diff --git a/scrapy/core/scraper.py b/scrapy/core/scraper.py
index 50395d3c8..bd6979b23 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/scraper.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/scraper.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Scraper(object):
 
     def __init__(self, engine, settings):
         self.sites = {}
-        self.spidermw = SpiderMiddlewareManager()
+        self.spidermw = SpiderMiddlewareManager.from_settings(settings)
         itemproc_cls = load_object(settings['ITEM_PROCESSOR'])
         self.itemproc = itemproc_cls.from_settings(settings)
         self.concurrent_items = settings.getint('CONCURRENT_ITEMS')
diff --git a/scrapy/core/spidermw.py b/scrapy/core/spidermw.py
index 38f947045..0cb79b065 100644
--- a/scrapy/core/spidermw.py
+++ b/scrapy/core/spidermw.py
@@ -1,65 +1,40 @@
 """
-This module implements the Spider Middleware manager. For more information see
-the Spider Middleware doc in:
-
-docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
+Spider Middleware manager
 
+See documentation in docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
 """
 
-from scrapy import log
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
-from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
-from scrapy.utils.misc import load_object
-from scrapy.utils.conf import build_component_list
+from scrapy.middleware import MiddlewareManager
 from scrapy.utils.defer import mustbe_deferred
-from scrapy.conf import settings
+from scrapy.utils.conf import build_component_list
 
 def _isiterable(possible_iterator):
     return hasattr(possible_iterator, '__iter__')
 
-class SpiderMiddlewareManager(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.loaded = False
-        self.enabled = {}
-        self.disabled = {}
-        self.spider_middleware = []
-        self.result_middleware = []
-        self.exception_middleware = []
-        self.load()
+class SpiderMiddlewareManager(MiddlewareManager):
+
+    component_name = 'spider middleware'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_mwlist_from_settings(cls, settings):
+        return build_component_list(settings['SPIDER_MIDDLEWARES_BASE'], \
+            settings['SPIDER_MIDDLEWARES'])
 
     def _add_middleware(self, mw):
+        super(SpiderMiddlewareManager, self)._add_middleware(mw)
         if hasattr(mw, 'process_spider_input'):
-            self.spider_middleware.append(mw.process_spider_input)
+            self.methods['process_spider_input'].append(mw.process_spider_input)
         if hasattr(mw, 'process_spider_output'):
-            self.result_middleware.insert(0, mw.process_spider_output)
+            self.methods['process_spider_output'].append(mw.process_spider_output)
         if hasattr(mw, 'process_spider_exception'):
-            self.exception_middleware.insert(0, mw.process_spider_exception)
-
-    def load(self):
-        """Load middleware defined in settings module"""
-        mwlist = build_component_list(settings['SPIDER_MIDDLEWARES_BASE'], \
-            settings['SPIDER_MIDDLEWARES'])
-        self.enabled.clear()
-        self.disabled.clear()
-        for mwpath in mwlist:
-            try:
-                cls = load_object(mwpath)
-                mw = cls()
-                self.enabled[cls.__name__] = mw
-                self._add_middleware(mw)
-            except NotConfigured, e:
-                self.disabled[cls.__name__] = mwpath
-                if e.args:
-                    log.msg(e)
-        log.msg("Enabled spider middlewares: %s" % ", ".join(self.enabled.keys()), \
-            level=log.DEBUG)
-        self.loaded = True
+            self.methods['process_spider_exception'].append(mw.process_spider_exception)
 
     def scrape_response(self, scrape_func, response, request, spider):
         fname = lambda f:'%s.%s' % (f.im_self.__class__.__name__, f.im_func.__name__)
 
         def process_spider_input(response):
-            for method in self.spider_middleware:
+            for method in self.methods['process_spider_input']:
                 try:
                     result = method(response=response, spider=spider)
                     assert result is None, \
@@ -72,7 +47,7 @@ class SpiderMiddlewareManager(object):
 
         def process_spider_exception(_failure):
             exception = _failure.value
-            for method in self.exception_middleware:
+            for method in self.methods['process_spider_exception']:
                 result = method(response=response, exception=exception, spider=spider)
                 assert result is None or _isiterable(result), \
                     'Middleware %s must returns None, or an iterable object, got %s ' % \
@@ -82,7 +57,7 @@ class SpiderMiddlewareManager(object):
             return _failure
 
         def process_spider_output(result):
-            for method in self.result_middleware:
+            for method in self.methods['process_spider_output']:
                 result = method(response=response, result=result, spider=spider)
                 assert _isiterable(result), \
                     'Middleware %s must returns an iterable object, got %s ' % \