diff --git a/src/Symfony/Components/Templating/Engine.php b/src/Symfony/Components/Templating/Engine.php
index 345802e070..ea899490cf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Components/Templating/Engine.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Components/Templating/Engine.php
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class Engine
         $renderer->setEngine($this);
     }
 
-    protected function splitTemplateName($name)
+    public function splitTemplateName($name)
     {
         if (false !== $pos = strpos($name, ':')) {
             $renderer = substr($name, $pos + 1);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Framework/WebBundle/Templating/Engine.php b/src/Symfony/Framework/WebBundle/Templating/Engine.php
index 27fc73bd45..6fe8ace609 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Framework/WebBundle/Templating/Engine.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Framework/WebBundle/Templating/Engine.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class Engine extends BaseEngine
     }
 
     // Bundle:controller:action(:renderer)
-    protected function splitTemplateName($name)
+    public function splitTemplateName($name)
     {
         $parts = explode(':', $name, 4);