diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
index a4259a0b5a..6bcc64a12b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 -----
 
  * Deprecated the `checkDNS` and `dnsMessage` options of the `Url` constraint. They will be removed in 5.0.
+ * added a `values` option to the `Expression` constraint
 
 4.0.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Expression.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Expression.php
index 3329bd2494..b8c3cb71df 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Expression.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/Expression.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Expression extends Constraint
 
     public $message = 'This value is not valid.';
     public $expression;
+    public $values = array();
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
index ce77d9ba84..5f40cfd3f6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ExpressionValidator.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ExpressionValidator extends ConstraintValidator
             throw new UnexpectedTypeException($constraint, __NAMESPACE__.'\Expression');
         }
 
-        $variables = array();
+        $variables = $constraint->values;
         $variables['value'] = $value;
         $variables['this'] = $this->context->getObject();
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
index 07f17d648a..aa2c9bdf10 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ExpressionValidatorTest.php
@@ -270,4 +270,18 @@ class ExpressionValidatorTest extends ConstraintValidatorTestCase
 
         $this->assertTrue($used, 'Failed asserting that custom ExpressionLanguage instance is used.');
     }
+
+    public function testPassingCustomValues()
+    {
+        $constraint = new Expression(array(
+            'expression' => 'value + custom == 2',
+            'values' => array(
+                'custom' => 1,
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        $this->validator->validate(1, $constraint);
+
+        $this->assertNoViolation();
+    }
 }