diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e9af8d31..ed963d0d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## [next]
 - Add loop for AnimationComponent.sequenced()
 - TextComponent optimization (thanks @Gericop)
+- Adding Component#onMount
 
 ## 0.18.1
 - Expose stepTime paramter from the Animation class to the animation component
diff --git a/doc/components.md b/doc/components.md
index e02c134b0..24c19f116 100644
--- a/doc/components.md
+++ b/doc/components.md
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ The `destroy` method can be implemented to return true and warn the `BaseGame` t
 
 The `isHUD` method can be implemented to return true (default false) to make the `BaseGame` ignore the `camera` for this element.
 
+The `onMount` method can be overridden to run initializations code for the component, when this method is called, BaseGame has make sure that all the mixin which would change this component behaviour, is already resolved.
+
 There are also other implementations:
 
 * The `AnimationComponent` takes an `Animation` object and renders a cyclic animated sprite (more details about Animations [here](/doc/images.md#Animation))
diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index cd67856ab..03b85057b 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:ui';
 
 import 'package:flame/anchor.dart';
 import 'package:flame/components/component.dart';
+import 'package:flame/components/mixins/has_game_ref.dart';
 import 'package:flame/game.dart';
 import 'package:flame/palette.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
@@ -15,14 +16,9 @@ class Palette {
   static const PaletteEntry blue = PaletteEntry(Color(0xFF0000FF));
 }
 
-class Square extends PositionComponent {
+class Square extends PositionComponent with HasGameRef<MyGame> {
   static const SPEED = 0.25;
 
-  Square(double size) {
-    width = height = size;
-    anchor = Anchor.center;
-  }
-
   @override
   void resize(Size size) {
     x = size.width / 2;
@@ -43,10 +39,18 @@ class Square extends PositionComponent {
     angle += SPEED * t;
     angle %= 2 * math.pi;
   }
+
+  @override
+  void onMount() {
+    width = height = gameRef.squareSize;
+    anchor = Anchor.center;
+  }
 }
 
 class MyGame extends BaseGame {
+  final double squareSize = 128;
+
   MyGame() {
-    add(Square(64.0));
+    add(Square());
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/components/component.dart b/lib/components/component.dart
index 4b4772111..ee02d98f1 100644
--- a/lib/components/component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/component.dart
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ abstract class Component {
   /// It can be any integer (negative, zero, or positive).
   /// If two components share the same priority, they will probably be drawn in the order they were added.
   int priority() => 0;
+
+  /// Called when the component has been added and preperad by the game instance
+  ///
+  /// This can be used to make initializations on your component as when this method is called
+  /// things like resize, and mixins are already set for the component.
+  void onMount() {}
 }
 
 /// A [Component] implementation that represents a component that has a specific, possibly dynamic position on the screen.
diff --git a/lib/game/game.dart b/lib/game/game.dart
index ffdca72ac..fdca40171 100644
--- a/lib/game/game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/game.dart
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ abstract class BaseGame extends Game with TapDetector {
   void add(Component c) {
     preAdd(c);
     components.add(c);
+    c.onMount();
   }
 
   /// Registers a component to be added on the components on the next tick.