diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 33bf6de..98ff218 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aurelia-templating-resources",
-  "version": "1.9.1",
+  "version": "1.11.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
@@ -3504,7 +3504,8 @@
         "ansi-regex": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "aproba": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -3525,12 +3526,14 @@
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "brace-expansion": {
           "version": "1.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -3545,17 +3548,20 @@
         "code-point-at": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -3672,7 +3678,8 @@
         "inherits": {
           "version": "2.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "ini": {
           "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -3684,6 +3691,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
@@ -3698,6 +3706,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
@@ -3705,12 +3714,14 @@
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.3.5",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
             "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -3729,6 +3740,7 @@
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -3809,7 +3821,8 @@
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "object-assign": {
           "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -3821,6 +3834,7 @@
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -3906,7 +3920,8 @@
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.1.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "safer-buffer": {
           "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -3942,6 +3957,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -3961,6 +3977,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
@@ -4004,12 +4021,14 @@
         "wrappy": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/compose.ts b/src/compose.ts
index db21781..e0df2a1 100644
--- a/src/compose.ts
+++ b/src/compose.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function processChanges(composer: Compose) {
   const changes = composer.changes;
   composer.changes = Object.create(null);
 
-  if (!('view' in changes) && !('viewModel' in changes) && ('model' in changes) && composer.activationStrategy !== ActivationStrategy.Replace) {
+  if (!('view' in changes) && !('viewModel' in changes) && ('model' in changes) && determineActivationStrategy(composer) !== ActivationStrategy.Replace) {
     // just try to activate the current view model
     composer.pendingTask = tryActivateViewModel(composer.currentViewModel, changes.model);
     if (!composer.pendingTask) { return; }
@@ -298,3 +298,12 @@ function requestUpdate(composer: Compose) {
     processChanges(composer);
   });
 }
+
+function determineActivationStrategy(composer: Compose) {
+  let activationStrategy = composer.activationStrategy;
+  const vm = composer.currentViewModel;
+  if (vm && typeof vm.determineActivationStrategy === 'function') {
+    activationStrategy = vm.determineActivationStrategy();
+  }
+  return activationStrategy;
+}
diff --git a/test/compose.integration.spec.ts b/test/compose.integration.spec.ts
index ac67f91..eb1f9b8 100644
--- a/test/compose.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/test/compose.integration.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import './setup';
 import { StageComponent, ComponentTester } from 'aurelia-testing';
 import { bootstrap } from 'aurelia-bootstrapper';
-import { Compose } from '../src/compose';
-import { InlineViewStrategy, useView } from 'aurelia-framework';
+import { Compose, ActivationStrategy } from '../src/compose';
+import { InlineViewStrategy, useView, TaskQueue } from 'aurelia-framework';
 
 describe('compose.integration.spec.ts', () => {
 
@@ -81,6 +81,68 @@ describe('compose.integration.spec.ts', () => {
     component.dispose();
   });
 
+  it('works with determineActivationStrategy() - replace', async () => {
+    const { component, compose } = await bootstrapCompose(
+      `<compose view-model.bind="viewModel"></compose>`,
+      {
+        viewModel: class {
+          // w/o the get view strategy, the initial composition fails, which results to undefined currentViewModel
+          getViewStrategy() {
+            return new InlineViewStrategy('<template></template>');
+          }
+
+          determineActivationStrategy() {
+            return ActivationStrategy.Replace;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    const taskQueue = new TaskQueue();
+    spyOn(compose.compositionEngine, 'compose').and.callThrough();
+    const oldModel = compose.model;
+    compose.modelChanged({ a: 1 }, oldModel);
+
+    taskQueue.queueMicroTask(() => {
+      expect(compose.compositionEngine.compose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      component.dispose();
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  it('works with determineActivationStrategy() - invoke-lifecycle', async () => {
+    let activationCount = 0;
+    const { component, compose } = await bootstrapCompose(
+      `<compose view-model.bind="viewModel"></compose>`,
+      {
+        viewModel: class {
+          activate() {
+            activationCount++;
+          }
+
+          // w/o the get view strategy, the initial composition fails, which results to undefined currentViewModel
+          getViewStrategy() {
+            return new InlineViewStrategy('<template></template>');
+          }
+
+          determineActivationStrategy() {
+            return ActivationStrategy.InvokeLifecycle;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    const taskQueue = new TaskQueue();
+
+    const oldModel = compose.model;
+    compose.modelChanged({}, oldModel);
+
+    taskQueue.queueMicroTask(() => {
+      expect(activationCount).toBe(2, 'activation count === 2');
+      component.dispose();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('scope traversing', () => {
     it('traverses scope by default', async () => {
       const { component } = await bootstrapCompose(
diff --git a/test/compose.spec.ts b/test/compose.spec.ts
index 3de590c..3d90b04 100644
--- a/test/compose.spec.ts
+++ b/test/compose.spec.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ describe('Compose', () => {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it('when "model" changes and the "determineActivationStrategy" hook in view-model returns "replace"', done => {
+      const model = {};
+      sut.currentViewModel = {
+        determineActivationStrategy() { return ActivationStrategy.Replace; }
+      };
+      updateBindable('model', model);
+      taskQueue.queueMicroTask(() => {
+        expect(compositionEngineMock.compose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(compositionEngineMock.compose).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining({ model }));
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('does not trigger composition', () => {
@@ -178,6 +191,28 @@ describe('Compose', () => {
         done();
       });
     });
+
+    it('when "model" changes and the "determineActivationStrategy" hook in view-model returns "invoke-lifecycle"', done => {
+      const model = {};
+      sut.currentViewModel = {
+        determineActivationStrategy() { return ActivationStrategy.InvokeLifecycle; }
+      };
+      updateBindable('model', model);
+      taskQueue.queueMicroTask(() => {
+        expect(compositionEngineMock.compose).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('when "model" changes and the "determineActivationStrategy" hook is not implemented in view-model', done => {
+      const model = {};
+      sut.currentViewModel = {};
+      updateBindable('model', model);
+      taskQueue.queueMicroTask(() => {
+        expect(compositionEngineMock.compose).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   it('aggregates changes from single drain of the micro task queue', done => {