diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Resources/views/Collector/config.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Resources/views/Collector/config.html.twig
index c37b50d8c8..efa3fd5765 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Resources/views/Collector/config.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Resources/views/Collector/config.html.twig
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@
                 {% if collector.applicationname %}
                     {{ collector.applicationname }} {{ collector.applicationversion }}
                 {% else %}
-                    {{ collector.symfonyversion }}
+                    {% if 'unknown' == collector.symfonyState -%}
+                    <span class="sf-toolbar-status sf-toolbar-info-piece-additional" title="Unable to retrieve information about the Symfony version.">
+                    {%- elseif 'eol' == collector.symfonyState -%}
+                    <span class="sf-toolbar-status sf-toolbar-status-red" title="This Symfony version will no longer receive security fixes.">
+                    {%- elseif 'eom' == collector.symfonyState -%}
+                    <span class="sf-toolbar-status sf-toolbar-status-yellow" title="This Symfony version will only receive security fixes.">
+                    {%- elseif 'dev' == collector.symfonyState -%}
+                    <span class="sf-toolbar-status sf-toolbar-status-yellow" title="This Symfony version is still in the development phase.">
+                    {%- else -%}
+                    <span class="sf-toolbar-status sf-toolbar-status-green">
+                    {%- endif -%}
+                    {{ collector.symfonyversion }}</span>
                 {% endif %}
             </span>
         </a>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollector.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollector.php
index f58027e218..3344283a0d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollector.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollector.php
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
  */
 class ConfigDataCollector extends DataCollector
 {
+    /**
+     * @var KernelInterface
+     */
     private $kernel;
     private $name;
     private $version;
+    private $cacheVersionInfo = true;
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ class ConfigDataCollector extends DataCollector
             'app_version' => $this->version,
             'token' => $response->headers->get('X-Debug-Token'),
             'symfony_version' => Kernel::VERSION,
+            'symfony_state' => 'unknown',
             'name' => isset($this->kernel) ? $this->kernel->getName() : 'n/a',
             'env' => isset($this->kernel) ? $this->kernel->getEnvironment() : 'n/a',
             'debug' => isset($this->kernel) ? $this->kernel->isDebug() : 'n/a',
@@ -77,6 +82,8 @@ class ConfigDataCollector extends DataCollector
             foreach ($this->kernel->getBundles() as $name => $bundle) {
                 $this->data['bundles'][$name] = $bundle->getPath();
             }
+
+            $this->data['symfony_state'] = $this->requestSymfonyState();
         }
     }
 
@@ -110,6 +117,21 @@ class ConfigDataCollector extends DataCollector
         return $this->data['symfony_version'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the state of the current Symfony release.
+     *
+     * @return string One of: unknown, dev, stable, eom, eol
+     */
+    public function getSymfonyState()
+    {
+        return $this->data['symfony_state'];
+    }
+
+    public function setCacheVersionInfo($cacheVersionInfo)
+    {
+        $this->cacheVersionInfo = $cacheVersionInfo;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the PHP version.
      *
@@ -242,4 +264,68 @@ class ConfigDataCollector extends DataCollector
     {
         return 'config';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tries to retrieve information about the current Symfony version.
+     *
+     * @return string One of: unknown, dev, stable, eom, eol
+     */
+    private function requestSymfonyState()
+    {
+        $versionInfo = null;
+
+        // get version information from cache or the roadmap
+        $versionCachePath = $this->kernel->getCacheDir().'/version_info.json';
+        if (file_exists($versionCachePath)) {
+            $versionInfo = json_decode(file_get_contents($versionCachePath), true);
+        } else {
+            $versionResponse = @file_get_contents('http://symfony.com/roadmap.json?version='.preg_replace('/^(\d+\.\d+).*/', '\\1', $this->data['symfony_version']));
+
+            if (false !== $versionResponse) {
+                $versionInfo = json_decode($versionResponse, true);
+
+                if (isset($versionInfo['error_message'])) {
+                    // wrong version
+                    $versionInfo = null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // get the version state
+        $versionState = 'unknown';
+        if (null !== $versionInfo) {
+            $now = new \DateTime();
+            $eom = \DateTime::createFromFormat('m/Y', $versionInfo['eom'])->modify('last day of this month');
+            $eol = \DateTime::createFromFormat('m/Y', $versionInfo['eol'])->modify('last day of this month');
+
+            if ($now > $eom) {
+                $versionState = 'eom';
+            } elseif ($now > $eol) {
+                $versionState = 'eol';
+            } elseif ('DEV' === Kernel::EXTRA_VERSION) {
+                $versionState = 'dev';
+            } else {
+                $versionState = 'stable';
+            }
+        }
+
+        // invalidate or create cache
+        if (null === $versionInfo) {
+            // nothing to cache
+        } elseif (isset($versionInfo['previous_state'])) {
+            if ($versionInfo['previous_state'] !== $versionState) {
+                // state changed => invalidate the cache
+                unlink($versionCachePath);
+            }
+        } elseif (substr(Kernel::VERSION, 0, 3) !== $versionInfo['version']) {
+            // version changed => invalidate the cache
+            unlink($versionCachePath);
+        } elseif ($this->cacheVersionInfo) {
+            // no cache yet
+            $versionInfo['previous_state'] = $versionState;
+            file_put_contents($versionCachePath, json_encode($versionInfo));
+        }
+
+        return $versionState;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollectorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollectorTest.php
index 0d672a1f0c..4aa01f0e7c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollectorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/ConfigDataCollectorTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ConfigDataCollectorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $kernel = new KernelForTest('test', true);
         $c = new ConfigDataCollector();
+        $c->setCacheVersionInfo(false);
         $c->setKernel($kernel);
         $c->collect(new Request(), new Response());