diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/RequestMatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/RequestMatcher.php
index da95c3acc14d8..c571c604b4f12 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/RequestMatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/RequestMatcher.php
@@ -45,24 +45,42 @@ class RequestMatcher implements RequestMatcherInterface
      */
     private $attributes = array();
 
+    /**
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private $schemes = array();
+
     /**
      * @param string|null          $path
      * @param string|null          $host
      * @param string|string[]|null $methods
      * @param string|string[]|null $ips
      * @param array                $attributes
+     * @param string|string[]|null $schemes
      */
-    public function __construct($path = null, $host = null, $methods = null, $ips = null, array $attributes = array())
+    public function __construct($path = null, $host = null, $methods = null, $ips = null, array $attributes = array(), $schemes = null)
     {
         $this->matchPath($path);
         $this->matchHost($host);
         $this->matchMethod($methods);
         $this->matchIps($ips);
+        $this->matchScheme($schemes);
+
         foreach ($attributes as $k => $v) {
             $this->matchAttribute($k, $v);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a check for the HTTP scheme.
+     *
+     * @param string|string[]|null $scheme An HTTP scheme or an array of HTTP schemes
+     */
+    public function matchScheme($scheme)
+    {
+        $this->schemes = array_map('strtolower', (array) $scheme);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds a check for the URL host name.
      *
@@ -106,7 +124,7 @@ public function matchIps($ips)
     /**
      * Adds a check for the HTTP method.
      *
-     * @param string|string[]|null $method An HTTP method or an array of HTTP methods
+     * @param string|string[] $method An HTTP method or an array of HTTP methods
      */
     public function matchMethod($method)
     {
@@ -131,6 +149,10 @@ public function matchAttribute($key, $regexp)
      */
     public function matches(Request $request)
     {
+        if ($this->schemes && !in_array($request->getScheme(), $this->schemes)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         if ($this->methods && !in_array($request->getMethod(), $this->methods)) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestMatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestMatcherTest.php
index 0e1a0f5caf363..d4b1dbc20b81b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestMatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestMatcherTest.php
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ public function testMethodFixtures()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testScheme()
+    {
+        $httpRequest = $request = $request = Request::create('');
+        $httpsRequest = $request = $request = Request::create('', 'get', array(), array(), array(), array('HTTPS' => 'on'));
+
+        $matcher = new RequestMatcher();
+        $matcher->matchScheme('https');
+        $this->assertFalse($matcher->matches($httpRequest));
+        $this->assertTrue($matcher->matches($httpsRequest));
+
+        $matcher->matchScheme('http');
+        $this->assertFalse($matcher->matches($httpsRequest));
+        $this->assertTrue($matcher->matches($httpRequest));
+
+        $matcher = new RequestMatcher();
+        $this->assertTrue($matcher->matches($httpsRequest));
+        $this->assertTrue($matcher->matches($httpRequest));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider testHostFixture
      */
@@ -68,7 +87,8 @@ public function testHostFixture()
             array('.*\.example\.COM', true),
             array('\.example\.COM$', true),
             array('^.*\.example\.COM$', true),
-            array('.*\.sensio\.COM', false),        );
+            array('.*\.sensio\.COM', false),
+        );
     }
 
     public function testPath()