diff --git a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.h b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.h
index 7bb67ac..6c31b15 100644
--- a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.h
+++ b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.h
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ typedef void(^SDWebImagePrefetcherCompletionBlock)(NSUInteger noOfFinishedUrls,
  */
 + (SDWebImagePrefetcher *)sharedImagePrefetcher;
 
+/**
+ * Allows you to instantiate a prefetcher with any arbitrary image manager.
+ */
+- (id)initWithImageManager:(SDWebImageManager *)manager;
+
 /**
  * Assign list of URLs to let SDWebImagePrefetcher to queue the prefetching,
  * currently one image is downloaded at a time,
diff --git a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
index 5fd483b..76db95c 100644
--- a/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
+++ b/SDWebImage/SDWebImagePrefetcher.m
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@
 }
 
 - (id)init {
+    return [self initWithImageManager:[SDWebImageManager new]];
+}
+
+- (id)initWithImageManager:(SDWebImageManager *)manager {
     if ((self = [super init])) {
-        _manager = [SDWebImageManager new];
+        _manager = manager;
         _options = SDWebImageLowPriority;
         _prefetcherQueue = dispatch_get_main_queue();
         self.maxConcurrentDownloads = 3;