diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
index 6b2f7c9688699..a2e485f0c0a21 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/routing.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         <parameter key="routing.loader.xml.class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\XmlFileLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="routing.loader.yml.class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\YamlFileLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="routing.loader.php.class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\PhpFileLoader</parameter>
+        <parameter key="routing.loader.directory.class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\DirectoryLoader</parameter>
         <parameter key="router.options.generator_class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator</parameter>
         <parameter key="router.options.generator_base_class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGenerator</parameter>
         <parameter key="router.options.generator_dumper_class">Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\Dumper\PhpGeneratorDumper</parameter>
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@
             <argument type="service" id="file_locator" />
         </service>
 
+        <service id="routing.loader.directory" class="%routing.loader.directory.class%" public="false">
+            <tag name="routing.loader" />
+            <argument type="service" id="file_locator" />
+        </service>
+
         <service id="routing.loader" class="%routing.loader.class%">
             <tag name="monolog.logger" channel="router" />
             <argument type="service" id="controller_name_converter" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
index dce63a74b99cb..349253e007fcb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.9",
-        "symfony/dependency-injection" : "~2.6,>=2.6.2",
+        "symfony/dependency-injection" : "~2.7,>=2.6.2",
         "symfony/config" : "~2.4",
         "symfony/event-dispatcher": "~2.5|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/http-foundation": "~2.4.9|~2.5,>=2.5.4|~3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..48bf2fb1b913d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?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\DependencyInjection\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\DirectoryResource;
+
+/**
+ * DirectoryLoader is a recursive loader to go through directories
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Lavoie <seb@wemakecustom.com>
+ */
+class DirectoryLoader extends FileLoader
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function load($file, $type = null)
+    {
+        $file = rtrim($file, '/');
+        $path = $this->locator->locate($file);
+        $this->container->addResource(new DirectoryResource($path));
+
+        foreach (scandir($path) as $dir) {
+            if ($dir[0] !== '.') {
+                if (is_dir($path.'/'.$dir)) {
+                    $dir .= '/'; // append / to allow recursion
+                }
+
+                $this->setCurrentDir($path);
+
+                $this->import($dir, null, false, $path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function supports($resource, $type = null)
+    {
+        if ('directory' === $type) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (null === $type) {
+            return preg_match('/\/$/', $resource) === 1;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/import/import.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/import/import.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..35ec4a0427136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/import/import.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+imports:
+    - { resource: ../recurse/ }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.ini b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0984cdac770a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[parameters]
+  ini = ini
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f98ef12ea3c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/simple.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+parameters:
+    yaml: yaml
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/simple.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/simple.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4750324ad1de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/directory/simple.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+$container->setParameter('php', 'php');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c19c5de3a57df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?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\DependencyInjection\Tests\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\PhpFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\IniFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\YamlFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\DirectoryLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\LoaderResolver;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
+
+class DirectoryLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    private static $fixturesPath;
+
+    private $container;
+    private $loader;
+
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass()
+    {
+        self::$fixturesPath = realpath(__DIR__.'/../Fixtures/');
+    }
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $locator = new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath);
+        $this->container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $this->loader = new DirectoryLoader($this->container, $locator);
+        $resolver = new LoaderResolver(array(
+            new PhpFileLoader($this->container, $locator),
+            new IniFileLoader($this->container, $locator),
+            new YamlFileLoader($this->container, $locator),
+            $this->loader,
+        ));
+        $this->loader->setResolver($resolver);
+    }
+
+    public function testDirectoryCanBeLoadedRecursively()
+    {
+        $this->loader->load('directory/');
+        $this->assertEquals(array('ini' => 'ini', 'yaml' => 'yaml', 'php' => 'php'), $this->container->getParameterBag()->all(), '->load() takes a single directory');
+    }
+
+    public function testImports()
+    {
+        $this->loader->resolve('directory/import/import.yml')->load('directory/import/import.yml');
+        $this->assertEquals(array('ini' => 'ini', 'yaml' => 'yaml'), $this->container->getParameterBag()->all(), '->load() takes a single file that imports a directory');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\DirectoryLoader::__construct
+     * @covers Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\DirectoryLoader::load
+     *
+     * @expectedException        \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage The file "foo" does not exist (in:
+     */
+    public function testExceptionIsRaisedWhenDirectoryDoesNotExist()
+    {
+        $this->loader->load('foo/');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\DirectoryLoader::supports
+     */
+    public function testSupports()
+    {
+        $loader  = new DirectoryLoader(new ContainerBuilder(), new FileLocator());
+
+        $this->assertTrue($loader->supports('directory/'), '->supports("directory/") returns true');
+        $this->assertTrue($loader->supports('directory/', 'directory'), '->supports("directory/", "directory") returns true');
+        $this->assertFalse($loader->supports('directory'), '->supports("directory") returns false');
+        $this->assertTrue($loader->supports('directory', 'directory'), '->supports("directory", "directory") returns true');
+        $this->assertFalse($loader->supports('directory', 'foo'), '->supports("directory, "foo") returns false');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index b9ecd71abe63c..ae36380bbea34 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\YamlFileLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\IniFileLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\PhpFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\DirectoryLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\ClosureLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ public function getBundle($name, $first = true)
     }
 
     /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
+     * {@inheritdoc}
      *
      * @throws \RuntimeException if a custom resource is hidden by a resource in a derived bundle
      */
@@ -716,6 +717,7 @@ protected function getContainerLoader(ContainerInterface $container)
             new YamlFileLoader($container, $locator),
             new IniFileLoader($container, $locator),
             new PhpFileLoader($container, $locator),
+            new DirectoryLoader($container, $locator),
             new ClosureLoader($container),
         ));
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
index de1e9d2277b2e..d2969ba1aefc8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/composer.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "symfony/expression-language": "~2.4|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/finder": "~2.0,>=2.0.5|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/process": "~2.0,>=2.0.5|~3.0.0",
-        "symfony/routing": "~2.2|~3.0.0",
+        "symfony/routing": "~2.7|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/stopwatch": "~2.3|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/templating": "~2.2|~3.0.0",
         "symfony/translation": "~2.0,>=2.0.5|~3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92041090e5543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Loader/DirectoryLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?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\Routing\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\FileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\DirectoryResource;
+
+class DirectoryLoader extends FileLoader
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function load($file, $type = null)
+    {
+        $path = $this->locator->locate($file);
+
+        $collection = new RouteCollection();
+        $collection->addResource(new DirectoryResource($path));
+
+        foreach (scandir($path) as $dir) {
+            if ($dir[0] !== '.') {
+                $this->setCurrentDir($path);
+                $subPath = $path.'/'.$dir;
+                $subType = null;
+
+                if (is_dir($subPath)) {
+                    $subPath .= '/';
+                    $subType = 'directory';
+                }
+
+                $subCollection = $this->import($subPath, $subType, false, $path);
+                $collection->addCollection($subCollection);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $collection;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function supports($resource, $type = null)
+    {
+        // only when type is forced to directory, not to conflict with AnnotationLoader
+
+        return 'directory' === $type;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes1.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d078836625c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+route1:
+    path: /route/1
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes2.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..938fb2457e9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/recurse/routes2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+route2:
+    path: /route/2
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/routes3.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/routes3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..088cfb4d4315e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory/routes3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+route3:
+    path: /route/3
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory_import/import.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory_import/import.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af829e58c7ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Fixtures/directory_import/import.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+_directory:
+    resource: "../directory"
+    type: directory
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..101b5093a2fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Tests/Loader/DirectoryLoaderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?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\Routing\Tests\Loader;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\DirectoryLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\YamlFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\AnnotationFileLoader;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\LoaderResolver;
+use Symfony\Component\Config\FileLocator;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+
+class DirectoryLoaderTest extends AbstractAnnotationLoaderTest
+{
+    private $loader;
+    private $reader;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $locator = new FileLocator();
+        $this->reader = $this->getReader();
+        $this->loader = new DirectoryLoader($locator);
+        $resolver = new LoaderResolver(array(
+            new YamlFileLoader($locator),
+            new AnnotationFileLoader($locator, $this->getClassLoader($this->reader)),
+            $this->loader,
+        ));
+        $this->loader->setResolver($resolver);
+    }
+
+    public function testLoadDirectory()
+    {
+        $collection = $this->loader->load(__DIR__.'/../Fixtures/directory', 'directory');
+        $this->verifyCollection($collection);
+    }
+
+    public function testImportDirectory()
+    {
+        $collection = $this->loader->load(__DIR__.'/../Fixtures/directory_import', 'directory');
+        $this->verifyCollection($collection);
+    }
+
+    private function verifyCollection(RouteCollection $collection)
+    {
+        $routes = $collection->all();
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $routes, 'Three routes are loaded');
+        $this->assertContainsOnly('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route', $routes);
+
+        for ($i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++) {
+            $this->assertSame('/route/'.$i, $routes["route".$i]->getPath());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testSupports()
+    {
+        $fixturesDir = __DIR__.'/../Fixtures';
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->loader->supports($fixturesDir), '->supports(*) returns false');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->loader->supports($fixturesDir, 'directory'), '->supports(*, "directory") returns true');
+        $this->assertFalse($this->loader->supports($fixturesDir, 'foo'), '->supports(*, "foo") returns false');
+    }
+}