diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 68aad4a6a74c1..e6249e49e6c06 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -1241,6 +1241,10 @@ private function registerCacheConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuilder $con
         if (isset($config['prefix_seed'])) {
             $container->setParameter('cache.prefix.seed', $config['prefix_seed']);
         }
+        if ($container->hasParameter('cache.prefix.seed')) {
+            // Inline any env vars referenced in the parameter
+            $container->setParameter('cache.prefix.seed', $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders($container->getParameter('cache.prefix.seed'), true));
+        }
         foreach (array('doctrine', 'psr6', 'redis') as $name) {
             if (isset($config[$name = 'default_'.$name.'_provider'])) {
                 $container->setAlias('cache.'.$name, new Alias(Compiler\CachePoolPass::getServiceProvider($container, $config[$name]), false));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
index 45c6f2cf677b0..f0898408d6912 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -1028,9 +1028,11 @@ public function getExpressionLanguageProviders()
     /**
      * Resolves env parameter placeholders in a string or an array.
      *
-     * @param mixed       $value     The value to resolve
-     * @param string|null $format    A sprintf() format to use as replacement for env placeholders or null to use the default parameter format
-     * @param array       &$usedEnvs Env vars found while resolving are added to this array
+     * @param mixed            $value     The value to resolve
+     * @param string|true|null $format    A sprintf() format returning the replacement for each env var name or
+     *                                    null to resolve back to the original "%env(VAR)%" format or
+     *                                    true to resolve to the actual values of the referenced env vars
+     * @param array            &$usedEnvs Env vars found while resolving are added to this array
      *
      * @return string The string with env parameters resolved
      */
@@ -1054,12 +1056,20 @@ public function resolveEnvPlaceholders($value, $format = null, array &$usedEnvs
         }
 
         $bag = $this->getParameterBag();
+        if (true === $format) {
+            $value = $bag->resolveValue($value);
+        }
         $envPlaceholders = $bag instanceof EnvPlaceholderParameterBag ? $bag->getEnvPlaceholders() : $this->envPlaceholders;
 
         foreach ($envPlaceholders as $env => $placeholders) {
             foreach ($placeholders as $placeholder) {
                 if (false !== stripos($value, $placeholder)) {
-                    $value = str_ireplace($placeholder, sprintf($format, $env), $value);
+                    if (true === $format) {
+                        $resolved = $bag->escapeValue($this->getEnv($env));
+                    } else {
+                        $resolved = sprintf($format, $env);
+                    }
+                    $value = str_ireplace($placeholder, $resolved, $value);
                     $usedEnvs[$env] = $env;
                     $this->envCounters[$env] = isset($this->envCounters[$env]) ? 1 + $this->envCounters[$env] : 1;
                 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index 9ba5a36c4d55d..7e495297267da 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -500,6 +500,18 @@ public function testMerge()
         $this->assertEquals(array('Foo' => 0, 'Bar' => 1), $container->getEnvCounters());
     }
 
+    public function testResolveEnvValues()
+    {
+        $_ENV['DUMMY_ENV_VAR'] = 'du%%y';
+
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->setParameter('bar', '%% %env(DUMMY_ENV_VAR)%');
+
+        $this->assertSame('%% du%%%%y', $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders('%bar%', true));
+
+        unset($_ENV['DUMMY_ENV_VAR']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \LogicException
      */