diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index 695494bd6e..81d1f704d8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
                 $resource = (string) $node->getAttribute('resource');
                 $type = (string) $node->getAttribute('type');
                 $prefix = (string) $node->getAttribute('prefix');
+                $hostnamePattern =  (string) $node->getAttribute('hostname-pattern');
 
                 $defaults = array();
                 $requirements = array();
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
                 }
 
                 $this->setCurrentDir(dirname($path));
-                $collection->addCollection($this->import($resource, ('' !== $type ? $type : null), false, $file), $prefix, $defaults, $requirements, $options);
+                $collection->addCollection($this->import($resource, ('' !== $type ? $type : null), false, $file), $prefix, $defaults, $requirements, $options, $hostnamePattern);
                 break;
             default:
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unable to parse tag "%s"', $node->tagName));
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
             }
         }
 
-        $route = new Route((string) $definition->getAttribute('pattern'), $defaults, $requirements, $options);
+        $route = new Route((string) $definition->getAttribute('pattern'), $defaults, $requirements, $options, (string) $definition->getAttribute('hostname-pattern'));
 
         $collection->add((string) $definition->getAttribute('id'), $route);
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd
index b8571e661d..e1a97654d6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
     <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="pattern" type="xsd:string" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="hostname-pattern" type="xsd:string" />
   </xsd:complexType>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="import">
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
     <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="prefix" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="class" type="xsd:string" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="hostname-pattern" type="xsd:string" />
   </xsd:complexType>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="element" mixed="true">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
index fdb38073a0..f75fb1a2a7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <route id="blog_show" pattern="/blog/{slug}">
+    <route id="blog_show" pattern="/blog/{slug}" hostname-pattern="{locale}.example.com">
         <default key="_controller">MyBundle:Blog:show</default>
         <requirement key="_method">GET</requirement>
         <option key="compiler_class">RouteCompiler</option>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
index 14ac0fc331..9e1100684b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <import resource="validpattern.xml" prefix="/{foo}">
+    <import resource="validpattern.xml" prefix="/{foo}" hostname-pattern="{locale}.example.com">
         <default key="foo">foo</default>
         <requirement key="foo">\d+</requirement>
         <option key="foo">bar</option>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index e6f217606d..bf5116a859 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($routes), 'One route is loaded');
         $this->assertContainsOnly('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route', $routes);
         $route = $routes['blog_show'];
+        $this->assertEquals('/blog/{slug}', $route->getPattern());
+        $this->assertEquals('MyBundle:Blog:show', $route->getDefault('_controller'));
+        $this->assertEquals('GET', $route->getRequirement('_method'));
+        $this->assertEquals('{locale}.example.com', $route->getHostnamePattern());
         $this->assertEquals('RouteCompiler', $route->getOption('compiler_class'));
     }
 
@@ -59,9 +63,12 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($routes), 'One route is loaded');
         $this->assertContainsOnly('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route', $routes);
+        $this->assertEquals('/{foo}/blog/{slug}', $routes['blog_show']->getPattern());
+        $this->assertEquals('MyBundle:Blog:show', $routes['blog_show']->getDefault('_controller'));
         $this->assertEquals('foo', $routes['blog_show']->getDefault('foo'));
         $this->assertEquals('\d+', $routes['blog_show']->getRequirement('foo'));
         $this->assertEquals('bar', $routes['blog_show']->getOption('foo'));
+        $this->assertEquals('{locale}.example.com', $routes['blog_show']->getHostnamePattern());
     }
 
     /**