diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CachePoolPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CachePoolPass.php
index 1e09b88214..df02d65259 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CachePoolPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/CachePoolPass.php
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ class CachePoolPass implements CompilerPassInterface
      */
     public static function getServiceProvider(ContainerBuilder $container, $name)
     {
-        if (0 === strpos($name, 'redis://')) {
+        $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders($name, null, $usedEnvs);
+
+        if (0 === strpos($name, 'redis://') || $usedEnvs) {
             $dsn = $name;
 
             if (!$container->hasDefinition($name = md5($dsn))) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/cache_env_var.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/cache_env_var.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b93ade8f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/cache_env_var.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+$container->setParameter('env(REDIS_URL)', 'redis://paas.com');
+
+$container->loadFromExtension('framework', array(
+    'cache' => array(
+        'default_redis_provider' => '%env(REDIS_URL)%',
+    ),
+));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/cache_env_var.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/cache_env_var.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f03cb1784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/cache_env_var.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+           xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
+           xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <parameters>
+        <parameter key="env(REDIS_URL)">redis://paas.com</parameter>
+    </parameters>
+
+    <framework:config>
+        <framework:cache>
+            <framework:default-redis-provider>%env(REDIS_URL)%</framework:default-redis-provider>
+        </framework:cache>
+    </framework:config>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/cache_env_var.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/cache_env_var.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d9ce5f7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/cache_env_var.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+parameters:
+    env(REDIS_URL): redis://paas.com
+
+framework:
+    cache:
+        default_redis_provider: "%env(REDIS_URL)%"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 4388b70afe..26792c6b1c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -697,6 +697,34 @@ abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertTrue($container->has('property_info'));
     }
 
+    public function testCacheDefaultRedisProvider()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('cache');
+
+        $redisUrl = 'redis://localhost';
+        $providerId = md5($redisUrl);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition($providerId));
+
+        $url = $container->getDefinition($providerId)->getArgument(0);
+
+        $this->assertSame($redisUrl, $url);
+    }
+
+    public function testCacheDefaultRedisProviderWithEnvVar()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('cache_env_var');
+
+        $redisUrl = 'redis://paas.com';
+        $providerId = md5($redisUrl);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition($providerId));
+
+        $url = $container->getDefinition($providerId)->getArgument(0);
+
+        $this->assertSame($redisUrl, $url);
+    }
+
     public function testCachePoolServices()
     {
         $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('cache');