diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
index 78aedcc0ca..d4d181a8fd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
             <tag name="kernel.event_subscriber" />
             <tag name="monolog.logger" channel="request" />
             <argument type="service" id="router" />
+            <argument type="service" id="router.request_context" on-invalid="ignore" />
             <argument type="service" id="logger" on-invalid="ignore" />
         </service>
     </services>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/RouterListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/RouterListener.php
index be43a72dd2..bb64f96d8e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/RouterListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/EventListener/RouterListener.php
@@ -21,25 +21,33 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\UrlMatcherInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\RequestMatcherInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContextAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
 
 /**
- * Initializes request attributes based on a matching route.
+ * Initializes the context from the request and sets request attributes based on a matching route.
  *
  * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
  */
 class RouterListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
 {
     private $matcher;
+    private $context;
     private $logger;
 
-    public function __construct($matcher, LoggerInterface $logger = null)
+    public function __construct($matcher, RequestContext $context = null, LoggerInterface $logger = null)
     {
         if (!$matcher instanceof UrlMatcherInterface && !$matcher instanceof RequestMatcherInterface) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Matcher must either implement UrlMatcherInterface or RequestMatcherInterface.');
         }
+        
+        if (null === $context && !$matcher instanceof RequestContextAwareInterface) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('You must either pass a RequestContext or the matcher must implement RequestContextAwareInterface.');
+        }
 
         $this->matcher = $matcher;
+        $this->context = $context ?: $matcher->getContext();
         $this->logger = $logger;
     }
 
@@ -47,8 +55,9 @@ class RouterListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
     {
         $request = $event->getRequest();
 
+        // initialize the context that is also used by the generator (assuming matcher and generator share the same context instance)
         if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST === $event->getRequestType()) {
-            $this->matcher->getContext()->fromRequest($request);
+            $this->context->fromRequest($request);
         }
 
         if ($request->attributes->has('_controller')) {
@@ -56,9 +65,9 @@ class RouterListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
             return;
         }
 
-        // add attributes based on the path info (routing)
+        // add attributes based on the request (routing)
         try {
-            // matching requests is more powerful than matching URLs only, so try that first
+            // matching a request is more powerful than matching a URL path + context, so try that first
             if ($this->matcher instanceof RequestMatcherInterface) {
                 $parameters = $this->matcher->matchRequest($request);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/RouterListenerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/RouterListenerTest.php
index 9ac028c652..5e224e257a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/RouterListenerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/RouterListenerTest.php
@@ -92,18 +92,13 @@ class RouterListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $request = Request::create('http://localhost/');
         $event = new GetResponseEvent($kernel, $request, HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST);
 
-        $context = new RequestContext();
-
         $requestMatcher = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\RequestMatcherInterface');
-        $requestMatcher->expects($this->any())
-                       ->method('getContext')
-                       ->will($this->returnValue($context));
         $requestMatcher->expects($this->once())
                        ->method('matchRequest')
                        ->with($this->isInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request'))
                        ->will($this->returnValue(array()));
 
-        $listener = new RouterListener($requestMatcher);
+        $listener = new RouterListener($requestMatcher, new RequestContext());
         $listener->onKernelRequest($event);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RequestMatcherInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RequestMatcherInterface.php
index 66b6ba5a3a..d636cd093c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RequestMatcherInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/RequestMatcherInterface.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher;
 
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
-use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContextAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MethodNotAllowedException;
  *
  * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
  */
-interface RequestMatcherInterface extends RequestContextAwareInterface
+interface RequestMatcherInterface
 {
     /**
      * Tries to match a request with a set of routes.