diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExceptionListenerPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExceptionListenerPass.php
index 9fbfd65950a53..711743a5af634 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExceptionListenerPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExceptionListenerPass.php
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
             return;
         }
 
-        // register the exception controller only if Twig is enabled
-        if ($container->hasParameter('templating.engines')) {
+        if (!interface_exists('Symfony\Component\Templating\TemplateReferenceInterface')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.controller.exception');
+        }
+
+        // register the exception controller only if Twig is enabled and required dependencies do exist
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FlattenException') || !interface_exists('Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.exception_listener');
+        } elseif ($container->hasParameter('templating.engines')) {
             $engines = $container->getParameter('templating.engines');
             if (!in_array('twig', $engines)) {
                 $container->removeDefinition('twig.exception_listener');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExtensionPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExtensionPass.php
index d09de2d615c0a..d619de0d81cec 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExtensionPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ExtensionPass.php
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@ class ExtensionPass implements CompilerPassInterface
 {
     public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
     {
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Asset\Packages')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.extension.assets');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\Expression')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.extension.expression');
+        }
+
+        if (!interface_exists('Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGeneratorInterface')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.extension.routing');
+        }
+        if (!interface_exists('Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.extension.trans');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.extension.yaml');
+        }
+
         if ($container->has('form.extension')) {
             $container->getDefinition('twig.extension.form')->addTag('twig.extension');
             $reflClass = new \ReflectionClass('Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension\FormExtension');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
index 7b97e120baa4b..5eb163c8869bb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $loader = new XmlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
         $loader->load('twig.xml');
 
+        if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\Form\Form')) {
+            $loader->load('form.xml');
+        }
+
+        if (interface_exists('Symfony\Component\Templating\EngineInterface')) {
+            $loader->load('templating.xml');
+        }
+
+        if (!interface_exists('Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface')) {
+            $container->removeDefinition('twig.translation.extractor');
+        }
+
         foreach ($configs as $key => $config) {
             if (isset($config['globals'])) {
                 foreach ($config['globals'] as $name => $value) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/form.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0703f0f57774a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <services>
+        <service id="twig.extension.form" class="%twig.extension.form.class%" public="false">
+            <argument type="service" id="twig.form.renderer" />
+        </service>
+
+        <service id="twig.form.engine" class="%twig.form.engine.class%" public="false">
+            <argument>%twig.form.resources%</argument>
+        </service>
+
+        <service id="twig.form.renderer" class="%twig.form.renderer.class%" public="false">
+            <argument type="service" id="twig.form.engine" />
+            <argument type="service" id="security.csrf.token_manager" on-invalid="null" />
+        </service>
+    </services>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/templating.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/templating.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5a39c95018c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/templating.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <services>
+        <service id="twig.loader.filesystem" class="%twig.loader.filesystem.class%" public="false">
+            <argument type="service" id="templating.locator" />
+            <argument type="service" id="templating.name_parser" />
+            <tag name="twig.loader"/>
+        </service>
+
+        <service id="twig.loader" alias="twig.loader.filesystem" />
+
+        <service id="templating.engine.twig" class="%templating.engine.twig.class%" public="false">
+            <argument type="service" id="twig" />
+            <argument type="service" id="templating.name_parser" />
+            <argument type="service" id="templating.locator" />
+        </service>
+    </services>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
index f2c2a4cee007c..c08be1f0399ed 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
@@ -55,22 +55,8 @@
             <argument type="collection" />
         </service>
 
-        <service id="twig.loader.filesystem" class="%twig.loader.filesystem.class%" public="false">
-            <argument type="service" id="templating.locator" />
-            <argument type="service" id="templating.name_parser" />
-            <tag name="twig.loader"/>
-        </service>
-
         <service id="twig.loader.chain" class="%twig.loader.chain.class%" public="false"/>
 
-        <service id="twig.loader" alias="twig.loader.filesystem" />
-
-        <service id="templating.engine.twig" class="%templating.engine.twig.class%" public="false">
-            <argument type="service" id="twig" />
-            <argument type="service" id="templating.name_parser" />
-            <argument type="service" id="templating.locator" />
-        </service>
-
         <service id="twig.extension.profiler" class="Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension\ProfilerExtension" public="false">
             <argument type="service" id="twig.profile" />
             <argument type="service" id="debug.stopwatch" on-invalid="null" />
@@ -130,21 +116,8 @@
             <argument type="service" id="router.request_context" on-invalid="ignore" />
         </service>
 
-        <service id="twig.extension.form" class="%twig.extension.form.class%" public="false">
-            <argument type="service" id="twig.form.renderer" />
-        </service>
-
         <service id="twig.extension.debug" class="Twig_Extension_Debug" public="false" />
 
-        <service id="twig.form.engine" class="%twig.form.engine.class%" public="false">
-            <argument>%twig.form.resources%</argument>
-        </service>
-
-        <service id="twig.form.renderer" class="%twig.form.renderer.class%" public="false">
-            <argument type="service" id="twig.form.engine" />
-            <argument type="service" id="security.csrf.token_manager" on-invalid="null" />
-        </service>
-
         <service id="twig.translation.extractor" class="%twig.translation.extractor.class%">
             <argument type="service" id="twig" />
             <tag name="translation.extractor" alias="twig" />