@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 /**
  * <p>
- * Should be used on android.app.Fragment or
- * link android.support.v4.app.Fragment classes to enable usage of
+ * Should be used on android.app.Fragment or link
+ * android.support.v4.app.Fragment classes to enable usage of
  * AndroidAnnotations.
  * </p>
  * <p>
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
  * <code>onCreateView()</code>.
  * </p>
  * <p>
+ * We only set the layout if the <code>onCreateView()</code> method returns null
+ * from the annotated class. If you want to set the layout regardless of that
+ * return value, use the {@link #forceLayoutInjection()} annotation parameter.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
  * The generated class will also contain a FragmentBuilder to build fragment
  * with a fluent API. Arguments can be passed by using {@link FragmentArg}
  * annotation on every native or serializable/parcelable field.
@@ -106,4 +111,13 @@
 	int value() default ResId.DEFAULT_VALUE;
 
 	String resName() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * We only set the layout if the <code>onCreateView()</code> method returns
+	 * null from the annotated class. If you want to set the layout regardless
+	 * of that return value, pass <b>true</b> to this annotation parameter.
+	 * 
+	 * @return <b>true</b>, if the layout must be set, <b>false</b> otherwise
+	 */
+	boolean forceLayoutInjection() default false;
 }
@@ -74,9 +74,16 @@ public void process(Element element, EFragmentHolder holder) {
 
 			JFieldVar contentView = holder.getContentView();
 
-			block._if(contentView.eq(_null())) //
-					._then() //
-					.assign(contentView, inflater.invoke("inflate").arg(contentViewId).arg(container).arg(FALSE));
+			boolean forceInjection = element.getAnnotation(EFragment.class).forceLayoutInjection();
+
+			if (!forceInjection) {
+				block._if(contentView.eq(_null())) //
+						._then() //
+						.assign(contentView, inflater.invoke("inflate").arg(contentViewId).arg(container).arg(FALSE));
+			} else {
+				block.assign(contentView, inflater.invoke("inflate").arg(contentViewId).arg(container).arg(FALSE));
+			}
+
 		}
 
 	}
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.sun.codemodel.JMod;
 import com.sun.codemodel.JTypeVar;
 import com.sun.codemodel.JVar;
+import org.androidannotations.annotations.EFragment;
 import org.androidannotations.helper.ActionBarSherlockHelper;
 import org.androidannotations.helper.AnnotationHelper;
 import org.androidannotations.process.ProcessHolder;
@@ -247,8 +248,12 @@ private void setOnCreateView() {
 
 		JVar savedInstanceState = onCreateView.param(classes().BUNDLE, "savedInstanceState");
 
+		boolean forceInjection = getAnnotatedElement().getAnnotation(EFragment.class).forceLayoutInjection();
+
 		JBlock body = onCreateView.body();
-		body.assign(contentView, _super().invoke(onCreateView).arg(inflater).arg(container).arg(savedInstanceState));
+
+		if (!forceInjection)
+			body.assign(contentView, _super().invoke(onCreateView).arg(inflater).arg(container).arg(savedInstanceState));
 
 		setContentViewBlock = body.block();