diff --git a/book/security.rst b/book/security.rst
index c26108826d2..ef2a0775094 100644
--- a/book/security.rst
+++ b/book/security.rst
@@ -2326,6 +2326,7 @@ Learn more from the Cookbook
 * :doc:`Access Control Lists (ACLs) </cookbook/security/acl>`
 * :doc:`/cookbook/security/remember_me`
 * :doc:`How to Restrict Firewalls to a Specific Request </cookbook/security/firewall_restriction>`
+* :doc:`/cookbook/security/session_expiration`
 
 .. _`FrameworkExtraBundle documentation`: http://symfony.com/doc/current/bundles/SensioFrameworkExtraBundle/annotations/security.html
 .. _`FOSUserBundle`: https://github.com/FriendsOfSymfony/FOSUserBundle
diff --git a/cookbook/map.rst.inc b/cookbook/map.rst.inc
index 24a0cd78371..4820f40a89d 100644
--- a/cookbook/map.rst.inc
+++ b/cookbook/map.rst.inc
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/target_path`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/csrf_in_login_form`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/security/named_encoders`
+  * :doc:`/cookbook/security/session_expiration`
 
 * **Serializer**
 
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@
   * :doc:`/cookbook/session/sessions_directory`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/session/php_bridge`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/session/limit_metadata_writes`
+  * (security) :doc:`/cookbook/security/session_expiration`
 
 * **symfony1**
 
diff --git a/cookbook/security/index.rst b/cookbook/security/index.rst
index 91f4d654188..d4fedfdd202 100644
--- a/cookbook/security/index.rst
+++ b/cookbook/security/index.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ Security
     target_path
     csrf_in_login_form
     named_encoders
+    session_expiration
diff --git a/cookbook/security/session_expiration.rst b/cookbook/security/session_expiration.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5abf6c10a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/security/session_expiration.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+.. index::
+    single: Security; Expiration of Idle Sessions
+
+Expiration of Idle Sessions
+===========================
+
+To be able to expire idle sessions, you have to activate the ``session_expiration``
+firewall listener:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/security.yml
+        security:
+            firewalls:
+                main:
+                    # ...
+                    session_expiration: ~
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/security.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <config>
+                <firewall>
+                    <!-- ... -->
+                    <session-expiration />
+                </firewall>
+            </config>
+
+        </srv:container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/security.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
+            'firewalls' => array(
+                'main'=> array(
+                    // ...
+                    'session_expiration' => array(),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+To adjust the max idle time before the session is marked as expired, you can
+set the ``max_idle_time`` option value in seconds. By default, the value of this
+option is equal to the ``session.gc_maxlifetime`` configuration option of PHP.
+The ``max_idle_time`` option value **should be less or equal** to the
+``session.gc_maxlifetime`` value.
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/security.yml
+        security:
+            firewalls:
+                main:
+                    # ...
+                    session_expiration:
+                        max_idle_time: 600
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/security.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <config>
+                <firewall>
+                    <!-- ... -->
+                    <session-expiration max-idle-time="600"/>
+                </firewall>
+            </config>
+
+        </srv:container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/security.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
+            'firewalls' => array(
+                'main'=> array(
+                    // ...
+                    'session_expiration' => array(
+                        'max_idle_time' => 600,
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+By default, when an expired session is detected, an authorization exception is
+thrown. If the option ``expiration_url`` is set, the user will be redirected
+to this URL and no exception will be thrown:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/security.yml
+        security:
+            firewalls:
+                main:
+                    # ...
+                    session_expiration:
+                        expiration_url: /session-expired
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/security.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <srv:container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/security"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:srv="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <config>
+                <firewall>
+                    <!-- ... -->
+                    <session-expiration expiration-url="/session-expired"/>
+                </firewall>
+            </config>
+
+        </srv:container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/security.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('security', array(
+            'firewalls' => array(
+                'main'=> array(
+                    // ...
+                    'session_expiration' => array(
+                        'expiration_url' => '/session-expired',
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+To detect idle sessions, the firewall checks the last used timestamp stored in
+the session metadata bag. Beware that this value could be not as accurate as
+expected if you :doc:`limit metadata writes </cookbook/session/limit_metadata_writes>`.