diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/PhpMatcherDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/PhpMatcherDumper.php
index c8231ede08..c9aea0a367 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/PhpMatcherDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/Dumper/PhpMatcherDumper.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ EOF
 
         if ($scheme = $route->getRequirement('_scheme')) {
             if (!$supportsRedirections) {
-                throw new \LogicException('The "_scheme" requirement is only supported for route dumper that implements RedirectableUrlMatcherInterface.');
+                throw new \LogicException('The "_scheme" requirement is only supported for URL matchers that implement RedirectableUrlMatcherInterface.');
             }
 
             $code[] = sprintf(<<<EOF
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcher.php
index 77c477a584..f2131c0244 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcher.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\RedirectableUrlMatcherInterface;
 
 /**
  * UrlMatcher matches URL based on a set of routes.
@@ -133,6 +134,17 @@ class UrlMatcher implements UrlMatcherInterface
                 }
             }
 
+            // check HTTP scheme requirement
+            if ($scheme = $route->getRequirement('_scheme')) {
+                if (!$this instanceof RedirectableUrlMatcherInterface) {
+                    throw new \LogicException('The "_scheme" requirement is only supported for URL matchers that implement RedirectableUrlMatcherInterface.');
+                }
+
+                if ($this->context->getScheme() !== $scheme) {
+                    return $this->redirect($pathinfo, $name, $scheme);
+                }
+            }
+
             return array_merge($this->mergeDefaults($matches, $route->getDefaults()), array('_route' => $name));
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
index 20ff970649..52050287a1 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/RedirectableUrlMatcherTest.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
 
 class RedirectableUrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
-    public function testNoMethodSoAllowed()
+    public function testRedirectWhenNoSlash()
     {
         $coll = new RouteCollection();
         $coll->add('foo', new Route('/foo/'));
@@ -26,4 +26,19 @@ class RedirectableUrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $matcher->expects($this->once())->method('redirect');
         $matcher->match('/foo');
     }
+
+    public function testSchemeRedirect()
+    {
+        $coll = new RouteCollection();
+        $coll->add('foo', new Route('/foo', array(), array('_scheme' => 'https')));
+
+        $matcher = $this->getMockForAbstractClass('Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\RedirectableUrlMatcher', array($coll, new RequestContext()));
+        $matcher
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('redirect')
+            ->with('/foo', 'foo', 'https')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(array('_route' => 'foo')))
+        ;
+        $matcher->match('/foo');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcherTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcherTest.php
index 5d3349d453..4e5f74c213 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/Matcher/UrlMatcherTest.php
@@ -205,4 +205,16 @@ class UrlMatcherTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         } catch (ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \LogicException
+     */
+    public function testSchemeRequirement()
+    {
+        $coll = new RouteCollection();
+        $coll->add('foo', new Route('/foo', array(), array('_scheme' => 'https')));
+
+        $matcher = new UrlMatcher($coll, new RequestContext());
+        $matcher->match('/foo');
+    }
 }