diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
index f534b358be..95284306dd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <parameter key="translation.loader.xliff.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\XliffFileLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.loader.qt.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\QtTranslationsLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.loader.csv.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\CsvFileLoader</parameter>
+        <parameter key="translation.loader.rb.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\ResourceBundleLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.php.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\PhpFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.xliff.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\XliffFileDumper</parameter>
         <parameter key="translation.dumper.yml.class">Symfony\Component\Translation\Dumper\YamlFileDumper</parameter>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b68aeb52cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\DirectoryResource;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\FileResource;
+
+/**
+ * ResourceBundleLoader loads translations from a resource bundle.
+ *
+ * @author stealth35
+ */
+class ResourceBundleLoader implements LoaderInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function load($resource, $locale, $domain = 'messages')
+    {
+        $rb = new \ResourceBundle($locale, $resource);
+
+        if (!$rb) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException("cannot load this resource : $rb");
+        } elseif (intl_is_failure($rb->getErrorCode())) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException($rb->getErrorMessage(), $rb->getErrorCode());
+        }
+
+        $messages = $this->flatten($rb);
+        $catalogue = new MessageCatalogue($locale);
+        $catalogue->add($messages, $domain);
+
+        if (is_dir($resource)) {
+            $catalogue->addResource(new DirectoryResource($resource));
+        } elseif (is_file($resource.'.dat')) {
+            $catalogue->addResource(new FileResource($resource.'.dat'));
+        }
+
+        return $catalogue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Flattens an ResourceBundle
+     *
+     * The scheme used is:
+     *   key { key2 { key3 { "value" } } }
+     * Becomes:
+     *   'key.key2.key3' => 'value'
+     *
+     * This function takes an array by reference and will modify it
+     *
+     * @param array \ResourceBundle $rb the ResourceBundle that will be flattened
+     * @param array $messages used internally for recursive calls
+     * @param string $path current path being parsed, used internally for recursive calls
+     *
+     * @return array the flattened ResourceBundle
+     */
+    private function flatten(\ResourceBundle $rb, array &$messages = array(), $path = null)
+    {
+        foreach ($rb as $key => $value) {
+            $nodePath = $path ? $path.'.'.$key : $key;
+            if ($value instanceof \ResourceBundle) {
+                $this->flatten($value, $messages, $nodePath);
+            } else {
+                $messages[$nodePath] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $messages;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/LocalizedTestCase.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/LocalizedTestCase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f08272d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/LocalizedTestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Tests\Component\Translation\Loader;
+
+abstract class LocalizedTestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('intl')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The "intl" extension is not available');
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoaderTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoaderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d62b8a9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/Loader/ResourceBundleLoaderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Tests\Component\Translation\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\ResourceBundleLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\DirectoryResource;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\FileResource;
+
+class ResourceBundleFileLoaderTest extends LocalizedTestCase
+{
+    public function testLoad()
+    {
+        $loader = new ResourceBundleLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/resourcebundle/res';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => 'bar'), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
+        $this->assertEquals(array(new DirectoryResource($resource)), $catalogue->getResources());
+    }
+
+    public function testDatEnglishLoad()
+    {
+        $loader = new ResourceBundleLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/resources';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('symfony' => 'Symfony 2 is great'), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
+        $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource.'.dat')), $catalogue->getResources());
+    }
+
+    public function testDatFrenchLoad()
+    {
+        $loader = new ResourceBundleLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/resources';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'fr', 'domain1');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('symfony' => 'Symfony 2 est génial'), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('fr', $catalogue->getLocale());
+        $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource.'.dat')), $catalogue->getResources());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Exception
+     */
+    public function testLoadInvalidResource()
+    {
+        $loader = new ResourceBundleLoader();
+        $catalogue = $loader->load(__DIR__.'/../fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.txt', 'en', 'domain1');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/en.txt b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c04a4e8522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+en{
+    symfony{"Symfony 2 is great"}
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/fr.txt b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/fr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e84f67ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/fr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fr{
+    symfony{"Symfony 2 est génial"}
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/resources.dat b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/dat/resources.dat
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diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.res b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.res
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diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.txt b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8a87e5f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Tests/Component/Translation/fixtures/resourcebundle/res/en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+en {
+    foo { "bar" }
+}
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