diff --git a/reference/configuration/framework.rst b/reference/configuration/framework.rst
index da817c5df39..c220ba2a78b 100644
--- a/reference/configuration/framework.rst
+++ b/reference/configuration/framework.rst
@@ -1364,10 +1364,45 @@ handler_id
 
 **type**: ``string`` **default**: ``'session.handler.native_file'``
 
-The service id used for session storage. The default value ``'session.handler.native_file'``
+The service id or DSN used for session storage. The default value ``'session.handler.native_file'``
 will let Symfony manage the sessions itself using files to store the session metadata.
-Set it to ``null`` to use the native PHP session mechanism.
-You can also :doc:`store sessions in a database </session/database>`.
+Set it to ``null`` to use the native PHP session mechanism. You can also provide a DSN to specify
+the used storage-directory or :doc:`store sessions in a database </session/database>`:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # config/packages/framework.yaml
+        framework:
+            session:
+                # ...
+                handler_id: 'file://%kernel.project_dir%/var/sessions'
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- config/packages/framework.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
+            <framework:config>
+                <framework:session enabled="true" handler-id="file://%kernel.project_dir%/var/sessions"/>
+            </framework:config>
+        </container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // config/packages/framework.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
+            'session' => [
+                // ...
+                'handler_id' => 'file://%kernel.project_dir%/var/sessions',
+            ],
+        ]);
 
 .. _name:
 
diff --git a/session/database.rst b/session/database.rst
index 56cd9e27384..fa6a1e41caf 100644
--- a/session/database.rst
+++ b/session/database.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,64 @@ across different servers.
 Symfony can store sessions in all kinds of databases (relational, NoSQL and
 key-value) but recommends key-value databases like Redis to get best performance.
 
+Define Session Storage by DSN
+-----------------------------
+
+Besides specifying a service as the session-handler you can also provide a
+"DSN" directly and let Symfony create the necessary services/clients:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # config/packages/framework.yaml
+        framework:
+            session:
+                # ...
+                handler_id: 'redis://password@redis-server:6379'
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- config/packages/framework.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                https://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony https://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
+            <framework:config>
+                <framework:session enabled="true" handler-id="redis://password@redis-server:6379"/>
+            </framework:config>
+        </container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // config/packages/framework.php
+        $container->loadFromExtension('framework', [
+            'session' => [
+                // ...
+                'handler_id' => 'redis://password@redis-server:6379',
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+Supported DSN protocols are:
+
+- file (i.e.: ``file://%kernel.project_dir%/var/sessions``)
+- redis (i.e.: ``redis://redis-server:6379``)
+- rediss
+- memcached
+- pdo_oci
+- mssql
+- mysql
+- mysql2
+- pgsql
+- postgres
+- postgresql
+- sqlsrv
+- sqlite
+- sqlite3
+
 Store Sessions in a key-value Database (Redis)
 ----------------------------------------------