diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index e7d89364b323d..15e0c9cfe41f3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 2.2.0
 -----
 
+ * fixed the Request::create() precedence (URI information always take precedence now)
  * added Request::getTrustedProxies()
  * deprecated Request::isProxyTrusted()
  * [BC BREAK] JsonResponse does not turn a top level empty array to an object anymore, use an ArrayObject to enforce objects
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 0815b46eae4bd..25c35e897d30e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ public static function createFromGlobals()
     /**
      * Creates a Request based on a given URI and configuration.
      *
+     * The information contained in the URI always take precedence
+     * over the other information (server and parameters).
+     *
      * @param string $uri        The URI
      * @param string $method     The HTTP method
      * @param array  $parameters The query (GET) or request (POST) parameters
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ public static function createFromGlobals()
      */
     public static function create($uri, $method = 'GET', $parameters = array(), $cookies = array(), $files = array(), $server = array(), $content = null)
     {
-        $defaults = array(
+        $server = array_replace(array(
             'SERVER_NAME'          => 'localhost',
             'SERVER_PORT'          => 80,
             'HTTP_HOST'            => 'localhost',
@@ -280,32 +283,38 @@ public static function create($uri, $method = 'GET', $parameters = array(), $coo
             'SCRIPT_FILENAME'      => '',
             'SERVER_PROTOCOL'      => 'HTTP/1.1',
             'REQUEST_TIME'         => time(),
-        );
+        ), $server);
+
+        $server['PATH_INFO'] = '';
+        $server['REQUEST_METHOD'] = strtoupper($method);
 
         $components = parse_url($uri);
         if (isset($components['host'])) {
-            $defaults['SERVER_NAME'] = $components['host'];
-            $defaults['HTTP_HOST'] = $components['host'];
+            $server['SERVER_NAME'] = $components['host'];
+            $server['HTTP_HOST'] = $components['host'];
         }
 
         if (isset($components['scheme'])) {
             if ('https' === $components['scheme']) {
-                $defaults['HTTPS'] = 'on';
-                $defaults['SERVER_PORT'] = 443;
+                $server['HTTPS'] = 'on';
+                $server['SERVER_PORT'] = 443;
+            } else {
+                unset($server['HTTPS']);
+                $server['SERVER_PORT'] = 80;
             }
         }
 
         if (isset($components['port'])) {
-            $defaults['SERVER_PORT'] = $components['port'];
-            $defaults['HTTP_HOST'] = $defaults['HTTP_HOST'].':'.$components['port'];
+            $server['SERVER_PORT'] = $components['port'];
+            $server['HTTP_HOST'] = $server['HTTP_HOST'].':'.$components['port'];
         }
 
         if (isset($components['user'])) {
-            $defaults['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = $components['user'];
+            $server['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = $components['user'];
         }
 
         if (isset($components['pass'])) {
-            $defaults['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = $components['pass'];
+            $server['PHP_AUTH_PW'] = $components['pass'];
         }
 
         if (!isset($components['path'])) {
@@ -316,7 +325,7 @@ public static function create($uri, $method = 'GET', $parameters = array(), $coo
             case 'POST':
             case 'PUT':
             case 'DELETE':
-                $defaults['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
+                $server['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
             case 'PATCH':
                 $request = $parameters;
                 $query = array();
@@ -333,14 +342,8 @@ public static function create($uri, $method = 'GET', $parameters = array(), $coo
         }
         $queryString = http_build_query($query, '', '&');
 
-        $uri = $components['path'].('' !== $queryString ? '?'.$queryString : '');
-
-        $server = array_replace($defaults, $server, array(
-            'REQUEST_METHOD' => strtoupper($method),
-            'PATH_INFO'      => '',
-            'REQUEST_URI'    => $uri,
-            'QUERY_STRING'   => $queryString,
-        ));
+        $server['REQUEST_URI'] = $components['path'].('' !== $queryString ? '?'.$queryString : '');
+        $server['QUERY_STRING'] = $queryString;
 
         return new static($query, $request, array(), $cookies, $files, $server, $content);
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 9f4cb57571cbf..c99529576d0f1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -222,6 +222,41 @@ public function testCreate()
         $this->assertFalse($request->isSecure());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::create
+     */
+    public function testCreateCheckPrecedence()
+    {
+        // server is used by default
+        $request = Request::create('/', 'GET', array(), array(), array(), array(
+            'HTTP_HOST'     => 'example.com',
+            'HTTPS'         => 'on',
+            'SERVER_PORT'   => 443,
+            'PHP_AUTH_USER' => 'fabien',
+            'PHP_AUTH_PW'   => 'pa$$',
+            'QUERY_STRING'  => 'foo=bar',
+        ));
+        $this->assertEquals('example.com', $request->getHost());
+        $this->assertEquals(443, $request->getPort());
+        $this->assertTrue($request->isSecure());
+        $this->assertEquals('fabien', $request->getUser());
+        $this->assertEquals('pa$$', $request->getPassword());
+        $this->assertEquals('', $request->getQueryString());
+
+        // URI has precedence over server
+        $request = Request::create('http://thomas:pokemon@example.net:8080/?foo=bar', 'GET', array(), array(), array(), array(
+            'HTTP_HOST'   => 'example.com',
+            'HTTPS'       => 'on',
+            'SERVER_PORT' => 443,
+        ));
+        $this->assertEquals('example.net', $request->getHost());
+        $this->assertEquals(8080, $request->getPort());
+        $this->assertFalse($request->isSecure());
+        $this->assertEquals('thomas', $request->getUser());
+        $this->assertEquals('pokemon', $request->getPassword());
+        $this->assertEquals('foo=bar', $request->getQueryString());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request::duplicate
      */