diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/ExtraAttributesException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/ExtraAttributesException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d321618b8eb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/ExtraAttributesException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?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\Serializer\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * ExtraAttributesException.
+ *
+ * @author Julien DIDIER <julien@didier.io>
+ */
+class ExtraAttributesException extends RuntimeException
+{
+    public function __construct(array $extraAttributes, \Exception $previous = null)
+    {
+        $msg = sprintf('Extra attributes are not allowed ("%s" are unknown).', implode('", "', $extraAttributes));
+
+        parent::__construct($msg, 0, $previous);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index b5829afd38bca..2d355ae34ef0d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\CircularReferenceException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\ExtraAttributesException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyTypeExtractorInterface;
@@ -171,8 +172,10 @@ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = arra
         if (!isset($context['cache_key'])) {
             $context['cache_key'] = $this->getCacheKey($format, $context);
         }
+
         $allowedAttributes = $this->getAllowedAttributes($class, $context, true);
         $normalizedData = $this->prepareForDenormalization($data);
+        $extraAttributes = array();
 
         $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
         $object = $this->instantiateObject($normalizedData, $class, $context, $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes, $format);
@@ -183,6 +186,10 @@ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = arra
             }
 
             if (($allowedAttributes !== false && !in_array($attribute, $allowedAttributes)) || !$this->isAllowedAttribute($class, $attribute, $format, $context)) {
+                if (isset($context['allow_extra_attributes']) && !$context['allow_extra_attributes']) {
+                    $extraAttributes[] = $attribute;
+                }
+
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -194,6 +201,10 @@ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = arra
             }
         }
 
+        if (!empty($extraAttributes)) {
+            throw new ExtraAttributesException($extraAttributes);
+        }
+
         return $object;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
index c9df3c955f031..681fd92472cae 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ public function testInstantiateObjectDenormalizer()
         $normalizer = new AbstractObjectNormalizerDummy();
         $normalizer->instantiateObject($data, $class, $context, new \ReflectionClass($class), array());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\ExtraAttributesException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Extra attributes are not allowed ("fooFoo", "fooBar" are unknown).
+     */
+    public function testDenormalizeWithExtraAttributes()
+    {
+        $normalizer = new AbstractObjectNormalizerDummy();
+        $normalizer->denormalize(
+            array('fooFoo' => 'foo', 'fooBar' => 'bar'),
+            __NAMESPACE__.'\Dummy',
+            'any',
+            array('allow_extra_attributes' => false)
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 class AbstractObjectNormalizerDummy extends AbstractObjectNormalizer