diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a100d969b..3bf9884d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Fix for base paths containing special characters [#1799](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1799)
     * Fix for `vundefined` error for version numbers in GPM [form#222](https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-form/issues/222)
+1. [](#improved)
+    * Added new configuration option `system.session.initialize` to delay session initialization if needed by a plugin
 
 # v1.4.0-beta.2
 ## 12/18/2017
diff --git a/system/config/system.yaml b/system/config/system.yaml
index 72c6bc2ff..1416c92e2 100644
--- a/system/config/system.yaml
+++ b/system/config/system.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ media:
 
 session:
   enabled: true                                  # Enable Session support
+  initialize: true                               # Initialize session from Grav (if false, plugin needs to start the session)
   timeout: 1800                                  # Timeout in seconds
   name: grav-site                                # Name prefix of the session cookie. Use alphanumeric, dashes or underscores only. Do not use dots in the session name
   secure: false                                  # Set session secure. If true, indicates that communication for this cookie must be over an encrypted transmission. Enable this only on sites that run exclusively on HTTPS
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
index 1b4022735..da4bcee08 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Processors/InitializeProcessor.php
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ class InitializeProcessor extends ProcessorBase implements ProcessorInterface
             date_default_timezone_set($this->container['config']->get('system.timezone'));
         }
 
-        // Initialize uri, session.
-        $this->container['session']->init();
+        // FIXME: Initialize session should happen later after plugins have been loaded. This is a workaround to fix session issues in AWS.
+        if ($this->container['config']->get('system.session.initialize', 1)) {
+            $this->container['session']->init();
+        }
+
+        // Initialize uri.
         $this->container['uri']->init();
 
         $this->container->setLocale();