diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
index 6ab9f011ac..53460d2de2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ class Application
     public function find($name)
     {
         $this->init();
-
+        $aliases = array();
         $allCommands = array_keys($this->commands);
         $expr = preg_replace_callback('{([^:]+|)}', function ($matches) { return preg_quote($matches[1]).'[^:]*'; }, $name);
         $commands = preg_grep('{^'.$expr.'}', $allCommands);
@@ -526,15 +526,16 @@ class Application
         // filter out aliases for commands which are already on the list
         if (count($commands) > 1) {
             $commandList = $this->commands;
-            $commands = array_filter($commands, function ($nameOrAlias) use ($commandList, $commands) {
+            $commands = array_filter($commands, function ($nameOrAlias) use ($commandList, $commands, &$aliases) {
                 $commandName = $commandList[$nameOrAlias]->getName();
+                $aliases[$nameOrAlias] = $commandName;
 
                 return $commandName === $nameOrAlias || !in_array($commandName, $commands);
             });
         }
 
-        $exact = in_array($name, $commands, true);
-        if (count($commands) > 1 && !$exact) {
+        $exact = in_array($name, $commands, true) || isset($aliases[$name]);
+        if (!$exact && count($commands) > 1) {
             $suggestions = $this->getAbbreviationSuggestions(array_values($commands));
 
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Command "%s" is ambiguous (%s).', $name, $suggestions));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
index 8ffc5d6951..5ab3b0a598 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class ApplicationTest extends TestCase
         require_once self::$fixturesPath.'/BarBucCommand.php';
         require_once self::$fixturesPath.'/FooSubnamespaced1Command.php';
         require_once self::$fixturesPath.'/FooSubnamespaced2Command.php';
+        require_once self::$fixturesPath.'/TestTiti.php';
+        require_once self::$fixturesPath.'/TestToto.php';
     }
 
     protected function normalizeLineBreaks($text)
@@ -226,6 +228,14 @@ class ApplicationTest extends TestCase
         $application->findNamespace('f');
     }
 
+    public function testFindNonAmbiguous()
+    {
+        $application = new Application();
+        $application->add(new \TestTiti());
+        $application->add(new \TestToto());
+        $this->assertEquals('test-toto', $application->find('test')->getName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException        \InvalidArgumentException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage There are no commands defined in the "bar" namespace.
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestTiti.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestTiti.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e29d2a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestTiti.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class TestTiti extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('test-titi')
+            ->setDescription('The test:titi command')
+        ;
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $output->write('test-titi');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestToto.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestToto.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f14805db68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Fixtures/TestToto.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class TestToto extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('test-toto')
+            ->setDescription('The test-toto command')
+            ->setAliases(array('test'))
+        ;
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $output->write('test-toto');
+    }
+}