diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
index e2ea78cb7c..5c232698e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Application
             }
             $exitCode = $e->getCode();
 
-            $exitCode = is_numeric($exitCode) && $exitCode ? $exitCode : 1;
+            $exitCode = $exitCode ? (is_numeric($exitCode) ? (int) $exitCode : 1) : 0;
         }
 
         if ($this->autoExit) {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class Application
         $exitCode = $this->doRunCommand($command, $input, $output);
         $this->runningCommand = null;
 
-        return is_numeric($exitCode) ? $exitCode : 0;
+        return $exitCode;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
index c5fae3453c..af1b91f2b1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class Command
             $statusCode = $this->execute($input, $output);
         }
 
-        return is_numeric($statusCode) ? $statusCode : 0;
+        return is_numeric($statusCode) ? (int) $statusCode : 0;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
index f912338e04..b33eeb1bd2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
@@ -558,6 +558,21 @@ class ApplicationTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame('called'.PHP_EOL, $tester->getDisplay(), '->run() does not call interact() if -n is passed');
     }
 
+    public function testRunReturnsIntegerExitCode()
+    {
+        $exception = new \Exception('', 4);
+
+        $application = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Console\Application', array('doRun'));
+        $application->setAutoExit(false);
+        $application->expects($this->once())
+             ->method('doRun')
+             ->will($this->throwException($exception));
+
+        $exitCode = $application->run(new ArrayInput(array()), new NullOutput());
+
+        $this->assertSame(4, $exitCode, '->run() returns integer exit code extracted from raised exception');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \LogicException
      * @dataProvider getAddingAlreadySetDefinitionElementData
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/CommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/CommandTest.php
index 731f44277d..872bb7fc42 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/CommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Command/CommandTest.php
@@ -260,6 +260,20 @@ class CommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $tester->execute(array('--bar' => true));
     }
 
+    public function testRunReturnsIntegerExitCode()
+    {
+        $command = new \TestCommand();
+        $exitCode = $command->run(new StringInput(''), new NullOutput());
+        $this->assertSame(0, $exitCode, '->run() returns integer exit code (treats null as 0)');
+
+        $command = $this->getMock('TestCommand', array('execute'));
+        $command->expects($this->once())
+             ->method('execute')
+             ->will($this->returnValue('2.3'));
+        $exitCode = $command->run(new StringInput(''), new NullOutput());
+        $this->assertSame(2, $exitCode, '->run() returns integer exit code (casts numeric to int)');
+    }
+
     public function testRunReturnsAlwaysInteger()
     {
         $command = new \TestCommand();