diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/MergeExtensionConfigurationPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/MergeExtensionConfigurationPass.php
index f9e6024164c15..1fa43323e7467 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/MergeExtensionConfigurationPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/MergeExtensionConfigurationPass.php
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
             $tmpContainer = new ContainerBuilder($container->getParameterBag());
             $tmpContainer->setResourceTracking($container->isTrackingResources());
             $tmpContainer->addObjectResource($extension);
+            if ($container->has('kernel.bundles')) {
+                $tmpContainer->set('kernel.bundles', $container->get('kernel.bundles'));
+            }
 
             foreach ($exprLangProviders as $provider) {
                 $tmpContainer->addExpressionLanguageProvider($provider);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/BundleMetadata.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/BundleMetadata.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..50598d3479f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Bundle/BundleMetadata.php
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle;
+
+/**
+ * Value object representing bundle metadata.
+ *
+ * @author Roland Franssen <franssen.roland@gmail.com>
+ */
+final class BundleMetadata
+{
+    private $name;
+    private $namespace;
+    private $className;
+    private $path;
+    private $parent;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param string              $name
+     * @param string              $namespace
+     * @param string              $className
+     * @param string              $path
+     * @param BundleMetadata|null $parent
+     */
+    public function __construct($name, $namespace, $className, $path, BundleMetadata $parent = null)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->className = $className;
+        $this->path = $path;
+        $this->parent = $parent;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get bundle name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get bundle namespace.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getNamespace()
+    {
+        return $this->namespace;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get bundle class name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getClassName()
+    {
+        return $this->className;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get bundle path.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getPath()
+    {
+        return $this->path;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get parent bundle, if any.
+     *
+     * @return BundleMetadata|null
+     */
+    public function getParent()
+    {
+        return $this->parent;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get string representation.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        return $this->className;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index 125da81d5ca4d..793f8ce9c7a2e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle\BundleInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle\BundleMetadata;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Config\EnvParametersResource;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Config\FileLocator;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\DependencyInjection\MergeExtensionConfigurationPass;
@@ -585,6 +586,23 @@ protected function buildContainer()
      */
     protected function prepareContainer(ContainerBuilder $container)
     {
+        $bundleMetadata = array();
+        $numBundles = count($this->bundles);
+        $numProcessedBundles = 0;
+        do {
+            foreach ($this->bundles as $name => $bundle) {
+                $parent = $bundle->getParent();
+                if (null !== $parent && !isset($bundleMetadata[$parent])) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (!isset($bundleMetadata[$name])) {
+                    $bundleMetadata[$name] = new BundleMetadata($name, $bundle->getNamespace(), get_class($bundle), $bundle->getPath(), isset($bundleMetadata[$parent]) ? $bundleMetadata[$parent] : null);
+                    ++$numProcessedBundles;
+                }
+            }
+        } while ($numProcessedBundles < $numBundles);
+        $container->set('kernel.bundles', new \ArrayIterator($bundleMetadata));
+
         $extensions = array();
         foreach ($this->bundles as $bundle) {
             if ($extension = $bundle->getContainerExtension()) {