diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ProcessBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ProcessBuilder.php
index ddd064a2b877e..b762cf6fb290e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ProcessBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/ProcessBuilder.php
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ public function getProcess()
             $env = $this->env;
         }
 
+        // Process can not handle env values that are arrays
+        $env = $env ? array_filter($env, function ($value) { if (!is_array($value)) { return true; } }) : $env;
+
         return new Process($script, $this->cwd, $env, $this->stdin, $this->timeout, $options);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
index 1f9539689141b..4c88b55ce110a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/ProcessBuilderTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ public function testProcessShouldInheritAndOverrideEnvironmentVars()
         $_ENV = $snapshot;
     }
 
+    public function testProcessBuilderShouldNotPassEnvArrays()
+    {
+        $snapshot = $_ENV;
+        $_ENV = array('a' => array('b', 'c'), 'd' => 'e', 'f' => 'g');
+        $expected = array('d' => 'e', 'f' => 'g');
+
+        $pb = new ProcessBuilder();
+        $pb->add('a')->inheritEnvironmentVariables()
+            ->setEnv('d', 'e');
+        $proc = $pb->getProcess();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $proc->getEnv(), '->inheritEnvironmentVariables() removes array values from $_ENV');
+
+        $_ENV = $snapshot;
+    }
+
     public function testInheritEnvironmentVarsByDefault()
     {
         $pb = new ProcessBuilder();