diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/DateFormatter/IntlDateFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/DateFormatter/IntlDateFormatter.php
index f08ed8d8ed..3e0ac5de17 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/DateFormatter/IntlDateFormatter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/DateFormatter/IntlDateFormatter.php
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class IntlDateFormatter
      * @param string $locale   The locale code. The only currently supported locale is "en" (or null using the default locale, i.e. "en").
      * @param int    $datetype Type of date formatting, one of the format type constants
      * @param int    $timetype Type of time formatting, one of the format type constants
-     * @param string $timezone Timezone identifier
+     * @param mixed  $timezone Timezone identifier
      * @param int    $calendar Calendar to use for formatting or parsing. The only currently
      *                         supported value is IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN.
      * @param string $pattern  Optional pattern to use when formatting
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class IntlDateFormatter
         $this->timetype = $timetype;
 
         $this->setPattern($pattern);
-        $this->setTimeZoneId($timezone);
+        $this->setTimeZone($timezone);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -588,6 +588,19 @@ class IntlDateFormatter
      */
     public function setTimeZone($timeZone)
     {
+        if ($timeZone instanceof \IntlTimeZone) {
+            $timeZone = $timeZone->getID();
+        }
+
+        if ($timeZone instanceof \DateTimeZone) {
+            $timeZone = $timeZone->getName();
+
+            // DateTimeZone returns the GMT offset timezones without the leading GMT, while our parsing requires it.
+            if (!empty($timeZone) && ('+' === $timeZone[0] || '-' === $timeZone[0])) {
+                $timeZone = 'GMT'.$timeZone;
+            }
+        }
+
         return $this->setTimeZoneId($timeZone);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Tests/DateFormatter/AbstractIntlDateFormatterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Tests/DateFormatter/AbstractIntlDateFormatterTest.php
index 71ef473960..c17dca13fd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Tests/DateFormatter/AbstractIntlDateFormatterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Intl/Tests/DateFormatter/AbstractIntlDateFormatterTest.php
@@ -387,6 +387,36 @@ abstract class AbstractIntlDateFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         );
     }
 
+    public function testFormatWithDateTimeZone()
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50500) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Only in PHP 5.5+ IntlDateFormatter allows to use DateTimeZone objects.');
+        }
+
+        if (defined('HHVM_VERSION_ID')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('This test cannot work on HHVM. See https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/issues/5875 for the issue.');
+        }
+
+        $formatter = $this->getDateFormatter('en', IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, new \DateTimeZone('GMT+03:00'), IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN, 'zzzz');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('GMT+03:00', $formatter->format(0));
+    }
+
+    public function testFormatWithIntlTimeZone()
+    {
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50500) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Only in PHP 5.5+ IntlDateFormatter allows to use DateTimeZone objects.');
+        }
+
+        if (!class_exists('IntlTimeZone')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('This test requires the IntlTimeZone class from the Intl extension.');
+        }
+
+        $formatter = $this->getDateFormatter('en', IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, \IntlTimeZone::createTimeZone('GMT+03:00'), IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN, 'zzzz');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('GMT+03:00', $formatter->format(0));
+    }
+
     public function testFormatWithTimezoneFromEnvironmentVariable()
     {
         if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50500) {