diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
index f0bcdcaec9..3047136283 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/DependencyInjection/SecurityExtension.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Parameter;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
 use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Expression;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authorization\ExpressionLanguage;
 
 /**
  * SecurityExtension.
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
     private $listenerPositions = array('pre_auth', 'form', 'http', 'remember_me');
     private $factories = array();
     private $userProviderFactories = array();
+    private $expressionLanguage;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
@@ -610,9 +612,10 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
         }
 
         $container
-            ->register($id, 'Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Expression')
+            ->register($id, 'Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\SerializedParsedExpression')
             ->setPublic(false)
             ->addArgument($expression)
+            ->addArgument(serialize($this->getExpressionLanguage()->parse($expression, array('token', 'user', 'object', 'roles', 'request'))))
         ;
 
         return $this->expressions[$id] = new Reference($id);
@@ -676,4 +679,16 @@ class SecurityExtension extends Extension
         // first assemble the factories
         return new MainConfiguration($this->factories, $this->userProviderFactories);
     }
+
+    private function getExpressionLanguage()
+    {
+        if (null === $this->expressionLanguage) {
+            if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage')) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('Unable to use expressions as the Symfony ExpressionLanguage component is not installed.');
+            }
+            $this->expressionLanguage = new ExpressionLanguage();
+        }
+
+        return $this->expressionLanguage;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Expression.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Expression.php
index a1ddc362bc..f5a3820309 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Expression.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Expression.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage;
  */
 class Expression
 {
-    private $expression;
+    protected $expression;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ExpressionLanguage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ExpressionLanguage.php
index dfd8018c57..0a45ca14dd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ExpressionLanguage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ExpressionLanguage.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage;
 
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Node\Node;
+
 /**
  * Allows to compile and evaluate expressions written in your own DSL.
  *
@@ -44,9 +46,41 @@ class ExpressionLanguage
         return $this->getCompiler()->compile($this->parse($expression, $names))->getSource();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluate an expression.
+     *
+     * @param Expression|string $expression The expression to compile
+     * @param array             $values     An array of values
+     *
+     * @return string The result of the evaluation of the expression
+     */
     public function evaluate($expression, $values = array())
     {
-        return $this->parse($expression, array_keys($values))->evaluate($this->functions, $values);
+        if ($expression instanceof ParsedExpression) {
+            $expression = $expression->getNodes();
+        } else {
+            $expression = $this->parse($expression, array_keys($values));
+        }
+
+        return $expression->evaluate($this->functions, $values);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses an expression.
+     *
+     * @param Expression|string $expression The expression to parse
+     *
+     * @return Node A Node tree
+     */
+    public function parse($expression, $names)
+    {
+        $key = $expression.'//'.implode('-', $names);
+
+        if (!isset($this->cache[$key])) {
+            $this->cache[$key] = $this->getParser()->parse($this->getLexer()->tokenize((string) $expression), $names);
+        }
+
+        return $this->cache[$key];
     }
 
     public function addFunction($name, $compiler, $evaluator)
@@ -89,15 +123,4 @@ class ExpressionLanguage
 
         return $this->compiler->reset();
     }
-
-    private function parse($expression, $names)
-    {
-        $key = $expression.'//'.implode('-', $names);
-
-        if (!isset($this->cache[$key])) {
-            $this->cache[$key] = $this->getParser()->parse($this->getLexer()->tokenize((string) $expression), $names);
-        }
-
-        return $this->cache[$key];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ParsedExpression.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ParsedExpression.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61bf5807c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/ParsedExpression.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage;
+
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Node\Node;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an already parsed expression.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+class ParsedExpression extends Expression
+{
+    private $nodes;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string $expression An expression
+     * @param Node   $nodes      A Node representing the expression
+     */
+    public function __construct($expression, Node $nodes)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($expression);
+
+        $this->nodes = $nodes;
+    }
+
+    public function getNodes()
+    {
+        return $this->nodes;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/SerializedParsedExpression.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/SerializedParsedExpression.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1b09b69b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/SerializedParsedExpression.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage;
+
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Node\Node;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an already parsed expression.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+class SerializedParsedExpression extends ParsedExpression
+{
+    private $nodes;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string $expression An expression
+     * @param string $nodes      The serialized nodes for the expression
+     */
+    public function __construct($expression, $nodes)
+    {
+        $this->expression = (string) $expression;
+        $this->nodes = $nodes;
+    }
+
+    public function getNodes()
+    {
+        return unserialize($this->nodes);
+    }
+}