diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/component.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/component.rs
index dbd28e4b28..fc4a7e84a8 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/component.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/macros/src/component.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use proc_macro2::{Span, TokenStream as TokenStream2};
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::{parse_macro_input, parse_quote, DeriveInput, Ident, LitStr, Path, Result};
+use syn::{parse_macro_input, parse_quote, DeriveInput, ExprPath, Ident, LitStr, Path, Result};
 
 pub fn derive_event(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let mut ast = parse_macro_input!(input as DeriveInput);
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ pub fn derive_component(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 
     let storage = storage_path(&bevy_ecs_path, attrs.storage);
 
+    let on_add = hook_register_function_call(quote! {on_add}, attrs.on_add);
+    let on_insert = hook_register_function_call(quote! {on_insert}, attrs.on_insert);
+    let on_remove = hook_register_function_call(quote! {on_remove}, attrs.on_remove);
+
     ast.generics
         .make_where_clause()
         .predicates
@@ -65,15 +69,28 @@ pub fn derive_component(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     TokenStream::from(quote! {
         impl #impl_generics #bevy_ecs_path::component::Component for #struct_name #type_generics #where_clause {
             const STORAGE_TYPE: #bevy_ecs_path::component::StorageType = #storage;
+
+            #[allow(unused_variables)]
+            fn register_component_hooks(hooks: &mut #bevy_ecs_path::component::ComponentHooks) {
+                #on_add
+                #on_insert
+                #on_remove
+            }
         }
     })
 }
 
 pub const COMPONENT: &str = "component";
 pub const STORAGE: &str = "storage";
+pub const ON_ADD: &str = "on_add";
+pub const ON_INSERT: &str = "on_insert";
+pub const ON_REMOVE: &str = "on_remove";
 
 struct Attrs {
     storage: StorageTy,
+    on_add: Option<ExprPath>,
+    on_insert: Option<ExprPath>,
+    on_remove: Option<ExprPath>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -89,6 +106,9 @@ const SPARSE_SET: &str = "SparseSet";
 fn parse_component_attr(ast: &DeriveInput) -> Result<Attrs> {
     let mut attrs = Attrs {
         storage: StorageTy::Table,
+        on_add: None,
+        on_insert: None,
+        on_remove: None,
     };
 
     for meta in ast.attrs.iter().filter(|a| a.path().is_ident(COMPONENT)) {
@@ -104,6 +124,15 @@ fn parse_component_attr(ast: &DeriveInput) -> Result<Attrs> {
                     }
                 };
                 Ok(())
+            } else if nested.path.is_ident(ON_ADD) {
+                attrs.on_add = Some(nested.value()?.parse::<ExprPath>()?);
+                Ok(())
+            } else if nested.path.is_ident(ON_INSERT) {
+                attrs.on_insert = Some(nested.value()?.parse::<ExprPath>()?);
+                Ok(())
+            } else if nested.path.is_ident(ON_REMOVE) {
+                attrs.on_remove = Some(nested.value()?.parse::<ExprPath>()?);
+                Ok(())
             } else {
                 Err(nested.error("Unsupported attribute"))
             }
@@ -121,3 +150,10 @@ fn storage_path(bevy_ecs_path: &Path, ty: StorageTy) -> TokenStream2 {
 
     quote! { #bevy_ecs_path::component::StorageType::#storage_type }
 }
+
+fn hook_register_function_call(
+    hook: TokenStream2,
+    function: Option<ExprPath>,
+) -> Option<TokenStream2> {
+    function.map(|meta| quote! { hooks. #hook (#meta); })
+}
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/bundle.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/bundle.rs
index 1909aab854..7b4b6cb85d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/bundle.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/bundle.rs
@@ -1124,11 +1124,29 @@ fn initialize_dynamic_bundle(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate as bevy_ecs;
+    use crate::component::ComponentId;
     use crate::prelude::*;
+    use crate::world::DeferredWorld;
 
     #[derive(Component)]
     struct A;
 
+    #[derive(Component)]
+    #[component(on_add = a_on_add, on_insert = a_on_insert, on_remove = a_on_remove)]
+    struct AMacroHooks;
+
+    fn a_on_add(mut world: DeferredWorld, _: Entity, _: ComponentId) {
+        world.resource_mut::<R>().assert_order(0);
+    }
+
+    fn a_on_insert<T1, T2>(mut world: DeferredWorld, _: T1, _: T2) {
+        world.resource_mut::<R>().assert_order(1);
+    }
+
+    fn a_on_remove<T1, T2>(mut world: DeferredWorld, _: T1, _: T2) {
+        world.resource_mut::<R>().assert_order(2);
+    }
+
     #[derive(Component)]
     struct B;
 
@@ -1166,6 +1184,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(3, world.resource::<R>().0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn component_hook_order_spawn_despawn_with_macro_hooks() {
+        let mut world = World::new();
+        world.init_resource::<R>();
+
+        let entity = world.spawn(AMacroHooks).id();
+        world.despawn(entity);
+
+        assert_eq!(3, world.resource::<R>().0);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn component_hook_order_insert_remove() {
         let mut world = World::new();
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component.rs
index 1557b660a4..28a20315c9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/component.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,42 @@ use std::{
 /// [`Table`]: crate::storage::Table
 /// [`SparseSet`]: crate::storage::SparseSet
 ///
+/// # Adding component's hooks
+///
+/// See [`ComponentHooks`] for a detailed explanation of component's hooks.
+///
+/// Alternatively to the example shown in [`ComponentHooks`]' documentation, hooks can be configured using following attributes:
+/// - `#[component(on_add = on_add_function)]`
+/// - `#[component(on_insert = on_insert_function)]`
+/// - `#[component(on_remove = on_remove_function)]`
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use bevy_ecs::component::Component;
+/// # use bevy_ecs::world::DeferredWorld;
+/// # use bevy_ecs::entity::Entity;
+/// # use bevy_ecs::component::ComponentId;
+/// #
+/// #[derive(Component)]
+/// #[component(on_add = my_on_add_hook)]
+/// #[component(on_insert = my_on_insert_hook)]
+/// // Another possible way of configuring hooks:
+/// // #[component(on_add = my_on_add_hook, on_insert = my_on_insert_hook)]
+/// //
+/// // We don't have a remove hook, so we can leave it out:
+/// // #[component(on_remove = my_on_remove_hook)]
+/// struct ComponentA;
+///
+/// fn my_on_add_hook(world: DeferredWorld, entity: Entity, id: ComponentId) {
+///     // ...
+/// }
+///
+/// // You can also omit writing some types using generics.
+/// fn my_on_insert_hook<T1, T2>(world: DeferredWorld, _: T1, _: T2) {
+///     // ...
+/// }
+///
+/// ```
+///
 /// # Implementing the trait for foreign types
 ///
 /// As a consequence of the [orphan rule], it is not possible to separate into two different crates the implementation of `Component` from the definition of a type.
@@ -199,7 +235,11 @@ pub type ComponentHook = for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, Entity, ComponentId);
 ///
 /// This information is stored in the [`ComponentInfo`] of the associated component.
 ///
-/// # Example
+/// There is two ways of configuring hooks for a component:
+/// 1. Defining the [`Component::register_component_hooks`] method (see [`Component`])
+/// 2. Using the [`World::register_component_hooks`] method
+///
+/// # Example 2
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use bevy_ecs::prelude::*;
diff --git a/examples/ecs/component_hooks.rs b/examples/ecs/component_hooks.rs
index 30876601a0..f28c72f16f 100644
--- a/examples/ecs/component_hooks.rs
+++ b/examples/ecs/component_hooks.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ use bevy::prelude::*;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
+/// Hooks can also be registered during component initialisation by
+/// using [`Component`] derive macro:
+/// ```no_run
+/// #[derive(Component)]
+/// #[component(on_add = ..., on_insert = ..., on_remove = ...)]
+/// ```
 struct MyComponent(KeyCode);
 
 impl Component for MyComponent {