diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c403bebe2..df697205aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+composer.lock
+composer.phar
 tests/Fixtures/bookstore-packaged/build/
 tests/Fixtures/bookstore/build/
 tests/Fixtures/namespaced/build/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b954b74c70..4e440989e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Propel2 is an open-source Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for PHP 5.3.
 Propel2 uses the following Symfony2 Components:
 
 * [ClassLoader](https://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader)
+* [Console](https://github.com/symfony/Console)
 * [Yaml](https://github.com/symfony/Yaml)
 
 Propel2 is only supported on PHP 5.3.3 and up.
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ Read the [Propel documentation](http://www.propelorm.org/).
 ## Contribute ##
 
 Everybody can contribute to Propel2. Just fork it, and send Pull Requests.
-You have to follow [Propel2 Coding Standards](http://github.com/propelorm/Propel2/issues/2) and provides unit tests as much as possible.
+You have to follow [Propel2 Coding Standards](https://github.com/propelorm/Propel2/wiki/Coding-Standards) and provides unit tests as much as possible.
 
 **Note:** you can fix checkstyle before to submit a Pull Request by using the Symfony2 `check_cs` script.
 You just need to install [Finder](http://github.com/symfony/Finder) and the script:
@@ -37,9 +38,14 @@ Then use it:
 
 ## Unit Tests ##
 
-To run unit tests, you'll have to install vendors:
+To run unit tests, you'll have to install vendors by using [**Composer**](https://github.com/composer/composer).
+If you don't have an available `composer.phar` command, just download it:
 
-    ./bin/install_vendors.sh
+    wget http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
+
+Then, install dependencies:
+
+    php composer.phar install
 
 Once done, build fixtures:
 
diff --git a/autoload.php.dist b/autoload.php.dist
index 67be50a1e5..11378e3fc4 100644
--- a/autoload.php.dist
+++ b/autoload.php.dist
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ $loader->registerNamespaces(array(
         __DIR__ . '/tests/Fixtures/bookstore/build/classes',
         __DIR__ . '/tests/Fixtures/schemas/build/classes',
     ),
-	'Propel\Runtime'	=> __DIR__ . '/src',
-	'Propel\Generator'	=> __DIR__ . '/src',
-	'Symfony\Component' => __DIR__ . '/vendor',
+    'Propel\Runtime'    => __DIR__ . '/src',
+    'Propel\Generator'  => __DIR__ . '/src',
+    'Symfony\Component' => __DIR__ . '/vendor',
 ));
 $loader->register();
diff --git a/bin/install_vendors.sh b/bin/install_vendors.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fdb26ee0ff..0000000000
--- a/bin/install_vendors.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-function installOrUpdate
-{
-    echo "Installing/Updating $1"
-
-    if [ ! -d "$1" ] ; then
-        git clone $2 $1
-    fi
-
-    cd $1
-    git fetch -q origin
-    git reset --hard $3
-    cd -
-}
-
-installOrUpdate "vendor/Symfony/Component/ClassLoader" "http://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader.git" "origin/master"
-installOrUpdate "vendor/Symfony/Component/Yaml" "http://github.com/symfony/Yaml.git" "origin/master"
-installOrUpdate "vendor/Symfony/Component/Console" "http://github.com/symfony/Console.git" "origin/master"
diff --git a/bin/propel.php b/bin/propel.php
index f632a0a2b2..845f4d32d1 100644
--- a/bin/propel.php
+++ b/bin/propel.php
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
 if (!class_exists('\Symfony\Component\Console\Application')) {
+    if (file_exists($file = __DIR__.'/../vendor/.composer/autoload.php')) {
+        require_once $file;
+    }
     if (file_exists($file = __DIR__.'/../autoload.php')) {
         require_once $file;
     } elseif (file_exists($file = __DIR__.'/../autoload.php.dist')) {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dbbae5d066..53493e35c9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "propel/propel",
   "type": "library",
   "description": "Propel2 is an open-source Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) for PHP 5.3",
-  "keywords": ["ORM", "persistence"],
+  "keywords": ["ORM", "persistence", "Active Record"],
   "homepage": "http://www.propelorm.org/",
   "version": "2.0.0",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": ">=5.3.2",
-    "symfony/class-loader": ">=2.1",
-    "symfony/yaml": ">=2.1"
+    "symfony/class-loader": ">=2.0",
+    "symfony/yaml": ">=2.0",
+    "symfony/console": ">=2.0"
   }
 }