diff --git a/cookbook/console/console_command.rst b/cookbook/console/console_command.rst
index 83033761feb..da6ff969200 100644
--- a/cookbook/console/console_command.rst
+++ b/cookbook/console/console_command.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,52 @@ This command will now automatically be available to run:
 
     $ app/console demo:greet Fabien
 
+.. _cookbook-console-dic:
+
+Register Commands in the Service Container
+------------------------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.4
+   Support for registering commands in the service container was added in
+   version 2.4.
+
+You can register commands in the service container using the ``console.command``
+tag:
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/config.yml
+        services:
+            acme_hello.command.my_command:
+                class: Acme\HelloBundle\Command\MyCommand
+                tags:
+                    -  { name: console.command }
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/config.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"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <service id="acme_hello.command.my_command"
+                class="Acme\HelloBundle\Command\MyCommand">
+                <tag name="console.command" />
+            </service>
+        </container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/config.php
+
+        $container
+            ->register('acme_hello.command.my_command', 'Acme\HelloBundle\Command\MyCommand')
+            ->addTag('console.command')
+        ;
+
 Getting Services from the Service Container
 -------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/reference/dic_tags.rst b/reference/dic_tags.rst
index 727ef309f2d..731cfd84454 100644
--- a/reference/dic_tags.rst
+++ b/reference/dic_tags.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ may also be tags in other bundles you use that aren't listed here.
 +-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | `assetic.templating.twig`_        | Remove this service if twig templating is disabled                        |
 +-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| `console.command`_                | Add a command                                                             |
++-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | `data_collector`_                 | Create a class that collects custom data for the profiler                 |
 +-----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | `doctrine.event_listener`_        | Add a Doctrine event listener                                             |
@@ -241,6 +243,18 @@ assetic.templating.twig
 The tagged service will be removed from the container if
 ``framework.templating.engines`` config section does not contain twig.
 
+console.command
+---------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.4
+   Support for registering commands in the service container was added in
+   version 2.4.
+
+**Purpose**: Add a command to the application
+
+For details on registering your own commands in the service container, read
+:ref:`the cookbook article<cookbook-console-dic>`.
+
 data_collector
 --------------