diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/EnvVarProcessor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/EnvVarProcessor.php
index 43022ddb7b..e91df9670b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/EnvVarProcessor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/EnvVarProcessor.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class EnvVarProcessor implements EnvVarProcessorInterface
             'float' => 'float',
             'int' => 'int',
             'json' => 'array',
+            'key' => 'bool|int|float|string|array',
             'resolve' => 'string',
             'string' => 'string',
         );
@@ -53,6 +54,25 @@ class EnvVarProcessor implements EnvVarProcessorInterface
     {
         $i = strpos($name, ':');
 
+        if ('key' === $prefix) {
+            if (false === $i) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Invalid configuration: env var "key:%s" does not contain a key specifier.', $name));
+            }
+
+            $next = substr($name, $i + 1);
+            $key = substr($name, 0, $i);
+            $array = $getEnv($next);
+
+            if (!is_array($array)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Resolved value of "%s" did not result in an array value.', $next));
+            }
+            if (!array_key_exists($key, $array)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Key "%s" not found in "%s" (resolved from "%s")', $key, json_encode($array), $next));
+            }
+
+            return $array[$key];
+        }
+
         if ('file' === $prefix) {
             if (!is_scalar($file = $getEnv($name))) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Invalid file name: env var "%s" is non-scalar.', $name));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/RegisterEnvVarProcessorsPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/RegisterEnvVarProcessorsPassTest.php
index e330017bcd..4681092ca7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/RegisterEnvVarProcessorsPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/RegisterEnvVarProcessorsPassTest.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class RegisterEnvVarProcessorsPassTest extends TestCase
             'float' => array('float'),
             'int' => array('int'),
             'json' => array('array'),
+            'key' => array('bool', 'int', 'float', 'string', 'array'),
             'resolve' => array('string'),
             'string' => array('string'),
         );
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/EnvVarProcessorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/EnvVarProcessorTest.php
index 79b3e47c79..5cd3a68b21 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/EnvVarProcessorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/EnvVarProcessorTest.php
@@ -314,4 +314,110 @@ class EnvVarProcessorTest extends TestCase
             return 'foo';
         });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Invalid configuration: env var "key:foo" does not contain a key specifier.
+     */
+    public function testGetEnvKeyInvalidKey()
+    {
+        $processor = new EnvVarProcessor(new Container());
+
+        $processor->getEnv('key', 'foo', function ($name) {
+            $this->fail('Should not get here');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Resolved value of "foo" did not result in an array value.
+     * @dataProvider noArrayValues
+     */
+    public function testGetEnvKeyNoArrayResult($value)
+    {
+        $processor = new EnvVarProcessor(new Container());
+
+        $processor->getEnv('key', 'index:foo', function ($name) use ($value) {
+            $this->assertSame('foo', $name);
+
+            return $value;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function noArrayValues()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(null),
+            array('string'),
+            array(1),
+            array(true),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Key "index" not found in
+     * @dataProvider invalidArrayValues
+     */
+    public function testGetEnvKeyArrayKeyNotFound($value)
+    {
+        $processor = new EnvVarProcessor(new Container());
+
+        $processor->getEnv('key', 'index:foo', function ($name) use ($value) {
+            $this->assertSame('foo', $name);
+
+            return $value;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function invalidArrayValues()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(array()),
+            array(array('index2' => 'value')),
+            array(array('index', 'index2')),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider arrayValues
+     */
+    public function testGetEnvKey($value)
+    {
+        $processor = new EnvVarProcessor(new Container());
+
+        $this->assertSame($value['index'], $processor->getEnv('key', 'index:foo', function ($name) use ($value) {
+            $this->assertSame('foo', $name);
+
+            return $value;
+        }));
+    }
+
+    public function arrayValues()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(array('index' => 'password')),
+            array(array('index' => 'true')),
+            array(array('index' => false)),
+            array(array('index' => '1')),
+            array(array('index' => 1)),
+            array(array('index' => '1.1')),
+            array(array('index' => 1.1)),
+            array(array('index' => array())),
+            array(array('index' => array('val1', 'val2'))),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testGetEnvKeyChained()
+    {
+        $processor = new EnvVarProcessor(new Container());
+
+        $this->assertSame('password', $processor->getEnv('key', 'index:file:foo', function ($name) {
+            $this->assertSame('file:foo', $name);
+
+            return array(
+                'index' => 'password',
+            );
+        }));
+    }
 }