diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/CsrfExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/CsrfExtension.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97f3484a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/CsrfExtension.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Csrf\CsrfTokenManagerInterface;
+use Twig\Extension\AbstractExtension;
+use Twig\TwigFunction;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Flothmann <christian.flothmann@sensiolabs.de>
+ */
+class CsrfExtension extends AbstractExtension
+{
+    private $csrfTokenManager;
+
+    public function __construct(CsrfTokenManagerInterface $csrfTokenManager)
+    {
+        $this->csrfTokenManager = $csrfTokenManager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getFunctions(): array
+    {
+        return array(
+            new TwigFunction('csrf_token', array($this, 'getCsrfToken')),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function getCsrfToken(string $tokenId): string
+    {
+        return $this->csrfTokenManager->getToken($tokenId)->getValue();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/security_csrf.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/security_csrf.xml
index 8a3ffac2da..e7bcec1c5f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/security_csrf.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/security_csrf.xml
@@ -21,5 +21,10 @@
             <argument type="service" id="request_stack" on-invalid="ignore" />
         </service>
         <service id="Symfony\Component\Security\Csrf\CsrfTokenManagerInterface" alias="security.csrf.token_manager" />
+
+        <service id="twig.extension.security_csrf" class="Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension\CsrfExtension">
+            <tag name="twig.extension" />
+            <argument type="service" id="security.csrf.token_manager" />
+        </service>
     </services>
 </container>