diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/ConsoleFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/ConsoleFormatter.php
index 80e15d5752c81..9b372d6e22749 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/ConsoleFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/ConsoleFormatter.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface;
 use Monolog\Logger;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Formatter\OutputFormatter;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Stub;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ public function __construct($options = array())
             if (isset($args[1])) {
                 $options['date_format'] = $args[1];
             }
+            if (isset($args[2])) {
+                $options['multiline'] = $args[2];
+            }
         }
 
         $this->options = array_replace(array(
@@ -175,7 +179,10 @@ private function replacePlaceHolder(array $record)
 
         $replacements = array();
         foreach ($context as $k => $v) {
-            $replacements['{'.$k.'}'] = sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $this->dumpData($v, false));
+            // Remove quotes added by the dumper around string.
+            $v = trim($this->dumpData($v, false), '"');
+            $v = OutputFormatter::escape($v);
+            $replacements['{'.$k.'}'] = sprintf('<comment>%s</>', $v);
         }
 
         $record['message'] = strtr($message, $replacements);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/VarDumperFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/VarDumperFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e96b510a8bb3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Formatter/VarDumperFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Formatter;
+
+use Monolog\Formatter\FormatterInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Grégoire Pineau <lyrixx@lyrixx.info>
+ */
+class VarDumperFormatter implements FormatterInterface
+{
+    private $cloner;
+
+    public function __construct(VarCloner $cloner = null)
+    {
+        $this->cloner = $cloner ?: new VarCloner();
+    }
+
+    public function format(array $record)
+    {
+        $record['context'] = $this->cloner->cloneVar($record['context']);
+        $record['extra'] = $this->cloner->cloneVar($record['extra']);
+
+        return $record;
+    }
+
+    public function formatBatch(array $records)
+    {
+        foreach ($records as $k => $record) {
+            $record[$k] = $this->format($record);
+        }
+
+        return $records;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Handler/ServerLogHandler.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Handler/ServerLogHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..599940e8d7714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Monolog/Handler/ServerLogHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Handler;
+
+use Monolog\Handler\AbstractHandler;
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Formatter\VarDumperFormatter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Grégoire Pineau <lyrixx@lyrixx.info>
+ */
+class ServerLogHandler extends AbstractHandler
+{
+    private $host;
+    private $context;
+    private $socket;
+
+    public function __construct($host, $level = Logger::DEBUG, $bubble = true, $context = array())
+    {
+        parent::__construct($level, $bubble);
+
+        if (false === strpos($host, '://')) {
+            $host = 'tcp://'.$host;
+        }
+
+        $this->host = $host;
+        $this->context = stream_context_create($context);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function handle(array $record)
+    {
+        if (!$this->isHandling($record)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        set_error_handler(self::class.'::nullErrorHandler');
+
+        try {
+            if (!$this->socket = $this->socket ?: $this->createSocket()) {
+                return false === $this->bubble;
+            }
+
+            $recordFormatted = $this->formatRecord($record);
+
+            if (!fwrite($this->socket, $recordFormatted)) {
+                fclose($this->socket);
+
+                // Let's retry: the persistent connection might just be stale
+                if ($this->socket = $this->createSocket()) {
+                    fwrite($this->socket, $recordFormatted);
+                }
+            }
+        } finally {
+            restore_error_handler();
+        }
+
+        return false === $this->bubble;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function getDefaultFormatter()
+    {
+        return new VarDumperFormatter();
+    }
+
+    private static function nullErrorHandler()
+    {
+    }
+
+    private function createSocket()
+    {
+        $socket = stream_socket_client($this->host, $errno, $errstr, 0, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT | STREAM_CLIENT_ASYNC_CONNECT | STREAM_CLIENT_PERSISTENT, $this->context);
+
+        if ($socket) {
+            stream_set_blocking($socket, false);
+        }
+
+        return $socket;
+    }
+
+    private function formatRecord(array $record)
+    {
+        if ($this->processors) {
+            foreach ($this->processors as $processor) {
+                $record = call_user_func($processor, $record);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $recordFormatted = $this->getFormatter()->format($record);
+
+        foreach (array('log_uuid', 'uuid', 'uid') as $key) {
+            if (isset($record['extra'][$key])) {
+                $recordFormatted['log_id'] = $record['extra'][$key];
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return base64_encode(serialize($recordFormatted))."\n";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebServerBundle/Command/ServerLogCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebServerBundle/Command/ServerLogCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a8ce2f953b7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebServerBundle/Command/ServerLogCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bundle\WebServerBundle\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Formatter\ConsoleFormatter;
+use Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Handler\ConsoleHandler;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\ExpressionLanguage\ExpressionLanguage;
+
+/**
+ * @author Grégoire Pineau <lyrixx@lyrixx.info>
+ */
+class ServerLogCommand extends Command
+{
+    private static $bgColor = array('black', 'blue', 'cyan', 'green', 'magenta', 'red', 'white', 'yellow');
+
+    private $el;
+    private $handler;
+
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('server:log')
+            ->setDescription('Start a log server that displays logs in real time')
+            ->addOption('host', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The server host', '0:9911')
+            ->addOption('format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The line format', ConsoleFormatter::SIMPLE_FORMAT)
+            ->addOption('date-format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The date format', ConsoleFormatter::SIMPLE_DATE)
+            ->addOption('filter', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'An expression to filter log. Example: "level > 200 or channel in [\'app\', \'doctrine\']"')
+        ;
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $filter = $input->getOption('filter');
+        if ($filter) {
+            if (!class_exists(ExpressionLanguage::class)) {
+                throw new \LogicException('Package "symfony/expression-language" is required to use the "filter" option.');
+            }
+            $this->el = new ExpressionLanguage();
+        }
+
+        $this->handler = new ConsoleHandler($output);
+
+        $this->handler->setFormatter(new ConsoleFormatter(array(
+            'format' => str_replace('\n', "\n", $input->getOption('format')),
+            'date_format' => $input->getOption('date-format'),
+            'colors' => $output->isDecorated(),
+            'multiline' => OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_DEBUG <= $output->getVerbosity(),
+        )));
+
+        if (false === strpos($host = $input->getOption('host'), '://')) {
+            $host = 'tcp://'.$host;
+        }
+
+        if (!$socket = stream_socket_server($host, $errno, $errstr)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Server start failed on "%s": %s %s.', $host, $errstr, $errno));
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->getLogs($socket) as $clientId => $message) {
+            $record = unserialize(base64_decode($message));
+
+            // Impossible to decode the message, give up.
+            if (false === $record) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($filter && !$this->el->evaluate($filter, $record)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $this->displayLog($input, $output, $clientId, $record);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function getLogs($socket)
+    {
+        $sockets = array((int) $socket => $socket);
+        $write = array();
+
+        while (true) {
+            $read = $sockets;
+            stream_select($read, $write, $write, null);
+
+            foreach ($read as $stream) {
+                if ($socket === $stream) {
+                    $stream = stream_socket_accept($socket);
+                    $sockets[(int) $stream] = $stream;
+                } elseif (feof($stream)) {
+                    unset($sockets[(int) $stream]);
+                    fclose($stream);
+                } else {
+                    yield (int) $stream => fgets($stream);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function displayLog(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output, $clientId, array $record)
+    {
+        if ($this->handler->isHandling($record)) {
+            if (isset($record['log_id'])) {
+                $clientId = unpack('H*', $record['log_id'])[1];
+            }
+            $logBlock = sprintf('<bg=%s> </>', self::$bgColor[$clientId % 8]);
+            $output->write($logBlock);
+        }
+
+        $this->handler->handle($record);
+    }
+}