diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcher.php
index 76612e6184..55aac6b707 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcher.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ApacheUrlMatcher extends UrlMatcher
         $allow = array();
         $route = null;
 
-        foreach ($_SERVER as $key => $value) {
+        foreach ($this->denormalizeValues($_SERVER) as $key => $value) {
             $name = $key;
 
             // skip non-routing variables
@@ -91,4 +91,28 @@ class ApacheUrlMatcher extends UrlMatcher
             return parent::match($pathinfo);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Denormalizes an array of values.
+     *
+     * @param string[] $values
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function denormalizeValues(array $values)
+    {
+        $normalizedValues = array();
+        foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+            if (preg_match('~^(.*)\[(\d+)\]$~', $key, $matches)) {
+                if (!isset($normalizedValues[$matches[1]])) {
+                    $normalizedValues[$matches[1]] = array();
+                }
+                $normalizedValues[$matches[1]][(int) $matches[2]] = $value;
+            } else {
+                $normalizedValues[$key] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $normalizedValues;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/ApacheMatcherDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/ApacheMatcherDumper.php
index 895987c702..01d8c03589 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/ApacheMatcherDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/ApacheMatcherDumper.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ApacheMatcherDumper extends MatcherDumper
         foreach ($compiledRoute->getPathVariables() as $i => $variable) {
             $variables[] = 'E=_ROUTING_param_'.$variable.':%'.($i + 1);
         }
-        foreach ($route->getDefaults() as $key => $value) {
+        foreach ($this->normalizeValues($route->getDefaults()) as $key => $value) {
             $variables[] = 'E=_ROUTING_default_'.$key.':'.strtr($value, array(
                 ':'  => '\\:',
                 '='  => '\\=',
@@ -248,4 +248,27 @@ class ApacheMatcherDumper extends MatcherDumper
 
         return $output;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Normalizes an array of values.
+     *
+     * @param array $values
+     *
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    private function normalizeValues(array $values)
+    {
+        $normalizedValues = array();
+        foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
+            if (is_array($value)) {
+                foreach ($value as $index => $bit) {
+                    $normalizedValues[sprintf('%s[%s]', $key, $index)] = $bit;
+                }
+            } else {
+                $normalizedValues[$key] = (string) $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $normalizedValues;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcherTest.php
index 6550911eb7..2810cbad51 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Matcher/ApacheUrlMatcherTest.php
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ class ApacheUrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                     '_route' => 'hello',
                 ),
             ),
+            array(
+                'Redirect with many ignored attributes',
+                '/legacy/{cat1}/{cat2}/{id}.html',
+                array(
+                    '_ROUTING_route' => 'product_view',
+                    '_ROUTING_param__controller' => 'FrameworkBundle:Redirect:redirect',
+                    '_ROUTING_default_ignoreAttributes[0]' => 'attr_a',
+                    '_ROUTING_default_ignoreAttributes[1]' => 'attr_b',
+                ),
+                array(
+                    'ignoreAttributes' => array('attr_a', 'attr_b'),
+                    '_controller' => 'FrameworkBundle:Redirect:redirect',
+                    '_route' => 'product_view',
+                )
+            ),
             array(
                 'REDIRECT_ envs',
                 '/hello/world',
@@ -131,7 +146,7 @@ class ApacheUrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                     'name' => 'world',
                     '_route' => 'hello',
                 ),
-            ),
+            )
         );
     }
 }