diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
index c1de25ce7..98cd21b9f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EOT
             ->setPreferSource($preferSource)
             ->setPreferDist($preferDist)
             ->setDevMode(!$input->getOption('no-dev'))
-            ->setRunAutoloader(!$input->getOption('no-autoloader'))
+            ->setDumpAutoloader(!$input->getOption('no-autoloader'))
             ->setRunScripts(!$input->getOption('no-scripts'))
             ->setOptimizeAutoloader($optimize)
             ->setIgnorePlatformRequirements($input->getOption('ignore-platform-reqs'))
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
index cb3b50209..10fa26987 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EOT
             ->setPreferSource($preferSource)
             ->setPreferDist($preferDist)
             ->setDevMode(!$input->getOption('no-dev'))
-            ->setRunAutoloader(!$input->getOption('no-autoloader'))
+            ->setDumpAutoloader(!$input->getOption('no-autoloader'))
             ->setRunScripts(!$input->getOption('no-scripts'))
             ->setOptimizeAutoloader($optimize)
             ->setUpdate(true)
diff --git a/src/Composer/Installer.php b/src/Composer/Installer.php
index 041a2f6c9..3594336e3 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Installer.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Installer
     protected $dryRun = false;
     protected $verbose = false;
     protected $update = false;
-    protected $runAutoloader = true;
+    protected $dumpAutoloader = true;
     protected $runScripts = true;
     protected $ignorePlatformReqs = false;
     protected $preferStable = false;
@@ -318,14 +318,14 @@ class Installer
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($this->runAutoloader) {
+            if ($this->dumpAutoloader) {
                 // write autoloader
                 if ($this->optimizeAutoloader) {
                     $this->io->write('<info>Generating optimized autoload files</info>');
                 } else {
                     $this->io->write('<info>Generating autoload files</info>');
                 }
-    
+
                 $this->autoloadGenerator->setDevMode($this->devMode);
                 $this->autoloadGenerator->dump($this->config, $localRepo, $this->package, $this->installationManager, 'composer', $this->optimizeAutoloader);
             }
@@ -1169,14 +1169,14 @@ class Installer
 
     /**
      * set whether to run autoloader or not
-     * 
-     * @param boolean $runAutoloader
+     *
+     * @param boolean $dumpAutoloader
      * @return Installer
      */
-    public function setRunAutoloader($runAutoloader = true)
+    public function setDumpAutoloader($dumpAutoloader = true)
     {
-        $this->runAutoloader = (boolean) $runAutoloader;
-        
+        $this->dumpAutoloader = (boolean) $dumpAutoloader;
+
         return $this;
     }