diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
index 8ab60af3f4..a5da6c30ad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
     {{ block('form_widget_simple') }}
 {%- endblock email_widget -%}
 
+{%- block range_widget -%}
+    {% set type = type|default('range') %}
+    {{- block('form_widget_simple') -}}
+{%- endblock range_widget %}
+
 {%- block button_widget -%}
     {%- if label is empty -%}
         {%- if label_format is not empty -%}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
index 5090309101..a7d09848e4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
         <service id="form.type.radio" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RadioType">
             <tag name="form.type" alias="radio" />
         </service>
+        <service id="form.type.range" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RangeType">
+            <tag name="form.type" alias="range" />
+        </service>
         <service id="form.type.repeated" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RepeatedType">
             <tag name="form.type" alias="repeated" />
         </service>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c628f8e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?php echo $view['form']->block($form, 'form_widget_simple', array('type' => isset($type) ? $type : 'range'));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
index a4c8aa1912..014bdbe26e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 -----
 
  * deprecated option "read_only" in favor of "attr['readonly']"
+ * added the html5 "range" FormType
 
 2.7.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
index 231994258e..96e6c1961a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class CoreExtension extends AbstractExtension
             new Type\PasswordType(),
             new Type\PercentType(),
             new Type\RadioType(),
+            new Type\RangeType(),
             new Type\RepeatedType(),
             new Type\SearchType(),
             new Type\TextareaType(),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78909e643f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+
+class RangeType extends AbstractType
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getParent()
+    {
+        return 'text';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return 'range';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
index f78be3cb88..ffebc9a68a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest.php
@@ -1597,6 +1597,37 @@ abstract class AbstractBootstrap3LayoutTest extends AbstractLayoutTest
         );
     }
 
+    public function testRange()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array('attr' => array('class' => 'my&class')),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value="42"]
+    [@min="5"]
+    [@class="my&class form-control"]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testRangeWithMinMaxValues()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5, 'max' => 57)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array('attr' => array('class' => 'my&class')),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value="42"]
+    [@min="5"]
+    [@max="57"]
+    [@class="my&class form-control"]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testTextarea()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'textarea', 'foo&bar', array(
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
index 60eb034615..d5fc63de8e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
@@ -1712,6 +1712,35 @@ abstract class AbstractLayoutTest extends \Symfony\Component\Form\Test\FormInteg
         );
     }
 
+    public function testRange()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value="42"]
+    [@min="5"]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testRangeWithMinMaxValues()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5, 'max' => 57)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value="42"]
+    [@min="5"]
+    [@max="57"]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testTextarea()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'textarea', 'foo&bar', array(