting field {} on instance of {}", field.getName(), 
+                                 instance.getClass());
+                        if (obj != null) {
+                            try {
+                                LOG.info("Injected object is {}", obj);
+                                field.setAccessible(true);
+                                field.set(instance, obj);
+                            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                                LOG.error("Failed to perform field injection: {}", ex.toString());
+                                ex.printStackTrace();
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            LOG.error("Found no binding for injection.");
+                        }                        
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /** Call all @PostConstruct-annotated methods on bound instances, in the order they were bound. */
+        private void invokePostConstructMethods() {
+            // do not look at the binding class (key), but the concrete type of the instance (value)
+            for (Object instance : bindingOrder) {
+                // iterate over all declared methods, not just the public ones
+                for (Method method : instance.getClass().getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                    if (method.isAnnotationPresent(PostConstruct.class)) {
+                        try {
+                            LOG.info("Calling post-construct {}", method);
+                            method.setAccessible(true);
+                            method.invoke(instance);
+                        } catch (Exception ex) {
+                            LOG.error("Failed to invoke post-construct: {}", ex.toString());
+                            ex.printStackTrace();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/Thing.java b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/Thing.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c1915d59dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentripplanner-api-webapp/src/main/java/org/opentripplanner/api/standalone/Thing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package org.opentripplanner.api.standalone;
+
+public class Thing {
+
+    private int nothing = 0;
+    
+}
diff --git a/opentripplanner-routing/pom.xml b/opentripplanner-routing/pom.xml
index 6f0ebb4c011..b6dd6d47c4a 100644
--- a/opentripplanner-routing/pom.xml
+++ b/opentripplanner-routing/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
           <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
           <artifactId>gt-geojson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- JSR-330 DEPENDENCY INJECTION ANNOTATIONS, FOR CUSTOM DI/IOC -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
+          <version>1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <repositories>
         <repository>