diff --git a/tests/unit/test_cassettes.py b/tests/unit/test_cassettes.py
index b612072..1b310c4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_cassettes.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_cassettes.py
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ def test_cassette_cant_read_same_request_twice():
         a.play_response('foo')
 
 
+@mock.patch('vcr.cassette.requests_match', return_value=True)
+@mock.patch('vcr.cassette.load_cassette', lambda *args, **kwargs: (('foo',), (mock.MagicMock(),)))
+@mock.patch('vcr.cassette.Cassette.can_play_response_for', return_value=True)
+@mock.patch('vcr.stubs.VCRHTTPResponse')
+def test_function_decorated_with_use_cassette_can_be_invoked_multiple_times(*args):
+    from six.moves import http_client as httplib
+    @Cassette.use_cassette('test')
+    def decorated_function():
+        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.python.org")
+        conn.request("GET", "/index.html")
+        conn.getresponse()
+
+    for i in range(2):
+         decorated_function()
+
+
 def test_cassette_not_all_played():
     a = Cassette('test')
     a.append('foo', 'bar')
diff --git a/vcr/cassette.py b/vcr/cassette.py
index 36deed3..fb3c77c 100644
--- a/vcr/cassette.py
+++ b/vcr/cassette.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 '''The container for recorded requests and responses'''
-
+import functools
 try:
     from collections import Counter
 except ImportError:
     from .compat.counter import Counter
 
-from contextdecorator import ContextDecorator
-
 # Internal imports
 from .patch import install, reset
 from .persist import load_cassette, save_cassette
@@ -16,7 +14,29 @@ from .matchers import requests_match, uri, method
 from .errors import UnhandledHTTPRequestError
 
 
-class Cassette(ContextDecorator):
+class use_cassette(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.args = args
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+        self.cls = cls
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self._cassette = self.cls.load(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
+        return self._cassette.__enter__()
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        return self._cassette.__exit__(*args)
+
+    def __call__(self, function):
+        @functools.wraps(function)
+        def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+            with self:
+                return function(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapped
+
+
+class Cassette(object):
     '''A container for recorded requests and responses'''
 
     @classmethod
@@ -26,6 +46,10 @@ class Cassette(ContextDecorator):
         new_cassette._load()
         return new_cassette
 
+    @classmethod
+    def use_cassette(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        return use_cassette(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def __init__(self,
                  path,
                  serializer=yamlserializer,
diff --git a/vcr/config.py b/vcr/config.py
index 0a1615a..1b868cd 100644
--- a/vcr/config.py
+++ b/vcr/config.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class VCR(object):
             ),
         }
 
-        return Cassette.load(path, **merged_config)
+        return Cassette.use_cassette(path, **merged_config)
 
     def register_serializer(self, name, serializer):
         self.serializers[name] = serializer