diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.controlGroup.js b/js/jquery.mobile.controlGroup.js
index 7a4a22a3..7753f87e 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.controlGroup.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.controlGroup.js
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ $.fn.controlgroup = function( options ) {
 	});
 };
 
-//auto self-init widgets
-$( document ).bind( "pagecreate create", function( e ){
-	$( ":jqmData(role='controlgroup')", e.target ).controlgroup({ excludeInvisible: false });
-});
-	
+// The pagecreate handler for controlgroup is in jquery.mobile.init because of the soft-dependency on the wrapped widgets
+
 })(jQuery);
 //>>excludeStart("jqmBuildExclude", pragmas.jqmBuildExclude);
 });
diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.init.js b/js/jquery.mobile.init.js
index e8116d79..ed1dfbba 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.init.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.init.js
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ define( [ "jquery", "jquery.mobile.core", "jquery.mobile.navigation", "jquery.mo
 		// so if it's 1, use 0 from now on
 		$.mobile.defaultHomeScroll = ( !$.support.scrollTop || $(window).scrollTop() === 1 ) ? 0 : 1;
 
+
+		// TODO: Implement a proper registration mechanism with dependency handling in order to not have exceptions like the one below
+		//auto self-init widgets for those widgets that have a soft dependency on others
+		if ( $.fn.controlgroup ) {
+			$( document ).bind( "pagecreate create", function( e ){
+				$( ":jqmData(role='controlgroup')", e.target ).controlgroup({ excludeInvisible: false });
+			});
+		}
+
 		//dom-ready inits
 		if( $.mobile.autoInitializePage ){
 			$.mobile.initializePage();