diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
index 37a2f7ab07..3a18983865 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
  * added the ability to define an idle timeout
  * added support for PTY mode
+ * added the convenience method "mustRun"
 
 2.3.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index 258a519e9e..2ad1ee40fb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\Process;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessTimedOutException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException;
 
@@ -209,6 +210,25 @@ class Process
         return $this->wait($callback);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs the process.
+     *
+     * This is identical to run() except that an exception is thrown if the process
+     * exits with a non-zero exit code.
+     *
+     * @param callable|null $callback
+     *
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function mustRun($callback = null)
+    {
+        if (0 !== $this->run($callback)) {
+            throw new ProcessFailedException($this);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts the process and returns after sending the STDIN.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index 6b0dff2edf..fb341d41bb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -217,6 +217,28 @@ abstract class AbstractProcessTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals("foo\r\n", $process->getOutput());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRun()
+    {
+        $process = $this->getProcess('echo "foo"');
+
+        $this->assertSame($process, $process->mustRun());
+        $this->assertEquals("foo\n", $process->getOutput());
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $process->getExitCode());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRunThrowsException()
+    {
+        $process = $this->getProcess('exit 1');
+        $process->mustRun();
+    }
+
     public function testExitCodeText()
     {
         $process = $this->getProcess('');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
index 2e364d6392..2743f29052 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ class SigchildDisabledProcessTest extends AbstractProcessTest
         parent::testExitCodeCommandFailed();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRun()
+    {
+        parent::testMustRun();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRunThrowsException()
+    {
+        parent::testMustRunThrowsException();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */