diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/XliffFileDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/XliffFileDumper.php
index 58d19733db..47e082c22e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/XliffFileDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Dumper/XliffFileDumper.php
@@ -70,11 +70,17 @@ class XliffFileDumper extends FileDumper
             // Does the target contain characters requiring a CDATA section?
             $text = 1 === preg_match('/[&<>]/', $target) ? $dom->createCDATASection($target) : $dom->createTextNode($target);
 
-            $t = $translation->appendChild($dom->createElement('target'));
+            $targetElement = $dom->createElement('target');
+            $metadata = $messages->getMetadata($source, $domain);
+            if ($this->hasMetadataArrayInfo('target-attributes', $metadata)) {
+                foreach ($metadata['target-attributes'] as $name => $value) {
+                    $targetElement->setAttribute($name, $value);
+                }
+            }
+            $t = $translation->appendChild($targetElement);
             $t->appendChild($text);
 
-            $metadata = $messages->getMetadata($source, $domain);
-            if (null !== $metadata && array_key_exists('notes', $metadata) && is_array($metadata['notes'])) {
+            if ($this->hasMetadataArrayInfo('notes', $metadata)) {
                 foreach ($metadata['notes'] as $note) {
                     if (!isset($note['content'])) {
                         continue;
@@ -106,4 +112,15 @@ class XliffFileDumper extends FileDumper
     {
         return 'xlf';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string     $key
+     * @param array|null $metadata
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private function hasMetadataArrayInfo($key, $metadata = null)
+    {
+        return null !== $metadata && array_key_exists($key, $metadata) && ($metadata[$key] instanceof \Traversable || is_array($metadata[$key]));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
index d2b5407f82..f2cbacb4f0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
@@ -59,24 +59,15 @@ class XliffFileLoader implements LoaderInterface
 
             $catalogue->set((string) $source, $target, $domain);
 
-            if (isset($translation->note)) {
-                $notes = array();
-                foreach ($translation->note as $xmlNote) {
-                    $noteAttributes = $xmlNote->attributes();
-                    $note = array('content' => $this->utf8ToCharset((string) $xmlNote, $encoding));
-                    if (isset($noteAttributes['priority'])) {
-                        $note['priority'] = (int) $noteAttributes['priority'];
-                    }
-
-                    if (isset($noteAttributes['from'])) {
-                        $note['from'] = (string) $noteAttributes['from'];
-                    }
-
-                    $notes[] = $note;
-                }
-
-                $catalogue->setMetadata((string) $source, array('notes' => $notes), $domain);
+            $metadata = array();
+            if ($notes = $this->parseNotesMetadata($translation->note, $encoding)) {
+                $metadata['notes'] = $notes;
             }
+            if ($translation->target->attributes()) {
+                $metadata['target-attributes'] = $translation->target->attributes();
+            }
+
+            $catalogue->setMetadata((string) $source, $metadata, $domain);
         }
 
         if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\FileResource')) {
@@ -185,4 +176,35 @@ class XliffFileLoader implements LoaderInterface
 
         return $errors;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \SimpleXMLElement|null $noteElement
+     * @param string|null            $encoding
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function parseNotesMetadata(\SimpleXMLElement $noteElement = null, $encoding = null)
+    {
+        $notes = array();
+
+        if (null === $noteElement) {
+            return $notes;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($noteElement as $xmlNote) {
+            $noteAttributes = $xmlNote->attributes();
+            $note = array('content' => $this->utf8ToCharset((string) $xmlNote, $encoding));
+            if (isset($noteAttributes['priority'])) {
+                $note['priority'] = (int) $noteAttributes['priority'];
+            }
+
+            if (isset($noteAttributes['from'])) {
+                $note['from'] = (string) $noteAttributes['from'];
+            }
+
+            $notes[] = $note;
+        }
+
+        return $notes;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Dumper/XliffFileDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Dumper/XliffFileDumperTest.php
index dff2cc4c94..b1f9826c29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Dumper/XliffFileDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Dumper/XliffFileDumperTest.php
@@ -38,4 +38,39 @@ class XliffFileDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         unlink($tempDir.'/messages.en_US.xlf');
     }
+
+    public function testTargetAttributesMetadataIsSetInFile()
+    {
+        $catalogue = new MessageCatalogue('en_US');
+        $catalogue->add(array(
+            'foo' => 'bar',
+        ));
+        $catalogue->setMetadata('foo', array('target-attributes' => array('state' => 'needs-translation')));
+
+        $tempDir = sys_get_temp_dir();
+        $dumper = new XliffFileDumper();
+        $dumper->dump($catalogue, array('path' => $tempDir, 'default_locale' => 'fr_FR'));
+
+        $content = <<<EOT
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<xliff xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2" version="1.2">
+  <file source-language="fr-FR" target-language="en-US" datatype="plaintext" original="file.ext">
+    <body>
+      <trans-unit id="acbd18db4cc2f85cedef654fccc4a4d8" resname="foo">
+        <source>foo</source>
+        <target state="needs-translation">bar</target>
+      </trans-unit>
+    </body>
+  </file>
+</xliff>
+
+EOT;
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $content,
+            file_get_contents($tempDir.'/messages.en_US.xlf')
+        );
+
+        unlink($tempDir.'/messages.en_US.xlf');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
index c3d65b4932..18c3aaeb25 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ class XliffFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(array('notes' => array(array('content' => utf8_decode('bäz')))), $catalogue->getMetadata('foo', 'domain1'));
     }
 
+    public function testTargetAttributesAreStoredCorrectly()
+    {
+        $loader = new XliffFileLoader();
+        $catalogue = $loader->load(__DIR__.'/../fixtures/with-attributes.xlf', 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $metadata = $catalogue->getMetadata('foo', 'domain1');
+        $this->assertEquals('translated', $metadata['target-attributes']['state']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidResourceException
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/with-attributes.xlf b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/with-attributes.xlf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78730629cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/with-attributes.xlf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<xliff xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2" version="1.2">
+    <file source-language="en" datatype="plaintext" original="file.ext">
+        <body>
+            <trans-unit id="1">
+                <source>foo</source>
+                <target state="translated">bar</target>
+            </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="2">
+                <source>extra</source>
+                <target state="needs-translation">bar</target>
+            </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="3">
+                <source>key</source>
+                <target></target>
+                <note>baz</note>
+                <note priority="2" from="bar">qux</note>
+            </trans-unit>
+        </body>
+    </file>
+</xliff>