diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 2cb32c072e3d1..eff56f0ad0a86 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\XmlFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\DependencyInjection\Extension;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
@@ -508,6 +509,11 @@ private function registerWorkflowConfiguration(array $workflows, ContainerBuilde
                 if (!isset($config['guard'])) {
                     continue;
                 }
+
+                if (!class_exists(ExpressionLanguage::class)) {
+                    throw new LogicException('Cannot guard workflows as the ExpressionLanguage component is not installed.');
+                }
+
                 $eventName = sprintf('workflow.%s.guard.%s', $name, $transitionName);
                 $guard->addTag('kernel.event_listener', array('event' => $eventName, 'method' => 'onTransition'));
                 $configuration[$eventName] = $config['guard'];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
index ff9a4b96f7d6d..f4f81aece0e69 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
         "symfony/property-info": "<3.3",
         "symfony/serializer": "<3.3",
         "symfony/translations": "<3.2",
-        "symfony/validator": "<3.3"
+        "symfony/validator": "<3.3",
+        "symfony/workflow": "<3.3"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-apcu": "For best performance of the system caches",