diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
index 8631cf89273b..db2395977727 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Stopwatch.php
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ public function lap($name)
         return end($this->activeSections)->stopEvent($name)->start();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a specific event by name
+     *
+     * @param string $name The event name
+     *
+     * @return StopwatchEvent A StopwatchEvent instance
+     */
+    public function getEvent($name)
+    {
+        return end($this->activeSections)->getEvent($name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets all events for a given section.
      *
@@ -293,6 +305,24 @@ public function lap($name)
         return $this->stopEvent($name)->start();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a specific event by name
+     *
+     * @param string $name The event name
+     *
+     * @return StopwatchEvent The event
+     *
+     * @throws \LogicException When the event is not known
+     */
+    public function getEvent($name)
+    {
+        if (!isset($this->events[$name])) {
+            throw new \LogicException(sprintf('Event "%s" is not known.', $name));
+        }
+
+        return $this->events[$name];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the events from this section.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
index 41d7279e3582..eec98793de6d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/StopwatchEvent.php
@@ -171,8 +171,17 @@ public function getEndTime()
      */
     public function getDuration()
     {
+        $periods = $this->periods;
+        $stopped = count($periods);
+        $left = count($this->started) - $stopped;
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $left; $i++) {
+            $index = $stopped + $i;
+            $periods[] = new StopwatchPeriod($this->started[$index], $this->getNow());
+        }
+
         $total = 0;
-        foreach ($this->periods as $period) {
+        foreach ($periods as $period) {
             $total += $period->getDuration();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
index af63153382af..67a381ca2d1a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchEventTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ public function testDuration()
         $this->assertEquals(200, $event->getDuration(), null, self::DELTA);
     }
 
+    public function testDurationBeforeStop()
+    {
+        $event = new StopwatchEvent(microtime(true) * 1000);
+        $event->start();
+        usleep(200000);
+        $this->assertEquals(200, $event->getDuration(), null, self::DELTA);
+
+        $event = new StopwatchEvent(microtime(true) * 1000);
+        $event->start();
+        usleep(100000);
+        $event->stop();
+        $event->start();
+        usleep(100000);
+        $this->assertEquals(100, $event->getDuration(), null, self::DELTA);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \LogicException
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
index a8c11424fa91..09be9d27956a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Stopwatch/Tests/StopwatchTest.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public function testStart()
 
         $this->assertInstanceof('Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\StopwatchEvent', $event);
         $this->assertEquals('cat', $event->getCategory());
+        $this->assertSame($event, $stopwatch->getEvent('foo'));
     }
 
     public function testIsStarted()
@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@ public function testLap()
         $this->assertEquals(200, $event->getDuration(), null, self::DELTA);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \LogicException
+     */
+    public function testUnknownEvent()
+    {
+        $stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
+        $stopwatch->getEvent('foo');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \LogicException
      */