diff --git a/library/Mockery/Mock.php b/library/Mockery/Mock.php
index a5fb75cba..12daa297a 100644
--- a/library/Mockery/Mock.php
+++ b/library/Mockery/Mock.php
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ class Mock implements MockInterface
      */
     protected $_mockery_ignoreMissing = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Flag to indicate whether we want to set the ignoreMissing flag on
+     * mocks generated form this calls to this one
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $_mockery_ignoreMissingRecursive = false;
+
     /**
      * Flag to indicate whether we can defer method calls missing from our
      * expectations
@@ -308,11 +316,13 @@ public function shouldAllowMockingMethod($method)
     /**
      * Set mock to ignore unexpected methods and return Undefined class
      * @param mixed $returnValue the default return value for calls to missing functions on this mock
+     * @param bool $recursive Specify if returned mocks should also have shouldIgnoreMissing set
      * @return Mock
      */
-    public function shouldIgnoreMissing($returnValue = null)
+    public function shouldIgnoreMissing($returnValue = null, $recursive = false)
     {
         $this->_mockery_ignoreMissing = true;
+        $this->_mockery_ignoreMissingRecursive = $recursive;
         $this->_mockery_defaultReturnValue = $returnValue;
         return $this;
     }
@@ -739,10 +749,18 @@ public function mockery_returnValueForMethod($name)
                 return null;
 
             case 'object':
-                return \Mockery::mock();
+                $mock = \Mockery::mock();
+                if ($this->_mockery_ignoreMissingRecursive) {
+                    $mock->shouldIgnoreMissing($this->_mockery_defaultReturnValue, true);
+                }
+                return $mock;
 
             default:
-                return \Mockery::mock($returnType);
+                $mock = \Mockery::mock($returnType);
+                if ($this->_mockery_ignoreMissingRecursive) {
+                    $mock->shouldIgnoreMissing($this->_mockery_defaultReturnValue, true);
+                }
+                return $mock;
         }
     }