diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index c1430f13c5..b21b3ee8df 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                     ->children()
                         ->scalarNode('cache')->defaultValue('file')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('file_cache_dir')->defaultValue('%kernel.cache_dir%/annotations')->end()
-                        ->booleanNode('debug')->defaultValue('%kernel.debug%')->end()
+                        ->booleanNode('debug')->defaultValue($this->debug)->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
             ->end()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index e2c46c2ef6..16980c76fa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class ConfigurationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'annotations' => array(
                 'cache' => 'file',
                 'file_cache_dir' => '%kernel.cache_dir%/annotations',
-                'debug' => '%kernel.debug%',
+                'debug' => true,
             ),
             'serializer' => array(
                 'enabled' => false,