diff --git a/docs/03_mink_integration.md b/docs/03_mink_integration.md
index ead43c5..45474de 100644
--- a/docs/03_mink_integration.md
+++ b/docs/03_mink_integration.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ default:
 
 ### Usage
 
-This integration provides two services to use inside Symfony container:
+This integration provides the following services to use inside Symfony container:
 
  * **`behat.mink`** (autowired by `\Behat\Mink\Mink`) - the Mink service
 
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ This integration provides two services to use inside Symfony container:
  
  * **`behat.mink.parameters`** (autowired by `\FriendsOfBehat\SymfonyExtension\Mink\MinkParameters`) - an object 
  containing the configuration parameters of `MinkExtension` (implementing `\ArrayAccess` so that it can be treated as an array)
+ 
+ * **`behat.driver.service_container`** - service container used by the `symfony` Mink driver, useful for assertions based on
+  application state after a request has been handled
diff --git a/src/Driver/Factory/SymfonyDriverFactory.php b/src/Driver/Factory/SymfonyDriverFactory.php
index 8c8f37b..e7b0b18 100644
--- a/src/Driver/Factory/SymfonyDriverFactory.php
+++ b/src/Driver/Factory/SymfonyDriverFactory.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FriendsOfBehat\SymfonyExtension\Driver\Factory;
 
+use Behat\Mink\Driver\BrowserKitDriver;
 use Behat\MinkExtension\ServiceContainer\Driver\DriverFactory;
 use FriendsOfBehat\SymfonyExtension\Driver\SymfonyDriver;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ final class SymfonyDriverFactory implements DriverFactory
 
     public function buildDriver(array $config): Definition
     {
+        if (!class_exists(BrowserKitDriver::class)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Install "friends-of-behat/mink-browserkit-driver" (drop-in replacement for "behat/mink-browserkit-driver") in order to use the "symfony" driver.');
+        }
+
         return new Definition(SymfonyDriver::class, [
             $this->kernel,
             '%mink.base_url%',