diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/CHANGELOG.md
index 094072510d..c7c245a439 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ CHANGELOG
 -----
 
  * added the component
+ * added `ErrorHandler::call()` method utility to turn any PHP error into `\ErrorException`
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/ErrorHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/ErrorHandler.php
index 14ab7022fa..2b0d1184fe 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -153,6 +153,32 @@ class ErrorHandler
         return $handler;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Calls a function and turns any PHP error into \ErrorException.
+     *
+     * @return mixed What $function(...$arguments) returns
+     *
+     * @throws \ErrorException When $function(...$arguments) triggers a PHP error
+     */
+    public static function call(callable $function, ...$arguments)
+    {
+        set_error_handler(static function (int $type, string $message, string $file, int $line) {
+            if (__FILE__ === $file) {
+                $trace = debug_backtrace(DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS, 3);
+                $file = $trace[2]['file'] ?? $file;
+                $line = $trace[2]['line'] ?? $line;
+            }
+
+            throw new \ErrorException($message, 0, $type, $file, $line);
+        });
+
+        try {
+            return $function(...$arguments);
+        } finally {
+            restore_error_handler();
+        }
+    }
+
     public function __construct(BufferingLogger $bootstrappingLogger = null)
     {
         if ($bootstrappingLogger) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
index c087aed2f3..6f8f56ef69 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ErrorHandler/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
@@ -123,11 +123,62 @@ class ErrorHandlerTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     // dummy function to test trace in error handler.
-    private static function triggerNotice($that)
+    public static function triggerNotice($that)
     {
         $that->assertSame('', $foo.$foo.$bar);
     }
 
+    public function testFailureCall()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\ErrorException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('fopen(unknown.txt): failed to open stream: No such file or directory');
+
+        ErrorHandler::call('fopen', 'unknown.txt', 'r');
+    }
+
+    public function testCallRestoreErrorHandler()
+    {
+        $prev = set_error_handler('var_dump');
+        try {
+            ErrorHandler::call('fopen', 'unknown.txt', 'r');
+            $this->fail('An \ErrorException should have been raised');
+        } catch (\ErrorException $e) {
+            $prev = set_error_handler($prev);
+            restore_error_handler();
+        } finally {
+            restore_error_handler();
+        }
+
+        $this->assertSame('var_dump', $prev);
+    }
+
+    public function testCallErrorExceptionInfo()
+    {
+        try {
+            ErrorHandler::call([self::class, 'triggerNotice'], $this);
+            $this->fail('An \ErrorException should have been raised');
+        } catch (\ErrorException $e) {
+            $trace = $e->getTrace();
+            $this->assertSame(E_NOTICE, $e->getSeverity());
+            $this->assertSame(__FILE__, $e->getFile());
+            $this->assertSame('Undefined variable: foo', $e->getMessage());
+            $this->assertSame(0, $e->getCode());
+            $this->assertSame('Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\{closure}', $trace[0]['function']);
+            $this->assertSame(ErrorHandler::class, $trace[0]['class']);
+            $this->assertSame('triggerNotice', $trace[1]['function']);
+            $this->assertSame(__CLASS__, $trace[1]['class']);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testSuccessCall()
+    {
+        touch($filename = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'sf_error_handler_'));
+
+        self::assertIsResource(ErrorHandler::call('fopen', $filename, 'r'));
+
+        unlink($filename);
+    }
+
     public function testConstruct()
     {
         try {