diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
index 2129adcc56..b464f9acb3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ class PoFileLoader extends ArrayLoader implements LoaderInterface
         }
         fclose($stream);
 
-        return array_filter($messages);
+        return $messages;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
index 11c183dd54..8b518fe970 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -54,4 +54,15 @@ class PoFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
         $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource)), $catalogue->getResources());
     }
+
+    public function testLoadEmptyTranslation()
+    {
+        $loader = new PoFileLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/empty-translation.po';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => ''), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
+        $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource)), $catalogue->getResources());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/empty-translation.po b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/empty-translation.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff6f22afb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/empty-translation.po
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr ""
+