diff --git a/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/AbstractConsoleController.php b/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/AbstractConsoleController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d62007edbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/AbstractConsoleController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Mvc\Controller;
+
+use Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface as ConsoleAdaper;
+use Zend\Console\Request as ConsoleRequest;
+use Zend\Mvc\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Zend\Stdlib\RequestInterface;
+use Zend\Stdlib\ResponseInterface;
+
+class AbstractConsoleController extends AbstractActionController
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ConsoleAdaper
+     */
+    protected $console;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ConsoleAdaper $console
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function setConsole(ConsoleAdaper $console)
+    {
+        $this->console = $console;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return ConsoleAdaper
+     */
+    public function getConsole()
+    {
+        return $this->console;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function dispatch(RequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response = null)
+    {
+        if (! $request instanceof ConsoleRequest) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                '%s can only dispatch requests in a console environment',
+                get_called_class()
+            ));
+        }
+        return parent::dispatch($request, $response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManager.php b/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManager.php
index 3e1d1e62486..bcb40b4c26b 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManager.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManager.php
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ public function injectControllerDependencies($controller, ServiceLocatorInterfac
             }
         }
 
+        if ($controller instanceof AbstractConsoleController) {
+            $controller->setConsole($parentLocator->get('Console'));
+        }
+
         if (method_exists($controller, 'setPluginManager')) {
             $controller->setPluginManager($parentLocator->get('ControllerPluginManager'));
         }
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ConsoleControllerTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ConsoleControllerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc28452267a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ConsoleControllerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Mvc\Controller;
+
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
+use Zend\Console\Request as ConsoleRequest;
+use Zend\Http\Request;
+use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
+use Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteMatch;
+
+class ConsoleControllerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var TestAsset\ConsoleController
+     */
+    public $controller;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->controller = new TestAsset\ConsoleController();
+        $routeMatch = new RouteMatch(array('controller' => 'controller-sample'));
+        $event      = new MvcEvent();
+        $event->setRouteMatch($routeMatch);
+        $this->controller->setEvent($event);
+    }
+
+    public function testDispatchCorrectRequest()
+    {
+        $request = new ConsoleRequest();
+        $result = $this->controller->dispatch($request);
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($result);
+    }
+
+    public function testDispatchIncorrectRequest()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('\Zend\Mvc\Exception\InvalidArgumentException');
+
+        $request = new Request();
+        $this->controller->dispatch($request);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetNoInjectedConsole()
+    {
+        $console = $this->controller->getConsole();
+
+        $this->assertNull($console);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetInjectedConsole()
+    {
+        $consoleAdapter = $this->getMock('\Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface');
+
+        $controller = $this->controller->setConsole($consoleAdapter);
+        $console = $this->controller->getConsole();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractConsoleController', $controller);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface', $console);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManagerTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManagerTest.php
index 83d98e25ae0..c36e8e9022b 100644
--- a/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/ControllerManagerTest.php
@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@
 use Zend\Mvc\Controller\ControllerManager;
 use Zend\Mvc\Controller\PluginManager as ControllerPluginManager;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
+use Zend\Console\Adapter\Virtual as ConsoleAdapter;
 
 class ControllerManagerTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function setUp()
     {
         $this->events       = new EventManager();
+        $this->consoleAdapter = new ConsoleAdapter();
         $this->sharedEvents = new SharedEventManager;
         $this->events->setSharedManager($this->sharedEvents);
 
         $this->plugins  = new ControllerPluginManager();
         $this->services = new ServiceManager();
+        $this->services->setService('Console', $this->consoleAdapter);
         $this->services->setService('Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface', $this->services);
         $this->services->setService('EventManager', $this->events);
         $this->services->setService('SharedEventManager', $this->sharedEvents);
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ public function testInjectControllerDependenciesInjectsExpectedDependencies()
         $this->assertSame($this->sharedEvents, $events->getSharedManager());
     }
 
+    public function testInjectControllerDependenciesToConsoleController()
+    {
+        $controller = new TestAsset\ConsoleController();
+        $this->controllers->injectControllerDependencies($controller, $this->controllers);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Zend\Console\Adapter\AdapterInterface', $controller->getConsole());
+    }
+
     public function testInjectControllerDependenciesWillNotOverwriteExistingEventManager()
     {
         $events     = new EventManager();
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/TestAsset/ConsoleController.php b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/TestAsset/ConsoleController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4d47fe7304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Mvc/Controller/TestAsset/ConsoleController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Mvc\Controller\TestAsset;
+
+use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractConsoleController;
+
+class ConsoleController extends AbstractConsoleController
+{
+
+}