diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 8a73424d9463f..6a8149993bc52 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -575,12 +575,17 @@ private function addTranslatorSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
                     ->info('translator configuration')
                     ->canBeEnabled()
                     ->fixXmlConfig('fallback')
+                    ->fixXmlConfig('path')
                     ->children()
                         ->arrayNode('fallbacks')
                             ->beforeNormalization()->ifString()->then(function ($v) { return array($v); })->end()
                             ->prototype('scalar')->end()
                             ->defaultValue(array('en'))
                         ->end()
+                        ->arrayNode('paths')
+                            ->defaultValue(array())
+                            ->prototype('scalar')->end()
+                        ->end()
                         ->booleanNode('logging')->defaultValue($this->debug)->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index 2204c3ddeb4f1..773d9e34269be 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -661,6 +661,15 @@ private function registerTranslatorConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuilder
 
         // Discover translation directories
         $dirs = array();
+
+        foreach ($config['paths'] as $path) {
+            if (!is_dir($path)) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The "%s" translation path does not exist.', $path));
+            }
+
+            $dirs[] = $path;
+        }
+
         if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation')) {
             $r = new \ReflectionClass('Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation');
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
index fa7aa2b2bd808..e1ca041e6114f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/schema/symfony-1.0.xsd
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
     <xsd:complexType name="translator">
         <xsd:sequence>
             <xsd:element name="fallback" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+            <xsd:element name="path" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
         </xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:attribute name="enabled" type="xsd:boolean" />
         <xsd:attribute name="fallback" type="xsd:string" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 617be624fdb9f..f553d6387f26c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ protected static function getBundleDefaultConfig()
                 'enabled' => false,
                 'fallbacks' => array('en'),
                 'logging' => true,
+                'paths' => array(),
             ),
             'validation' => array(
                 'enabled' => false,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index a56bbff97a1dc..48a47c481a837 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ public function testTranslatorMultipleFallbacks()
         $this->assertEquals(array('en', 'fr'), $calls[0][1][0]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage The "foo" translation path does not exist.
+     */
+    public function testTranslatorWithInvalidPaths()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainer();
+        $loader = new FrameworkExtension();
+        $loader->load(array(array('translator' => array('paths' => array('foo')))), $container);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException
      */