diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/OutputStyle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/OutputStyle.php
index de7be1e08b3f3..1274a98d13b6b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/OutputStyle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/OutputStyle.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatterInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\ProgressBar;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
 
 /**
  * Decorates output to add console style guide helpers.
@@ -145,4 +146,13 @@ public function isDebug()
     {
         return $this->output->isDebug();
     }
+
+    protected function getErrorOutput()
+    {
+        if (!$this->output instanceof ConsoleOutputInterface) {
+            return $this->output;
+        }
+
+        return $this->output->getErrorOutput();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
index 3c9617fbd25f0..d9d9794cf2c1e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Style/SymfonyStyle.php
@@ -337,6 +337,16 @@ public function newLine($count = 1)
         $this->bufferedOutput->write(str_repeat("\n", $count));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new instance which makes use of stderr if available.
+     *
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function getErrorStyle()
+    {
+        return new self($this->input, $this->getErrorOutput());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return ProgressBar
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Style/SymfonyStyleTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Style/SymfonyStyleTest.php
index 3338f4b055cc4..2210c38ca3828 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Style/SymfonyStyleTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/Style/SymfonyStyleTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatter;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 
 class SymfonyStyleTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -70,4 +75,41 @@ public function inputCommandToOutputFilesProvider()
 
         return array_map(null, glob($baseDir.'/command/command_*.php'), glob($baseDir.'/output/output_*.txt'));
     }
+
+    public function testGetErrorStyle()
+    {
+        $input = $this->getMockBuilder(InputInterface::class)->getMock();
+
+        $errorOutput = $this->getMockBuilder(OutputInterface::class)->getMock();
+        $errorOutput
+            ->method('getFormatter')
+            ->willReturn(new OutputFormatter());
+        $errorOutput
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('write');
+
+        $output = $this->getMockBuilder(ConsoleOutputInterface::class)->getMock();
+        $output
+            ->method('getFormatter')
+            ->willReturn(new OutputFormatter());
+        $output
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getErrorOutput')
+            ->willReturn($errorOutput);
+
+        $io = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
+        $io->getErrorStyle()->write('');
+    }
+
+    public function testGetErrorStyleUsesTheCurrentOutputIfNoErrorOutputIsAvailable()
+    {
+        $output = $this->getMockBuilder(OutputInterface::class)->getMock();
+        $output
+            ->method('getFormatter')
+            ->willReturn(new OutputFormatter());
+
+        $style = new SymfonyStyle($this->getMockBuilder(InputInterface::class)->getMock(), $output);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(SymfonyStyle::class, $style->getErrorStyle());
+    }
 }