diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index c3fef2ee..fcdc32c5 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -180,6 +180,4 @@
 
 Event::fire('laravel.done', array($response));
 
-if (function_exists('fastcgi_finish_request')) {
-    fastcgi_finish_request();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+$response->finish();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/response.php b/laravel/response.php
index e5472430..539f5649 100644
--- a/laravel/response.php
+++ b/laravel/response.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel;
 
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ResponseHeaderBag;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response as FoundationResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\LaravelResponse as FoundationResponse;
 
 class Response {
 
diff --git a/laravel/vendor/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/LaravelResponse.php b/laravel/vendor/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/LaravelResponse.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fe45ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/laravel/vendor/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/LaravelResponse.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php namespace Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation;
+
+/**
+ * Response represents an HTTP response.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * @api
+ */
+class LaravelResponse extends Response
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Sends HTTP headers and content.
+     *
+     * @return Response
+     *
+     * @api
+     */
+    public function send()
+    {
+        $this->sendHeaders();
+        $this->sendContent();
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finishes the request for PHP-FastCGI
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function finish()
+    {
+        if (function_exists('fastcgi_finish_request')) {
+            fastcgi_finish_request();
+        }
+    }
+
+}