diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
index 6406bb1dd5..0b00b98181 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceList.php
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ class EntityChoiceList extends ObjectChoiceList
      */
     private $loaded = false;
 
+    /**
+     * The preferred entities.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private $preferredEntities = array();
+
     /**
      * Creates a new entity choice list.
      *
@@ -88,13 +95,14 @@ class EntityChoiceList extends ObjectChoiceList
      *                                            to group the choices. Only allowed if
      *                                            the choices are given as flat array.
      */
-    public function __construct(ObjectManager $manager, $class, $labelPath = null, EntityLoaderInterface $entityLoader = null, $entities = null, $groupPath = null)
+    public function __construct(ObjectManager $manager, $class, $labelPath = null, EntityLoaderInterface $entityLoader = null, $entities = null,  array $preferredEntities = array(), $groupPath = null)
     {
         $this->em = $manager;
         $this->entityLoader = $entityLoader;
         $this->classMetadata = $manager->getClassMetadata($class);
         $this->class = $this->classMetadata->getName();
         $this->loaded = is_array($entities) || $entities instanceof \Traversable;
+        $this->preferredEntities = $preferredEntities;
 
         $identifier = $this->classMetadata->getIdentifierFieldNames();
 
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ class EntityChoiceList extends ObjectChoiceList
             $entities = array();
         }
 
-        parent::__construct($entities, $labelPath, array(), $groupPath);
+        parent::__construct($entities, $labelPath, $preferredEntities, $groupPath);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -359,8 +367,7 @@ class EntityChoiceList extends ObjectChoiceList
 
         try {
             // The second parameter $labels is ignored by ObjectChoiceList
-            // The third parameter $preferredChoices is currently not supported
-            parent::initialize($entities, array(), array());
+            parent::initialize($entities, array(), $this->preferredEntities);
         } catch (StringCastException $e) {
             throw new StringCastException(str_replace('argument $labelPath', 'option "property"', $e->getMessage()), null, $e);
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
index 48cbdda954..e7c6accaa4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Form/Type/DoctrineType.php
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
                 });
             }
 
+            $preferredChoiceHashes = $options['preferred_choices'];
+
+            if (is_array($preferredChoiceHashes)) {
+                array_walk_recursive($preferredChoiceHashes, function ($value) {
+                    return spl_object_hash($value);
+                });
+            }
+
             // Support for custom loaders (with query builders)
             $loaderHash = is_object($options['loader'])
                 ? spl_object_hash($options['loader'])
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
                 $propertyHash,
                 $loaderHash,
                 $choiceHashes,
+                $preferredChoiceHashes,
                 $groupByHash
             )));
 
@@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ abstract class DoctrineType extends AbstractType
                     $options['property'],
                     $options['loader'],
                     $options['choices'],
+                    $options['preferred_choices'],
                     $options['group_by']
                 );
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceListTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceListTest.php
index 5d9c747c6e..3a2e9bba9f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceListTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/ChoiceList/EntityChoiceListTest.php
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class EntityChoiceListTest extends DoctrineOrmTestCase
             array(
                 'group1' => array($entity1),
                 'group2' => array($entity2),
-            )
+            ),
+            array()
         );
 
         $this->assertSame(array(1 => $entity1, 2 => $entity2), $choiceList->getChoices());
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ class EntityChoiceListTest extends DoctrineOrmTestCase
                 $item3,
                 $item4,
             ),
+            array(),
             'groupName'
         );
 
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ class EntityChoiceListTest extends DoctrineOrmTestCase
                 $item1,
                 $item2,
             ),
+            array(),
             'child.that.does.not.exist'
         );
 
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ class EntityChoiceListTest extends DoctrineOrmTestCase
             null,
             null,
             null,
+            array(),
             null
         );
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypeTest.php
index 073336a8b5..1dc90fb3c7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Doctrine/Tests/Form/Type/EntityTypeTest.php
@@ -536,6 +536,45 @@ class EntityTypeTest extends TypeTestCase
         ), $field->createView()->vars['choices']);
     }
 
+    public function testPreferredChoices()
+    {
+        $entity1 = new SingleIdentEntity(1, 'Foo');
+        $entity2 = new SingleIdentEntity(2, 'Bar');
+        $entity3 = new SingleIdentEntity(3, 'Baz');
+
+        $this->persist(array($entity1, $entity2, $entity3));
+
+        $field = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'entity', null, array(
+            'em' => 'default',
+            'class' => self::SINGLE_IDENT_CLASS,
+            'preferred_choices' => array($entity3, $entity2),
+            'property' => 'name',
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array(3 => new ChoiceView($entity3, '3', 'Baz'), 2 => new ChoiceView($entity2, '2', 'Bar')), $field->createView()->vars['preferred_choices']);
+        $this->assertEquals(array(1 => new ChoiceView($entity1, '1', 'Foo')), $field->createView()->vars['choices']);
+    }
+
+    public function testOverrideChoicesWithPreferredChoices()
+    {
+        $entity1 = new SingleIdentEntity(1, 'Foo');
+        $entity2 = new SingleIdentEntity(2, 'Bar');
+        $entity3 = new SingleIdentEntity(3, 'Baz');
+
+        $this->persist(array($entity1, $entity2, $entity3));
+
+        $field = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'entity', null, array(
+            'em' => 'default',
+            'class' => self::SINGLE_IDENT_CLASS,
+            'choices' => array($entity2, $entity3),
+            'preferred_choices' => array($entity3),
+            'property' => 'name',
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array(3 => new ChoiceView($entity3, '3', 'Baz')), $field->createView()->vars['preferred_choices']);
+        $this->assertEquals(array(2 => new ChoiceView($entity2, '2', 'Bar')), $field->createView()->vars['choices']);
+    }
+
     public function testDisallowChoicesThatAreNotIncluded_choicesSingleIdentifier()
     {
         $entity1 = new SingleIdentEntity(1, 'Foo');