diff --git a/lib/simple_form.rb b/lib/simple_form.rb
index 0f89e983..d559c174 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ module SimpleForm
   mattr_accessor :button_class
   @@button_class = 'button'
 
+  # Override the default ActiveModelHelper behaviour of wrapping the input.
+  # This gets taken care of semantically by adding an error class to the wrapper tag
+  # containing the input.
+  mattr_accessor :field_error_proc
+  @@field_error_proc = proc do |html_tag, instance_tag|
+    html_tag
+  end
+
   ## WRAPPER CONFIGURATION
   # The default wrapper to be used by the FormBuilder.
   mattr_accessor :default_wrapper
diff --git a/lib/simple_form/action_view_extensions/form_helper.rb b/lib/simple_form/action_view_extensions/form_helper.rb
index 309ab0b0..1a2d3017 100644
--- a/lib/simple_form/action_view_extensions/form_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/simple_form/action_view_extensions/form_helper.rb
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@ module SimpleForm
     #   end
     #
     module FormHelper
-      # Override the default ActiveRecordHelper behaviour of wrapping the input.
-      # This gets taken care of semantically by adding an error class to the wrapper tag
-      # containing the input.
-      #
-      FIELD_ERROR_PROC = proc do |html_tag, instance_tag|
-        html_tag
-      end
 
       def simple_form_for(record, options={}, &block)
         options[:builder] ||= SimpleForm::FormBuilder
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@ module SimpleForm
       def with_simple_form_field_error_proc
         default_field_error_proc = ::ActionView::Base.field_error_proc
         begin
-          ::ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = FIELD_ERROR_PROC
+          ::ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = SimpleForm.field_error_proc
           yield
         ensure
           ::ActionView::Base.field_error_proc = default_field_error_proc
diff --git a/test/action_view_extensions/form_helper_test.rb b/test/action_view_extensions/form_helper_test.rb
index c9604d14..e9964aff 100644
--- a/test/action_view_extensions/form_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/action_view_extensions/form_helper_test.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ class FormHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  test 'SimpleForm for swaps default action view field_error_proc' do
+    expected_error_proc = lambda {}
+    swap SimpleForm, field_error_proc: expected_error_proc do
+      simple_form_for :user do |f|
+        assert_equal expected_error_proc, ::ActionView::Base.field_error_proc
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def swap_field_error_proc(expected_error_proc = lambda {})