Index: portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java
===================================================================
--- portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java	(revision 39554)
+++ portal-impl/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java	(working copy)
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@
 				InvokerPortlet invokerPortletInstance = entry.getValue();
 
 				if (PortletConstants.getInstanceId(portletId) == null) {
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getConfigurationActionInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getControlPanelEntryInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getFriendlyURLMapperInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getIndexerInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getOpenSearchInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getPollerProcessorInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getPopMessageListenerInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getPortletDataHandlerInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getPortletLayoutListenerInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getSchedulerInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getSocialActivityInterpreterInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getSocialRequestInterpreterInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getURLEncoderInstance());
+					destroyLifecycleListener(portlet.getWebDAVStorageInstance());
+
 					invokerPortletInstance.destroy();
 
 					break;
@@ -219,6 +234,22 @@
 				portlet, portletInstance, portletContext);
 
 			invokerPortlet.init(portletConfig);
+			
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getConfigurationActionInstance(), portlet );
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getControlPanelEntryInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getFriendlyURLMapperInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getIndexerInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getOpenSearchInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getPollerProcessorInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getPopMessageListenerInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getPortletDataHandlerInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getPortletLayoutListenerInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getSchedulerInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getSocialActivityInterpreterInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getSocialRequestInterpreterInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getURLEncoderInstance(), portlet);
+			initLifecycleListener(portlet.getWebDAVStorageInstance(), portlet);
+
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException cnofe) {
 			throw new UnavailableException(cnofe.getMessage());
@@ -233,6 +264,19 @@
 		return invokerPortlet;
 	}
 
+	private void initLifecycleListener( Object object, Portlet  portlet){
+		if( object!=null && object instanceof PortletLifecycleListener){
+			PortletLifecycleListener listener = (PortletLifecycleListener) object;
+			listener.init(portlet);
+		}
+	}
+	private void destroyLifecycleListener( Object object){
+		if( object!=null && object instanceof PortletLifecycleListener){
+			PortletLifecycleListener listener = (PortletLifecycleListener) object;
+			listener.destroy();
+		}
+	}
+	
 	private InvokerPortlet _internalInvokerPortletPrototype;
 	private Map<String, Map<String, InvokerPortlet>> _pool;
 
Index: portal-service/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletLifecycleListener.java
===================================================================
--- portal-service/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletLifecycleListener.java	(revision 0)
+++ portal-service/src/com/liferay/portlet/PortletLifecycleListener.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package com.liferay.portlet;
+
+import com.liferay.portal.model.Portlet;
+
+
+/**
+ * <a href="PortletLifecycleListener.java.html"><b><i>View Source</i></b></a>
+ *
+ * @author Rasto Rehak
+ */
+public interface PortletLifecycleListener {
+
+	public void init( Portlet portlet );
+	
+	public void destroy();
+}