diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index 9e2e679e61..33b98a3aaa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
         foreach ($definitions as $id => $def) {
             list($domElement, $file, $wild) = $def;
 
-
             if (null !== $definition = $this->parseDefinition($domElement, $file)) {
                 $this->container->setDefinition($id, $definition);
             }
@@ -485,7 +484,9 @@ $imports
 EOF
         ;
 
+        $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(false);
         $valid = @$dom->schemaValidateSource($source);
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
 
         foreach ($tmpfiles as $tmpfile) {
             @unlink($tmpfile);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index 865d90da5e..ca1e7b8500 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf('DOMDocument', $xml, '->parseFileToDOM() returns an SimpleXMLElement object');
     }
 
+    public function testLoadWithExternalEntitiesDisabled()
+    {
+        $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+
+        $containerBuilder = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new XmlFileLoader($containerBuilder, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/xml'));
+        $loader->load('services2.xml');
+
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(count($containerBuilder->getParameterBag()->all()) > 0, 'Parameters can be read from the config file.');
+    }
+
     public function testLoadParameters()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
index 0381a4ca4d..38f30714ef 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
@@ -142,10 +142,16 @@ class XliffFileLoader implements LoaderInterface
         $source = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/schema/dic/xliff-core/xliff-core-1.2-strict.xsd');
         $source = str_replace('http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd', $location, $source);
 
+        $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(false);
+
         if (!@$dom->schemaValidateSource($source)) {
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
+
             throw new InvalidResourceException(sprintf('Invalid resource provided: "%s"; Errors: %s', $file, implode("\n", $this->getXmlErrors($internalErrors))));
         }
 
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
+
         $dom->normalizeDocument();
 
         libxml_clear_errors();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
index eab501ae5f..ba135af6cb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ class XliffFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         libxml_use_internal_errors($internalErrors);
     }
 
+    public function testLoadWithExternalEntitiesDisabled()
+    {
+        $disableEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+
+        $loader = new XliffFileLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/resources.xlf';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        libxml_disable_entity_loader($disableEntities);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
+        $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource)), $catalogue->getResources());
+    }
+
     public function testLoadWithResname()
     {
         $loader = new XliffFileLoader();