diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityExtension.php
index 193726a684371..be1b91bbebb36 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityExtension.php
@@ -28,11 +28,17 @@ class SecurityExtension extends AbstractExtension
 
     public function __construct(AuthorizationCheckerInterface $securityChecker = null)
     {
+        if (null !== $securityChecker) {
+            @trigger_error(sprintf('The $securityChecker parameter is deprecated since 3.4 and will be removed in 4.0. Use %s instead.', SecurityRuntime::class), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+        }
+
         $this->securityChecker = $securityChecker;
     }
 
     public function isGranted($role, $object = null, $field = null)
     {
+        @trigger_error(sprintf('The %s() method is deprecated since version 3.4 and will be removed in 4.0. Use the %s::%s() method instead.', __METHOD__, SecurityRuntime::class, __FUNCTION__), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
         if (null === $this->securityChecker) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ public function isGranted($role, $object = null, $field = null)
     public function getFunctions()
     {
         return array(
-            new TwigFunction('is_granted', array($this, 'isGranted')),
+            new TwigFunction('is_granted', array($this->securityChecker ? $this : SecurityRuntime::class, 'isGranted')),
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityRuntime.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityRuntime.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..777acf5f47f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Extension/SecurityRuntime.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?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\Twig\Extension;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Acl\Voter\FieldVote;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authorization\AuthorizationCheckerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException;
+
+/**
+ * SecurityRuntime exposes security context features.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+class SecurityRuntime
+{
+    private $securityChecker;
+
+    public function __construct(AuthorizationCheckerInterface $securityChecker = null)
+    {
+        $this->securityChecker = $securityChecker;
+    }
+
+    public function isGranted($role, $object = null, $field = null)
+    {
+        if (null === $this->securityChecker) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (null !== $field) {
+            $object = new FieldVote($object, $field);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return $this->securityChecker->isGranted($role, $object);
+        } catch (AuthenticationCredentialsNotFoundException $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Resources/config/templating_twig.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Resources/config/templating_twig.xml
index a575ca2fa768f..17a15403b92c9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Resources/config/templating_twig.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/SecurityBundle/Resources/config/templating_twig.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
         <service id="twig.extension.security" class="Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension\SecurityExtension">
             <tag name="twig.extension" />
+        </service>
+
+        <service id="twig.runtime.security" class="Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Extension\SecurityRuntime">
+            <tag name="twig.runtime" />
             <argument type="service" id="security.authorization_checker" on-invalid="ignore" />
         </service>
     </services>