diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 57cfeed6..dc1c5baa 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.3",
         "sentry/sentry": ">=0.18.0",
-        "symfony/symfony": ">=2.2.0"
+        "symfony/symfony": ">=2.4.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fabpot/php-cs-fixer": "^1.8.0",
diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
index 9da01610..24e6691f 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/EventListener/ExceptionListener.php
@@ -2,33 +2,106 @@
 
 namespace Sentry\SentryBundle\EventListener;
 
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseForExceptionEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authentication\Token\Storage\TokenStorageInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Authorization\AuthorizationCheckerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
 
+/**
+ * Class ExceptionListener
+ * @package Sentry\SentryBundle\EventListener
+ */
 class ExceptionListener
 {
-    public function __construct(\Raven_Client $client = null)
-    {
+    /** @var  TokenStorageInterface */
+    private $tokenStorage;
+
+    /** @var  AuthorizationCheckerInterface */
+    private $authorizationChecker;
+
+    /** @var \Raven_Client */
+    private $client;
+
+    /**
+     * ExceptionListener constructor.
+     * @param TokenStorageInterface $tokenStorage
+     * @param AuthorizationCheckerInterface $authorizationChecker
+     * @param \Raven_Client $client
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        TokenStorageInterface $tokenStorage,
+        AuthorizationCheckerInterface $authorizationChecker,
+        \Raven_Client $client = null
+    ) {
         if (!$client) {
             $client = new \Raven_Client();
         }
+
+        $this->tokenStorage = $tokenStorage;
+        $this->authorizationChecker = $authorizationChecker;
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param \Raven_Client $client
+     */
     public function setClient(\Raven_Client $client)
     {
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the username from the security context by listening on core.request
+     *
+     * @param GetResponseEvent $event
+     */
+    public function onKernelRequest(GetResponseEvent $event)
+    {
+        if (HttpKernelInterface::MASTER_REQUEST !== $event->getRequestType()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (null === $this->tokenStorage || null === $this->authorizationChecker) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $token = $this->tokenStorage->getToken();
+        if (null !== $token && $this->authorizationChecker->isGranted('IS_AUTHENTICATED_REMEMBERED')) {
+            $this->setUserValue($token->getUser());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @param GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event
+     */
     public function onKernelException(GetResponseForExceptionEvent $event)
     {
         $exception = $event->getException();
 
-        // dont capture HTTP responses
-        if ($exception instanceof HttpException) {
+        // don't capture HTTP responses
+        if ($exception instanceof HttpExceptionInterface) {
             return;
         }
 
         $this->client->captureException($exception);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param UserInterface | object | string $user
+     */
+    private function setUserValue($user)
+    {
+        switch (true) {
+            case $user instanceof UserInterface:
+                $this->client->set_user_data($user->getUsername());
+                return;
+            case is_object($user):
+            case is_string($user):
+                $this->client->set_user_data((string) $user);
+                return;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/Resources/config/services.yml b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
index 1a295d56..7d07e858 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/Resources/config/services.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ services:
 
     sentry.exception_listener:
         class: '%sentry.exception_listener%'
-        arguments: ['@sentry.client']
+        arguments:
+          - '@security.token_storage'
+          - '@security.authorization_checker'
+          - '@sentry.client'
         tags:
+            - { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.request,   method: onKernelRequest }
             - { name: kernel.event_listener, event: kernel.exception, method: onKernelException }