Index: src/OFObject.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.h
+++ src/OFObject.h
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@
 {
 	/// The class of the object
 	Class isa;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This code is executed once when the class is loaded into the runtime.
+ *
+ * Derived classes can overide this to execute their own code when the class is
+ * loaded.
+ */
++ (void)load;
+
 /**
  * This code is executed once when a method of the class is called for the first
  * time.
  *
  * Derived classes can override this to execute their own code on

Index: src/OFObject.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFObject.m
+++ src/OFObject.m
@@ -46,19 +46,23 @@
 #ifdef NEED_OBJC_SYNC_INIT
 extern BOOL objc_sync_init();
 #endif
 
 @implementation OFObject
-+ (void)initialize
++ (void)load
 {
 #ifdef NEED_OBJC_SYNC_INIT
 	if (!objc_sync_init()) {
 		fputs("Runtime error: objc_sync_init() failed!\n", stderr);
 		abort();
 	}
 #endif
 }
+
++ (void)initialize
+{
+}
 
 + alloc
 {
 	OFObject *instance;
 #ifdef __objc_INCLUDE_GNU