diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ExceptionListenerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ExceptionListenerTest.php
index b4e8819161348..11f458d6bfe29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ExceptionListenerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/EventListener/ExceptionListenerTest.php
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests\EventListener;
 
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\EventListener\ExceptionListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Log\DebugLoggerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -40,6 +44,32 @@ public function testConstruct()
         $this->assertSame('foo', $_controller->getValue($l));
     }
 
+    public function testHandleHttpExceptionThrownInListener()
+    {
+        // store the current error_log, and disable it temporarily
+        $errorLog = ini_set('error_log', file_exists('/dev/null') ? '/dev/null' : 'nul');
+
+        $listener = new ExceptionListener('foo');
+
+        $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+        $dispatcher->addSubscriber($listener);
+        $dispatcher->addListener(KernelEvents::REQUEST, function ($event) {
+            throw new HttpException(1337);
+        });
+
+        $kernel = new HttpKernel($dispatcher, $this->getTestResolver());
+
+        try {
+            $kernel->handle(new Request(), HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST);
+            $this->fail('HttpKernel::handle is expected to throw HttpException');
+        } catch (HttpException $exception) {
+            $this->assertEquals(1337, $exception->getStatusCode());
+        }
+
+        // restore the old error_log
+        ini_set('error_log', $errorLog);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provider
      */
@@ -119,6 +149,21 @@ public function testSubRequestFormat()
         $response = $event->getResponse();
         $this->assertEquals('xml', $response->getContent());
     }
+
+    protected function getTestResolver()
+    {
+        $controller = function () { return new Response('foo'); };
+
+        $resolver = $this->getMock('Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Controller\\ControllerResolverInterface');
+        $resolver->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getController')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($controller));
+        $resolver->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getArguments')
+            ->will($this->returnValue(array()));
+
+        return $resolver;
+    }
 }
 
 class TestLogger extends Logger implements DebugLoggerInterface
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpKernelTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpKernelTest.php
index 700b111228bee..c1c516e525c40 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpKernelTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpKernelTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Tests;
 
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
@@ -71,6 +72,25 @@ public function testHandleExceptionWithARedirectionResponse()
         $this->assertEquals('/login', $response->headers->get('Location'));
     }
 
+    public function testHandleWhenAnAccessDeniedHttpExceptionIsThrownByAListener()
+    {
+        $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+
+        $dispatcher->addListener(KernelEvents::REQUEST, function ($event) {
+            throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
+        });
+
+        $dispatcher->addListener(KernelEvents::EXCEPTION, function (GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event) {
+            $event->setResponse(new Response('foo', $event->getException()->getStatusCode()));
+        });
+
+        $kernel = new HttpKernel($dispatcher, $this->getResolver(function () { return new Response(); }));
+        $response = $kernel->handle(new Request());
+
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $response->getContent());
+        $this->assertEquals('403', $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
     public function testHandleHttpException()
     {
         $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();