diff --git a/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/ExtensionsSpec.scala b/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/ExtensionsSpec.scala
index d898b6356e..81cdfb0034 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/ExtensionsSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/typed/ExtensionsSpec.scala
@@ -151,17 +151,32 @@ class ExtensionsSpec extends TypedAkkaSpec {
         instance1 should be theSameInstanceAs instance2
       }
 
+    "load registered typed extensions eagerly even for untyped system" in {
+      import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.adapter._
+      val beforeCreation = InstanceCountingExtension.createCount.get()
+      val untypedSystem = akka.actor.ActorSystem()
+      try {
+        val before = InstanceCountingExtension.createCount.get()
+        InstanceCountingExtension(untypedSystem.toTyped)
+        val after = InstanceCountingExtension.createCount.get()
+
+        // should have been loaded even before it was accessed in the test because InstanceCountingExtension is listed
+        // as a typed library-extension in the config
+        before shouldEqual beforeCreation + 1
+        after shouldEqual before
+      } finally {
+        untypedSystem.terminate().futureValue
+      }
+    }
+
     "not create an extension multiple times when using the ActorSystemAdapter" in {
       import akka.actor.typed.scaladsl.adapter._
       val untypedSystem = akka.actor.ActorSystem()
       try {
+        val ext1 = DummyExtension1(untypedSystem.toTyped)
+        val ext2 = DummyExtension1(untypedSystem.toTyped)
 
-        val before = InstanceCountingExtension.createCount.get()
-        InstanceCountingExtension(untypedSystem.toTyped)
-        val ext = InstanceCountingExtension(untypedSystem.toTyped)
-        val after = InstanceCountingExtension.createCount.get()
-
-        (after - before) should ===(1)
+        ext1 should be theSameInstanceAs ext2
 
       } finally {
         untypedSystem.terminate().futureValue
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 5d2c93ef68..e389e1d22f 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ akka.typed {
   # Should not be set by end user applications in 'application.conf', use the extensions property for that
   #
   library-extensions = ${?akka.typed.library-extensions} []
+
+  # Receptionist is started eagerly to allow clustered receptionist to gather remote registrations early on.
+  library-extensions += "akka.actor.typed.receptionist.Receptionist"
 }
 
+# Load typed extensions by an untyped unextension.
+akka.library-extensions += "akka.actor.typed.internal.adapter.ActorSystemAdapter$LoadTypedExtensions"
+
 akka.actor {
   serializers {
     typed-misc = "akka.actor.typed.internal.MiscMessageSerializer"
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/MiscMessageSerializer.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
index 2f1465a272..02e1a67100 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import akka.serialization.{ BaseSerializer, SerializerWithStringManifest }
 @InternalApi
 class MiscMessageSerializer(val system: akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem) extends SerializerWithStringManifest with BaseSerializer {
 
-  private val resolver = ActorRefResolver(system.toTyped)
+  // Serializers are initialized early on. `toTyped` might then try to initialize the untyped ActorSystemAdapter extension.
+  private lazy val resolver = ActorRefResolver(system.toTyped)
   private val ActorRefManifest = "a"
 
   def manifest(o: AnyRef): String = o match {
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/adapter/ActorSystemAdapter.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/adapter/ActorSystemAdapter.scala
index a62cced280..0a4bdade88 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/adapter/ActorSystemAdapter.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/internal/adapter/ActorSystemAdapter.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package adapter
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage
 
+import akka.actor
+import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
 import akka.actor.InvalidMessageException
 import akka.{ actor ⇒ a }
 
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ import scala.compat.java8.FutureConverters
 @InternalApi private[akka] class ActorSystemAdapter[-T](val untyped: a.ActorSystemImpl)
   extends ActorSystem[T] with ActorRef[T] with internal.ActorRefImpl[T] with ExtensionsImpl {
 
-  loadExtensions()
-
   import ActorRefAdapter.sendSystemMessage
 
   // Members declared in akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
@@ -96,11 +96,28 @@ private[akka] object ActorSystemAdapter {
 
   object AdapterExtension extends a.ExtensionId[AdapterExtension] with a.ExtensionIdProvider {
     override def get(system: a.ActorSystem): AdapterExtension = super.get(system)
-    override def lookup = AdapterExtension
+    override def lookup() = AdapterExtension
     override def createExtension(system: a.ExtendedActorSystem): AdapterExtension =
       new AdapterExtension(system)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * An untyped extension to load configured typed extensions. It is loaded via
+   * akka.library-extensions. `loadExtensions` cannot be called from the AdapterExtension
+   * directly because the adapter is created too early during typed actor system creation.
+   *
+   * When on the classpath typed extensions will be loaded for untyped ActorSystems as well.
+   */
+  class LoadTypedExtensions(system: a.ExtendedActorSystem) extends a.Extension {
+    ActorSystemAdapter.AdapterExtension(system).adapter.loadExtensions()
+  }
+
+  object LoadTypedExtensions extends a.ExtensionId[LoadTypedExtensions] with a.ExtensionIdProvider {
+    override def lookup(): actor.ExtensionId[_ <: actor.Extension] = this
+    override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): LoadTypedExtensions =
+      new LoadTypedExtensions(system)
+  }
+
   def toUntyped[U](sys: ActorSystem[_]): a.ActorSystem =
     sys match {
       case adapter: ActorSystemAdapter[_] ⇒ adapter.untyped
@@ -108,4 +125,3 @@ private[akka] object ActorSystemAdapter {
         s"($sys of class ${sys.getClass.getName})")
     }
 }
-