diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
index a09b01695b6e..5cebd224f76b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/RouteCompiler.php
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public function compile(Route $route)
             }
 
             $tokens[] = array('variable', $match[0][0][0], $regexp, $var);
+
+            if (in_array($var, $variables)) {
+                throw new \LogicException(sprintf('Route pattern "%s" cannot reference variable name "%s" more than once.', $route->getPattern(), $var));
+            }
+
             $variables[] = $var;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/RouteCompilerTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/RouteCompilerTest.php
index 2ed569afe53a..08120e7848fa 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/RouteCompilerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Routing/RouteCompilerTest.php
@@ -98,4 +98,14 @@ public function provideCompileData()
                 )),
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \LogicException
+     */
+    public function testRouteWithSameVariableTwice()
+    {
+        $route = new Route('/{name}/{name}');
+
+        $compiled = $route->compile();
+    }
 }