diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 863ce00049c21..4aad022fd6417 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
         $this->addProfilerSection($rootNode);
         $this->addRouterSection($rootNode);
         $this->addSessionSection($rootNode);
+        $this->addRequestSection($rootNode);
         $this->addTemplatingSection($rootNode);
         $this->addTranslatorSection($rootNode);
         $this->addValidationSection($rootNode);
@@ -256,6 +257,31 @@ private function addSessionSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
         ;
     }
 
+    private function addRequestSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
+    {
+        $rootNode
+            ->children()
+                ->arrayNode('request')
+                    ->info('request configuration')
+                    ->canBeUnset()
+                    ->fixXmlConfig('additional_format')
+                    ->children()
+                        ->arrayNode('additional_formats')
+                            ->useAttributeAsKey('name')
+                            ->prototype('array')
+                                ->beforeNormalization()
+                                    ->ifTrue(function($v) { return !is_array($v); })
+                                    ->then(function($v) { return array($v); })
+                                ->end()
+                                ->prototype('scalar')->end()
+                            ->end()
+                        ->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
+            ->end()
+        ;
+    }
+
     private function addTemplatingSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
     {
         $organizeUrls = function($urls) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
index daf988160a6e7..a7a168cf99561 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtension.php
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
             $this->registerSessionConfiguration($config['session'], $container, $loader);
         }
 
+        if (isset($config['request'])) {
+            $this->registerRequestConfiguration($config['request'], $container, $loader);
+        }
+
         $loader->load('security.xml');
 
         if ($this->isConfigEnabled($container, $config['form'])) {
@@ -382,6 +386,21 @@ private function registerSessionConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuilder $c
         $container->setParameter('session.metadata.update_threshold', $config['metadata_update_threshold']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Loads the request configuration.
+     *
+     * @param array            $config    A session configuration array
+     * @param ContainerBuilder $container A ContainerBuilder instance
+     * @param XmlFileLoader    $loader    An XmlFileLoader instance
+     */
+    private function registerRequestConfiguration(array $config, ContainerBuilder $container, XmlFileLoader $loader)
+    {
+        if ($config['additional_formats']) {
+            $container->setParameter('request.additional_formats', $config['additional_formats']);
+            $loader->load('request.xml');
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads the templating configuration.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListener.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ba098e0183df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?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\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\EventListener;
+
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent;
+
+/**
+ * Set additional formats into the request
+ *
+ * @author Gildas Quemener <gildas.quemener@gmail.com>
+ */
+class AddRequestFormatsListener implements EventSubscriberInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $formats;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $formats
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $formats)
+    {
+        $this->formats = $formats;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set additionnal request formats
+     *
+     * @param GetResponseEvent $event
+     */
+    public function onKernelRequest(GetResponseEvent $event)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->formats as $format => $mimeTypes) {
+            $event->getRequest()->setFormat($format, $mimeTypes);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public static function getSubscribedEvents()
+    {
+        return array(
+            KernelEvents::REQUEST => 'onKernelRequest',
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/request.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/request.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0170c95c43120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/request.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <parameters>
+        <parameter key="request.add_request_formats_listener.class">Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\EventListener\AddRequestFormatsListener</parameter>
+    </parameters>
+
+    <services>
+        <service id="request.add_request_formats_listener" class="%request.add_request_formats_listener.class%">
+            <tag name="kernel.event_subscriber" />
+            <argument>%request.additional_formats%</argument>
+        </service>
+    </services>
+</container>
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 92c8952e48be9..4adad1c2438a8 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
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
             <xsd:element name="fragments" type="fragments" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="profiler" type="profiler" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="router" type="router" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+            <xsd:element name="request" type="request" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="session" type="session" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="templating" type="templating" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="translator" type="translator" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
@@ -101,6 +102,19 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="save-path" type="xsd:string" />
     </xsd:complexType>
 
+    <xsd:complexType name="request">
+        <xsd:sequence>
+            <xsd:element name="additional-format" type="additional-format" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+        </xsd:sequence>
+    </xsd:complexType>
+
+    <xsd:complexType name="additional-format">
+        <xsd:choice  minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
+            <xsd:element name="mime-type" type="xsd:string" />
+        </xsd:choice>
+        <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+    </xsd:complexType>
+
     <xsd:complexType name="templating">
         <xsd:sequence>
             <xsd:element name="loader" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
index c4eff9349228e..f65c5536774cb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
@@ -70,5 +70,16 @@
         'debug' => true,
         'file_cache_dir' => '%kernel.cache_dir%/annotations',
     ),
-    'ide' => 'file%%link%%format'
+    'ide' => 'file%%link%%format',
+    'request' => array(
+        'additional_formats' => array(
+            'csv' => array(
+                'text/csv',
+                'text/plain',
+            ),
+            'pdf' => array(
+                'application/pdf'
+            )
+        )
+    )
 ));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/request.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/request.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..06624e29b0f16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/request.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php
+
+$container->loadFromExtension('framework', array(
+    'request' => array(
+        'additional_formats' => array(),
+    ),
+));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
index 8fd3e9b6528a0..57f6092c250e5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
@@ -36,5 +36,11 @@
         <framework:translator enabled="true" fallback="fr" />
         <framework:validation enabled="true" cache="apc" />
         <framework:annotations cache="file" debug="true" file-cache-dir="%kernel.cache_dir%/annotations" />
+        <framework:request>
+            <framework:additional-format name="csv">
+                <framework:mime-type>text/csv</framework:mime-type>
+                <framework:mime-type>text/plain</framework:mime-type>
+            </framework:additional-format>
+        </framework:request>
     </framework:config>
 </container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/request.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/request.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..49849c2a381d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/request.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+                        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <framework:config>
+        <framework:request />
+    </framework:config>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
index d013063916c38..eca9a788b944d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ framework:
         debug:   true
         file_cache_dir: %kernel.cache_dir%/annotations
     ide: file%%link%%format
+    request:
+        additional_formats:
+            csv: ['text/csv', 'text/plain']
+            pdf: 'application/pdf'
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/request.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..50a8e227cefd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+framework:
+    request:
+        additional_formats: ~
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
index 09b14ecf67a46..9abc2c98adcce 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/FrameworkExtensionTest.php
@@ -145,6 +145,21 @@ public function testNullSessionHandler()
         $this->assertNull($container->getDefinition('session.storage.php_bridge')->getArgument(0));
     }
 
+    public function testRequest()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('full');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('request.add_request_formats_listener'), '->registerRequestConfiguration() loads request.xml');
+        $this->assertEquals(array('csv' => array('text/csv', 'text/plain'), 'pdf' => array('application/pdf')), $container->getParameter('request.additional_formats'));
+    }
+
+    public function testEmptyAdditionlRequestFormats()
+    {
+        $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('request');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($container->hasDefinition('request.add_request_formats_listener'), '->registerRequestConfiguration() does not load request.xml when no additional request formats are configured');
+    }
+
     public function testTemplating()
     {
         $container = $this->createContainerFromFile('full');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListenerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListenerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b8482ddca4544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/EventListener/AddRequestFormatsListenerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?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\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\EventListener;
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\EventListener\AddRequestFormatsListener;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\KernelEvents;
+
+/**
+ * Test AddRequestFormatsListener class
+ *
+ * @author Gildas Quemener <gildas.quemener@gmail.com>
+ */
+class AddRequestFormatsListenerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var AddRequestFormatsListener
+     */
+    private $listener;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->listener = new AddRequestFormatsListener(array('csv' => array('text/csv', 'text/plain')));
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        $this->listener = null;
+    }
+
+    public function testIsAnEventSubscriber()
+    {
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface', $this->listener);
+    }
+
+    public function testRegisteredEvent()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(array(
+            KernelEvents::REQUEST => 'onKernelRequest',
+        ), AddRequestFormatsListener::getSubscribedEvents());
+    }
+
+    public function testSetAdditionnalFormats()
+    {
+        $request = $this->getRequestMock();
+        $event = $this->getGetResponseEventMock($request);
+
+        $request->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('setFormat')
+            ->with('csv', array('text/csv', 'text/plain'));
+
+        $this->listener->onKernelRequest($event);
+    }
+
+    protected function getRequestMock()
+    {
+        return $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request');
+    }
+
+    protected function getGetResponseEventMock(Request $request)
+    {
+        $event = $this
+            ->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Event\GetResponseEvent')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $event->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getRequest')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($request));
+
+        return $event;
+    }
+}