diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/Controller.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/Controller.php
index 0df7823675..b78d475927 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/Controller.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/Controller.php
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class Controller extends ContainerAware
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets a service by id.
+     * Gets a container service by its id.
      *
      * @param string $id The service id
      *
@@ -345,10 +345,22 @@ class Controller extends ContainerAware
         if ('request' === $id) {
             trigger_error('The "request" service is deprecated and will be removed in 3.0. Add a typehint for Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Request to your controller parameters to retrieve the request instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
         }
-        
+
         return $this->container->get($id);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a container configuration parameter by its name.
+     *
+     * @param string $name The parameter name
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function getParameter($name)
+    {
+        return $this->container->getParameter($name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks the validity of a CSRF token
      *