diff --git a/Runtime/BindingRegistry.cs b/Runtime/BindingRegistry.cs
index baf9ad283..2cd039929 100644
--- a/Runtime/BindingRegistry.cs
+++ b/Runtime/BindingRegistry.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public List<EventBinding> GetEvents(BindingEvent bindingEvent)
 
         private void BuildEventBindingFromMethod(MethodInfo method, BindingEventAttribute bindingEventAttr)
         {
-            CheckEventBindingMethod(method);
+            CheckEventBindingMethod(bindingEventAttr.Event, method);
 
             Delegate bindingAction = CreateBindingAction(method);
             var eventBinding = new EventBinding(bindingAction, bindingEventAttr.Tags, method);
@@ -89,14 +89,26 @@ private void BuildEventBindingFromMethod(MethodInfo method, BindingEventAttribut
             GetEvents(bindingEventAttr.Event).Add(eventBinding);
         }
 
-        private void CheckEventBindingMethod(MethodInfo method)
+        private void CheckEventBindingMethod(BindingEvent bindingEvent, MethodInfo method)
         {
-            if (!method.IsStatic)
-                throw new Exception("The event binding method must be static! " + method.ToString());
+            if (!IsScenarioSpecificEvent(bindingEvent) &&
+                !method.IsStatic)
+                throw errorProvider.GetNonStaticEventError(method);
 
             //TODO: check parameters, etc.
         }
 
+        private bool IsScenarioSpecificEvent(BindingEvent bindingEvent)
+        {
+            return
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.ScenarioStart ||
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.ScenarioEnd ||
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.BlockStart ||
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.BlockEnd ||
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.StepStart ||
+                bindingEvent == BindingEvent.StepEnd;
+        }
+
         private void BuildStepBindingFromMethod(MethodInfo method, ScenarioStepAttribute scenarioStepAttr)
         {
             CheckStepBindingMethod(method);
diff --git a/Runtime/ErrorHandling/ErrorProvider.cs b/Runtime/ErrorHandling/ErrorProvider.cs
index 21a9439cd..be2707c49 100644
--- a/Runtime/ErrorHandling/ErrorProvider.cs
+++ b/Runtime/ErrorHandling/ErrorProvider.cs
@@ -81,5 +81,12 @@ public Exception GetTooManyBindingParamError(int maxParam)
             return new BindingException(
                 string.Format("Binding methods with more than {0} parameters are not supported", maxParam));
         }
+
+        public Exception GetNonStaticEventError(MethodInfo methodInfo)
+        {
+            throw new BindingException(
+                string.Format("The binding methods for before/after feature and before/after test run events must be static! {0}",
+                GetMethodText(methodInfo)));
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VsIntegration/ItemTemplates/SpecFlowEventDefinition/SpecFlowEventDefinition1.cs b/VsIntegration/ItemTemplates/SpecFlowEventDefinition/SpecFlowEventDefinition1.cs
index b8264c1f4..447854f00 100644
--- a/VsIntegration/ItemTemplates/SpecFlowEventDefinition/SpecFlowEventDefinition1.cs
+++ b/VsIntegration/ItemTemplates/SpecFlowEventDefinition/SpecFlowEventDefinition1.cs
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@
 namespace $rootnamespace$
 {
     [Binding]
-    public static class $safeitemname$
+    public class $safeitemname$
     {
         [BeforeStep]
-        public static void BeforeStep()
+        public void BeforeStep()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run before each scenario step
-            // For storing and retrieving scenario-specific or feature-specific data, the 
-            //     ScenarioContext.Current, FeatureContext.Current
-            // collections can be used.
+            // For storing and retrieving scenario-specific data, 
+            // the instance fields of the class or the
+            //     ScenarioContext.Current
+            // collection can be used.
+            // For storing and retrieving feature-specific data, the 
+            //     FeatureContext.Current
+            // collection can be used.
             // Use the attribute overload to specify tags. If tags are specified, the event 
             // handler will be executed only if any of the tags are specified for the 
             // feature or the scenario.
@@ -23,31 +27,31 @@ public static void BeforeStep()
         }
 
         [AfterStep]
-        public static void AfterStep()
+        public void AfterStep()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run after each scenario step
         }
 
         [BeforeScenarioBlock]
-        public static void BeforeScenarioBlock()
+        public void BeforeScenarioBlock()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run before each scenario block (given-when-then)
         }
 
         [AfterScenarioBlock]
-        public static void AfterScenarioBlock()
+        public void AfterScenarioBlock()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run after each scenario block (given-when-then)
         }
 
         [BeforeScenario]
-        public static void BeforeScenario()
+        public void BeforeScenario()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run before executing each scenario
         }
 
         [AfterScenario]
-        public static void AfterScenario()
+        public void AfterScenario()
         {
             //TODO: implement logic that has to run after executing each scenario
         }
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 02c958746..f6681d190 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ New features:
 + Finalize configuration (Issue 13)
 + Support German, French and Hungarian languages (Issue 5)
 + Add strong-name for specflow assemblies (Issue 2)
++ Allow scenario events to be instance methods (Issue 20)
 
 Fixed issues:
 + Runtime: Remove direct dependency on nunit.framework.dll from the runtime (Issue 12)