diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 96d01f9918..ea79c28138 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                         ->scalarNode('gc_divisor')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('gc_probability')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('gc_maxlifetime')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('save_path')->defaultValue('%kernel.cache_dir%/sessions')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('lifetime')->setInfo('DEPRECATED! Please use: cookie_lifetime')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('path')->setInfo('DEPRECATED! Please use: cookie_path')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('domain')->setInfo('DEPRECATED! Please use: cookie_domain')->end()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 5ed5ef869c..3faa7e4578 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ class FrameworkExtension extends Extension
         // session handler (the internal callback registered with PHP session management)
         $container->setAlias('session.handler', $config['handler_id']);
 
+        $container->setParameter('session.save_path', $config['save_path']);
+
         $this->addClassesToCompile(array(
             'Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\EventListener\\SessionListener',
             'Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Session\\Storage\\SessionStorageInterface',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
index fb06ac6810..866bb85426 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="gc-maxlifetime" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="gc-divisor" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="gc-probability" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="save-path" type="xsd:string" />
     </xsd:complexType>
 
     <xsd:complexType name="templating">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/session.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/session.xml
index 7392d26a17..871ea3ab9c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/session.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/session.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         </service>
 
         <service id="session.handler.native_file" class="%session.handler.native_file.class%" public="false">
-            <argument>%kernel.cache_dir%/sessions</argument>
+            <argument>%session.save_path%</argument>
         </service>
 
         <service id="session_listener" class="%session_listener.class%">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
index 79cc18a969..c9ee3d996e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ $container->loadFromExtension('framework', array(
         'gc_maxlifetime' => 90000,
         'gc_divisor'     => 108,
         'gc_probability' => 1,
+        'save_path'      => '/path/to/sessions',
     ),
     'templating' => array(
         'assets_version'   => 'SomeVersionScheme',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
index 494223ea38..9aea65b719 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <framework:esi enabled="true" />
         <framework:profiler only-exceptions="true" />
         <framework:router resource="%kernel.root_dir%/config/routing.xml" type="xml" />
-        <framework:session auto-start="true" gc-maxlifetime="90000" gc-probability="1" gc-divisor="108" storage-id="session.storage.native" handler-id="session.handler.native_file" name="_SYMFONY" cookie-lifetime="86400" cookie-path="/" cookie-domain="example.com" cookie-secure="true" cookie-httponly="true" />
+        <framework:session auto-start="true" gc-maxlifetime="90000" gc-probability="1" gc-divisor="108" storage-id="session.storage.native" handler-id="session.handler.native_file" name="_SYMFONY" cookie-lifetime="86400" cookie-path="/" cookie-domain="example.com" cookie-secure="true" cookie-httponly="true" save-path="/path/to/sessions" />
         <framework:templating assets-version="SomeVersionScheme" cache="/path/to/cache" >
             <framework:loader>loader.foo</framework:loader>
             <framework:loader>loader.bar</framework:loader>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
index 4c9bdebf0a..5e97a55853 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ framework:
         gc_probability: 1
         gc_divisor:     108
         gc_maxlifetime: 90000
+        save_path:      /path/to/sessions
     templating:
         assets_version:   SomeVersionScheme
         assets_base_urls: http://cdn.example.com
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 3b951bbb03..859ec489ab 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ abstract class FrameworkExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(108, $options['gc_divisor']);
         $this->assertEquals(1, $options['gc_probability']);
         $this->assertEquals(90000, $options['gc_maxlifetime']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('/path/to/sessions', $container->getParameter('session.save_path'));
     }
 
     public function testSessionDeprecatedMergeFull()