diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87caca5a1..ed46bc07f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Added support for private GitHub and SVN repositories (use --no-interaction for CI)
   * Added "file" downloader type to download plain files
   * Added support for authentication with svn repositories
+  * Added autoload support for PEAR repositories
   * Improved clones from GitHub which now automatically select between git/https/http protocols
   * Improved `validate` command to give more feedback
   * Improved the `search` & `show` commands output
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/PearRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/PearRepository.php
index a2229251c..7237dc2e8 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/PearRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/PearRepository.php
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ class PearRepository extends ArrayRepository
                     'type' => 'library',
                     'dist' => array('type' => 'pear', 'url' => $this->url.'/get/'.$packageName.'-'.$pearVersion.".tgz"),
                     'version' => $pearVersion,
+                    'autoload' => array(
+                        'classmap' => array(''),
+                    ),
                 );
 
                 try {
@@ -135,7 +138,13 @@ class PearRepository extends ArrayRepository
 
                 try {
                     $this->addPackage($loader->load($packageData));
+                    if ($this->io->isVerbose()) {
+                        $this->io->write('Loaded '.$packageData['name'].' '.$packageData['version']);
+                    }
                 } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
+                    if ($this->io->isVerbose()) {
+                        $this->io->write('Could not load '.$packageData['name'].' '.$packageData['version'].': '.$e->getMessage());
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             }
@@ -241,7 +250,10 @@ class PearRepository extends ArrayRepository
             $fullName = 'pear-'.$this->channel.'/'.$packageName;
             $packageData = array(
                 'name' => $fullName,
-                'type' => 'library'
+                'type' => 'library',
+                'autoload' => array(
+                    'classmap' => array(''),
+                ),
             );
             $packageKeys = array('l' => 'license', 'd' => 'description');
             foreach ($packageKeys as $pear => $composer) {
@@ -279,11 +291,16 @@ class PearRepository extends ArrayRepository
                     $releaseData += $depsData[$version];
                 }
 
+                $package = $packageData + $releaseData;
                 try {
-                    $this->addPackage(
-                        $loader->load($packageData + $releaseData)
-                    );
+                    $this->addPackage($loader->load($package));
+                    if ($this->io->isVerbose()) {
+                        $this->io->write('Loaded '.$package['name'].' '.$package['version']);
+                    }
                 } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
+                    if ($this->io->isVerbose()) {
+                        $this->io->write('Could not load '.$package['name'].' '.$package['version'].': '.$e->getMessage());
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             }