diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 56d53c266f73..08c3dd711308 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static public function create($uri, $method = 'GET', $parameters = array(), $coo
             'SCRIPT_NAME'          => '',
             'SCRIPT_FILENAME'      => '',
             'SERVER_PROTOCOL'      => 'HTTP/1.1',
+            'REQUEST_TIME'         => time(),
         );
 
         $components = parse_url($uri);