diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ParameterBag/ParameterBag.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ParameterBag/ParameterBag.php
index 83ba7e7076fc1..0a706d90ce636 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ParameterBag/ParameterBag.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ParameterBag/ParameterBag.php
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ public function get($name)
             throw new ParameterNotFoundException($name, null, null, null, $alternatives, $nonNestedAlternative);
         }
 
+        if (isset($_SERVER[$sfEnvVar = 'SYMFONY__'.strtoupper(str_replace('.', '__', $name))])) {
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('Defining parameters using special environment variables that start with "SYMFONY__" (such as "%s") is deprecated as of 3.3 and won\'t be supported in 4.0. Use the %%env()%% syntax to get the value of any environment variable from configuration files instead.', $sfEnvVar), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         return $this->parameters[$name];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ParameterBag/ParameterBagTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ParameterBag/ParameterBagTest.php
index 391e0eb3ff7de..267f5ba619bb8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ParameterBag/ParameterBagTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ParameterBag/ParameterBagTest.php
@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ public function testEscapeValue()
         $this->assertEquals(array('bar' => array('ding' => 'I\'m a bar %%foo %%bar', 'zero' => null)), $bag->get('foo'), '->escapeValue() escapes % by doubling it');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     * @expectedDeprecation Defining parameters using special environment variables that start with "SYMFONY__" (such as "SYMFONY__FOO__BAR") is deprecated as of 3.3 and won't be supported in 4.0. Use the %s syntax to get the value of any environment variable from configuration files instead.
+     */
+    public function testGetSymfonyEnvParameter()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['SYMFONY__FOO__BAR'] = 'foobar';
+        $this->assertSame('foobar', (new ParameterBag(array('foo.bar' => 'foobar')))->get('foo.bar'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider stringsWithSpacesProvider
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index b8c4e177ee3b9..cff39963d6f66 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ protected function getKernelParameters()
                 'kernel.charset' => $this->getCharset(),
                 'kernel.container_class' => $this->getContainerClass(),
             ),
-            $this->getEnvParameters()
+            $this->getEnvParameters(false)
         );
     }
 
@@ -570,9 +570,15 @@ protected function getKernelParameters()
      * Only the parameters starting with "SYMFONY__" are considered.
      *
      * @return array An array of parameters
+     *
+     * @deprecated since version 3.3, to be removed in 4.0
      */
     protected function getEnvParameters()
     {
+        if (0 === func_num_args() || func_get_arg(0)) {
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The %s() method is deprecated as of 3.3 and will be removed in 4.0. Use the %%env()%% syntax to get the value of any environment variable from configuration files instead.', __METHOD__), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         $parameters = array();
         foreach ($_SERVER as $key => $value) {
             if (0 === strpos($key, 'SYMFONY__')) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/KernelTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/KernelTest.php
index 7e77903c5de4c..316721d1ef99b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/KernelTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/KernelTest.php
@@ -734,6 +734,22 @@ public function testKernelWithoutBundles()
         $this->assertTrue($kernel->getContainer()->getParameter('test_executed'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     * @expectedDeprecation The Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel::getEnvParameters() method is deprecated as of 3.3 and will be removed in 4.0. Use the %s syntax to get the value of any environment variable from configuration files instead.
+     */
+    public function testGetEnvParameters()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['SYMFONY__FOO__BAR'] = 'baz';
+
+        $kernel = $this->getKernel();
+        $method = new \ReflectionMethod($kernel, 'getEnvParameters');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $envParameters = $method->invoke($kernel);
+        $this->assertSame('baz', $envParameters['foo.bar']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a mock for the BundleInterface.
      *