diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Engine.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Engine.php
index 4933d57ec6..08f2c0ffea 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Engine.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Engine.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class Engine extends BaseEngine
         return $parameters;
     }
 
-    // Bundle:controller:action(:renderer)
+    // Bundle:controller:action(.format)(:renderer)
     public function splitTemplateName($name, array $defaults = array())
     {
         $parts = explode(':', $name, 4);
@@ -157,13 +157,18 @@ class Engine extends BaseEngine
             )
         );
 
-        if (isset($parts[3]) && $parts[3]) {
-            $options['renderer'] = $parts[3];
+        if (false !== $pos = strpos($parts[2], '.')) {
+            $options['format'] = substr($parts[2], $pos);
+            $parts[2] = substr($parts[2], 0, $pos);
+        } else {
+            $format = $this->container->getRequestService()->getRequestFormat();
+            if (null !== $format && 'html' !== $format) {
+                $options['format'] = '.'.$format;
+            }
         }
 
-        $format = $this->container->getRequestService()->getRequestFormat();
-        if (null !== $format && 'html' !== $format) {
-            $options['format'] = '.'.$format;
+        if (isset($parts[3]) && $parts[3]) {
+            $options['renderer'] = $parts[3];
         }
 
         return array($parts[2], $options);