diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
index 673786752e..d8086b2b9c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoader.php
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ class StaticMethodLoader implements LoaderInterface
         /** @var \ReflectionClass $reflClass */
         $reflClass = $metadata->getReflectionClass();
 
-        if (!$reflClass->isInterface() && !$reflClass->isAbstract() && $reflClass->hasMethod($this->methodName)) {
+        if (!$reflClass->isInterface() && $reflClass->hasMethod($this->methodName)) {
             $reflMethod = $reflClass->getMethod($this->methodName);
 
+            if ($reflMethod->isAbstract()) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (!$reflMethod->isStatic()) {
                 throw new MappingException(sprintf('The method %s::%s should be static', $reflClass->name, $this->methodName));
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AbstractMethodStaticLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AbstractMethodStaticLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a1416cfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/AbstractMethodStaticLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Tests\Mapping\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
+
+abstract class AbstractMethodStaticLoader
+{
+    abstract public static function loadMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
index b8ecb5b22d..f90310cd26 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/Loader/StaticMethodLoaderTest.php
@@ -66,13 +66,28 @@ class StaticMethodLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertCount(0, $metadata->getConstraints());
     }
 
-    public function testLoadClassMetadataIgnoresAbstractClasses()
+    public function testLoadClassMetadataInAbstractClasses()
     {
         $loader = new StaticMethodLoader('loadMetadata');
         $metadata = new ClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__.'\AbstractStaticLoader');
 
         $loader->loadClassMetadata($metadata);
 
+        $this->assertCount(1, $metadata->getConstraints());
+    }
+
+    public function testLoadClassMetadataIgnoresAbstractMethods()
+    {
+        $loader = new StaticMethodLoader('loadMetadata');
+        try {
+            include __DIR__ . '/AbstractMethodStaticLoader.php';
+            $this->fail('AbstractMethodStaticLoader should produce a strict standard error.');
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+        }
+
+        $metadata = new ClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__.'\AbstractMethodStaticLoader');
+        $loader->loadClassMetadata($metadata);
+
         $this->assertCount(0, $metadata->getConstraints());
     }
 }
@@ -86,6 +101,7 @@ abstract class AbstractStaticLoader
 {
     public static function loadMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
     {
+        $metadata->addConstraint(new ConstraintA());
     }
 }