diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.php
index 85c18e7edf..08e7d6e347 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $collection = new RouteCollection();
 $collection->add('blog_show', new Route(
     '/blog/{slug}',
     array('_controller' => 'MyBlogBundle:Blog:show'),
-    array('_method' => 'GET'),
+    array('_method' => 'GET', 'locale' => '\w+'),
     array('compiler_class' => 'RouteCompiler'),
     '{locale}.example.com'
 ));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
index f75fb1a2a7..079116399c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <route id="blog_show" pattern="/blog/{slug}" hostname-pattern="{locale}.example.com">
         <default key="_controller">MyBundle:Blog:show</default>
         <requirement key="_method">GET</requirement>
+        <requirement key="locale">\w+</requirement>
         <option key="compiler_class">RouteCompiler</option>
     </route>
 </routes>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.yml
index b85bab3465..8fad8a0923 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validpattern.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ blog_show:
     pattern:          /blog/{slug}
     defaults:         { _controller: MyBlogBundle:Blog:show }
     hostname_pattern: "{locale}.example.com"
-    requirements:     { 'locale': '\d+' }
+    requirements:     { '_method': 'GET', 'locale': '\w+' }
     options:
         compiler_class: RouteCompiler
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
index 9e1100684b..b3747864fb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
     <import resource="validpattern.xml" prefix="/{foo}" hostname-pattern="{locale}.example.com">
-        <default key="foo">foo</default>
+        <default key="foo">123</default>
         <requirement key="foo">\d+</requirement>
         <option key="foo">bar</option>
     </import>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.yml
index a5f867fa2b..35a45398ff 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/validresource.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 blog_show:
     resource:         validpattern.yml
     prefix:           /{foo}
-    defaults:         { 'foo': 'foo' }
+    defaults:         { 'foo': '123' }
     requirements:     { 'foo': '\d+' }
     options:          { 'foo': 'bar' }
     hostname_pattern: "{locale}.example.com"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index bf5116a859..235a9d13af 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('/blog/{slug}', $route->getPattern());
         $this->assertEquals('MyBundle:Blog:show', $route->getDefault('_controller'));
         $this->assertEquals('GET', $route->getRequirement('_method'));
+        $this->assertEquals('\w+', $route->getRequirement('locale'));
         $this->assertEquals('{locale}.example.com', $route->getHostnamePattern());
         $this->assertEquals('RouteCompiler', $route->getOption('compiler_class'));
     }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $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('123', $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());
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
index b2c2d6b969..2606062a94 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class YamlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $route = $routes['blog_show'];
         $this->assertEquals('/blog/{slug}', $route->getPattern());
         $this->assertEquals('MyBlogBundle:Blog:show', $route->getDefault('_controller'));
-        $this->assertEquals('\d+', $route->getRequirement('locale'));
+        $this->assertEquals('GET', $route->getRequirement('_method'));
+        $this->assertEquals('\w+', $route->getRequirement('locale'));
         $this->assertEquals('{locale}.example.com', $route->getHostnamePattern());
         $this->assertEquals('RouteCompiler', $route->getOption('compiler_class'));
     }
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ class YamlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertContainsOnly('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route', $routes);
         $this->assertEquals('/{foo}/blog/{slug}', $routes['blog_show']->getPattern());
         $this->assertEquals('MyBlogBundle:Blog:show', $routes['blog_show']->getDefault('_controller'));
-        $this->assertEquals('foo', $routes['blog_show']->getDefault('foo'));
+        $this->assertEquals('123', $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());