diff --git a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.h b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.h
index 73ea5dd..be5800c 100644
--- a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.h
+++ b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 - (NSUInteger)numberOfTokensInTokenField:(VENTokenField *)tokenField;
 - (NSString *)tokenFieldCollapsedText:(VENTokenField *)tokenField;
 - (UIColor *)tokenField:(VENTokenField *)tokenField colorSchemeForTokenAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index;
+- (Class)subclassForTokensInTokenField:(VENTokenField *)tokenField;
 @end
 
 
diff --git a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
index 63c63a6..d0a4c10 100644
--- a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
+++ b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ - (void)layoutTokensWithCurrentX:(CGFloat *)currentX currentY:(CGFloat *)current
 {
     for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < [self numberOfTokens]; i++) {
         NSString *title = [self titleForTokenAtIndex:i];
-        VENToken *token = [[VENToken alloc] init];
+        VENToken *token = [[[self subclassForTokens] alloc] init];
 
         __weak VENToken *weakToken = token;
         __weak VENTokenField *weakSelf = self;
@@ -527,6 +527,20 @@ - (NSString *)collapsedText
     return @"";
 }
 
+- (Class)subclassForTokens
+{
+    Class defaultClass = [VENToken class];
+
+    if ([self.dataSource respondsToSelector:@selector(subclassForTokensInTokenField:)]) {
+        Class providedSubclass = [self.dataSource subclassForTokensInTokenField:self];
+        if ([providedSubclass isSubclassOfClass:defaultClass]) {
+            return providedSubclass;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return defaultClass;
+}
+
 
 #pragma mark - UITextFieldDelegate