diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocator.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocator.php
index 286b7c62e4d2a..369e95a1f08aa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocator.php
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class TemplateLocator implements FileLocatorInterface
     protected $locator;
     protected $cache;
 
+    private $cacheHits = array();
+
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
@@ -71,12 +73,15 @@ public function locate($template, $currentPath = null, $first = true)
 
         $key = $this->getCacheKey($template);
 
+        if (isset($this->cacheHits[$key])) {
+            return $this->cacheHits[$key];
+        }
         if (isset($this->cache[$key])) {
-            return $this->cache[$key];
+            return $this->cacheHits[$key] = realpath($this->cache[$key]) ?: $this->cache[$key];
         }
 
         try {
-            return $this->cache[$key] = $this->locator->locate($template->getPath(), $currentPath);
+            return $this->cacheHits[$key] = $this->locator->locate($template->getPath(), $currentPath);
         } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unable to find template "%s" : "%s".', $template, $e->getMessage()), 0, $e);
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Fixtures/templates.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Fixtures/templates.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b97a6ba6a7c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Fixtures/templates.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+return array(
+    'bundle:controller:name.format.engine' => __DIR__.'/../Fixtures/Resources/views/this.is.a.template.format.engine',
+);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocatorTest.php
index 1b28ec4f78deb..b00a14a06f004 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Templating/Loader/TemplateLocatorTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ public function testLocateATemplate()
         $this->assertEquals('/path/to/template', $locator->locate($template));
     }
 
+    public function testLocateATemplateFromCacheDir()
+    {
+        $template = new TemplateReference('bundle', 'controller', 'name', 'format', 'engine');
+
+        $fileLocator = $this->getFileLocator();
+
+        $locator = new TemplateLocator($fileLocator, __DIR__.'/../../Fixtures');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(realpath(__DIR__.'/../../Fixtures/Resources/views/this.is.a.template.format.engine'), $locator->locate($template));
+    }
+
     public function testThrowsExceptionWhenTemplateNotFound()
     {
         $template = new TemplateReference('bundle', 'controller', 'name', 'format', 'engine');