diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index 0c87a350a3de4..b82fc60689d71 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class EventDispatcher implements EventDispatcherInterface
 {
     private $listeners = array();
     private $sorted = array();
+    private $listenerCaller;
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -155,6 +156,11 @@ public function removeSubscriber(EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber)
         }
     }
 
+    public function setListenerCaller(EventListenerCallerInterface $listenerCaller)
+    {
+        $this->listenerCaller = $listenerCaller;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Triggers the listeners of an event.
      *
@@ -167,12 +173,27 @@ public function removeSubscriber(EventSubscriberInterface $subscriber)
      */
     protected function doDispatch($listeners, $eventName, Event $event)
     {
+        $listenerCaller = $this->getListenerCaller();
+
         foreach ($listeners as $listener) {
             if ($event->isPropagationStopped()) {
                 break;
             }
-            call_user_func($listener, $event, $eventName, $this);
+
+            $listenerCaller->call($listener, $event, $eventName, $this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return EventListenerCallerInterface
+     */
+    private function getListenerCaller()
+    {
+        if (null === $this->listenerCaller) {
+            $this->listenerCaller = new StandardEventListenerCaller();
         }
+
+        return $this->listenerCaller;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventListenerCallerInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventListenerCallerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4ff44b665b3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventListenerCallerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?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\EventDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+interface EventListenerCallerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @param callable                 $listener
+     * @param Event                    $event
+     * @param string                   $eventName
+     * @param EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher
+     */
+    public function call(callable $listener, Event $event, $eventName, EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher);
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/StandardEventListenerCaller.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/StandardEventListenerCaller.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9522aa9e93ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/StandardEventListenerCaller.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?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\EventDispatcher;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+final class StandardEventListenerCaller implements EventListenerCallerInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function call(callable $listener, Event $event, $eventName, EventDispatcherInterface $eventDispatcher)
+    {
+        call_user_func($listener, $event, $eventName, $eventDispatcher);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
index 5faa5c8be876a..3edfccde24a3f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Tests;
 
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventListenerCallerInterface;
 
 class EventDispatcherTest extends AbstractEventDispatcherTest
 {
@@ -19,4 +21,25 @@ protected function createEventDispatcher()
     {
         return new EventDispatcher();
     }
+
+    public function testCustomEventListenerCaller()
+    {
+        $listenerCallerMock = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(EventListenerCallerInterface::class);
+        $listenerCallerMock
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('call')
+            ->will($this->returnCallback(function ($listener, Event $event) {
+                $listener($event);
+            }));
+
+        $dispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
+        $dispatcher->setListenerCaller($listenerCallerMock);
+        $dispatcher->addListener('foo', function (Event $event) {
+            $event->stopPropagation();
+        });
+
+        $event = $dispatcher->dispatch('foo', new Event());
+
+        $this->assertTrue($event->isPropagationStopped());
+    }
 }