diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d13b99cc01b3..3a18983865cb3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 -----
 
  * added the ability to define an idle timeout
+ * added support for PTY mode
+ * added the convenience method "mustRun"
 
 2.3.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index b8179f9144580..d9441e404a903 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessTimedOutException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ class Process
     private $incrementalOutputOffset;
     private $incrementalErrorOutputOffset;
     private $tty;
+    private $pty;
 
     private $fileHandles;
     private $readBytes;
@@ -118,6 +120,33 @@ class Process
         159 => 'Bad syscall',
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether PTY is supported on the current operating system.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean
+     */
+    public static function isPtySupported()
+    {
+        static $result;
+
+        if (null !== $result) {
+            return $result;
+        }
+
+        if (defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD')) {
+            return $result = false;
+        }
+
+        $proc = @proc_open('echo 1', array(array('pty'), array('pty'), array('pty')), $pipes);
+        if (is_resource($proc)) {
+            proc_close($proc);
+
+            return $result = true;
+        }
+
+        return $result = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -156,6 +185,7 @@ public function __construct($commandline, $cwd = null, array $env = null, $stdin
         }
         $this->stdin = $stdin;
         $this->setTimeout($timeout);
+        $this->pty = false;
         $this->enhanceWindowsCompatibility = true;
         $this->enhanceSigchildCompatibility = !defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD') && $this->isSigchildEnabled();
         $this->options = array_replace(array('suppress_errors' => true, 'binary_pipes' => true), $options);
@@ -207,6 +237,25 @@ public function run($callback = null)
         return $this->wait($callback);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs the process.
+     *
+     * This is identical to run() except that an exception is thrown if the process
+     * exits with a non-zero exit code.
+     *
+     * @param callable|null $callback
+     *
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function mustRun($callback = null)
+    {
+        if (0 !== $this->run($callback)) {
+            throw new ProcessFailedException($this);
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts the process and returns after sending the STDIN.
      *
@@ -915,6 +964,30 @@ public function isTty()
         return $this->tty;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets PTY mode.
+     *
+     * @param Boolean $bool
+     *
+     * @return self
+     */
+    public function setPty($bool)
+    {
+        $this->pty = (Boolean) $bool;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns PTY state.
+     *
+     * @return Boolean
+     */
+    public function isPty()
+    {
+        return $this->pty;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the working directory.
      *
@@ -1137,6 +1210,12 @@ private function getDescriptors()
                 array('file', '/dev/tty', 'w'),
                 array('file', '/dev/tty', 'w'),
             );
+        } elseif ($this->pty && self::isPtySupported()) {
+            $descriptors = array(
+                array('pty'),
+                array('pty'),
+                array('pty'),
+            );
         } else {
            $descriptors = array(
                 array('pipe', 'r'), // stdin
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index 60702553ba255..6a8b4b70b0c4b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -200,6 +200,45 @@ public function testTTYCommand()
         $this->assertSame(Process::STATUS_TERMINATED, $process->getStatus());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group pty
+     */
+    public function testPTYCommand()
+    {
+        if ( ! Process::isPtySupported()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('PTY is not supported on this operating system.');
+        }
+
+        $process = $this->getProcess('echo "foo"');
+        $process->setPty(true);
+        $process->run();
+
+        $this->assertSame(Process::STATUS_TERMINATED, $process->getStatus());
+        $this->assertEquals("foo\r\n", $process->getOutput());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRun()
+    {
+        $process = $this->getProcess('echo "foo"');
+
+        $this->assertSame($process, $process->mustRun());
+        $this->assertEquals("foo\n", $process->getOutput());
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $process->getExitCode());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRunThrowsException()
+    {
+        $process = $this->getProcess('exit 1');
+        $process->mustRun();
+    }
+
     public function testExitCodeText()
     {
         $process = $this->getProcess('');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
index 2e364d6392b97..2743f29052697 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/SigchildDisabledProcessTest.php
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ public function testExitCodeCommandFailed()
         parent::testExitCodeCommandFailed();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRun()
+    {
+        parent::testMustRun();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @group mustRun
+     */
+    public function testMustRunThrowsException()
+    {
+        parent::testMustRunThrowsException();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\RuntimeException
      */