diff --git a/config/services.yaml b/config/services.yaml
index 0e41a91b1..718b4b296 100644
--- a/config/services.yaml
+++ b/config/services.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ services:
         resource: '../src/*'
         # you can exclude directories or files
         # but if a service is unused, it's removed anyway
-        exclude: '../src/{Entity,Migrations,Tests}'
+        exclude: '../src/{DataFixtures,Entity,Migrations,Tests}'
+
+    # tags fixtures classes for DoctrineFixturesBundle
+    App\DataFixtures\:
+        resource: '../src/DataFixtures/*'
+        tags: [doctrine.fixture.orm]
 
     # when the service definition only contains arguments, you can omit the
     # 'arguments' key and define the arguments just below the service class