diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/CHANGELOG.md
index 58a6a7229653d..8ba6647306e04 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
  * deprecated `Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Command\DebugCommand`, use `Symfony\Bridge\Twig\Command\DebugCommand` instead
  * deprecated relying on the `ContainerAwareInterface` implementation for `Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Command\LintCommand`
+ * added option to configure default path templates (via `default_path`)
 
 3.3.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 4880d2534d8f5..f4488c0d5ccd4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ private function addTwigOptions(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
                 ->booleanNode('strict_variables')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('auto_reload')->end()
                 ->integerNode('optimizations')->min(-1)->end()
+                ->scalarNode('default_path')
+                    ->info('The default path used to load templates')
+                    ->defaultValue('%kernel.project_dir%/templates')
+                ->end()
                 ->arrayNode('paths')
                     ->normalizeKeys(false)
                     ->useAttributeAsKey('paths')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
index ca0c68d49b02a..718767324a2e0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         $container->getDefinition('twig.cache_warmer')->replaceArgument(2, $config['paths']);
         $container->getDefinition('twig.template_iterator')->replaceArgument(2, $config['paths']);
 
-        $bundleHierarchy = $this->getBundleHierarchy($container);
+        $bundleHierarchy = $this->getBundleHierarchy($container, $config);
 
         foreach ($bundleHierarchy as $name => $bundle) {
             $namespace = $this->normalizeBundleName($name);
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         }
         $container->addResource(new FileExistenceResource($dir));
 
+        if (file_exists($dir = $container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($config['default_path']))) {
+            $twigFilesystemLoaderDefinition->addMethodCall('addPath', array($dir));
+        }
+        $container->addResource(new FileExistenceResource($dir));
+
         if (!empty($config['globals'])) {
             $def = $container->getDefinition('twig');
             foreach ($config['globals'] as $key => $global) {
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
         }
     }
 
-    private function getBundleHierarchy(ContainerBuilder $container)
+    private function getBundleHierarchy(ContainerBuilder $container, array $config)
     {
         $bundleHierarchy = array();
 
@@ -192,6 +197,11 @@ private function getBundleHierarchy(ContainerBuilder $container)
             }
             $container->addResource(new FileExistenceResource($dir));
 
+            if (file_exists($dir = $container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($config['default_path']).'/bundles/'.$name)) {
+                $bundleHierarchy[$name]['paths'][] = $dir;
+            }
+            $container->addResource(new FileExistenceResource($dir));
+
             if (file_exists($dir = $bundle['path'].'/Resources/views')) {
                 $bundleHierarchy[$name]['paths'][] = $dir;
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/schema/twig-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/schema/twig-1.0.xsd
index 61b57798b27cf..3e491f7029833 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/schema/twig-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/schema/twig-1.0.xsd
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="debug" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="strict-variables" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="exception-controller" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="default-path" type="xsd:string" />
     </xsd:complexType>
 
     <xsd:complexType name="date">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
index 9385131730d86..839d037fdcd00 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/php/full.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     'charset' => 'ISO-8859-1',
     'debug' => true,
     'strict_variables' => true,
+    'default_path' => '%kernel.root_dir%/templates',
     'paths' => array(
         'path1',
         'path2',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/bundles/TwigBundle/layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/bundles/TwigBundle/layout.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb07ecfe55a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/bundles/TwigBundle/layout.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a layout
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/layout.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb07ecfe55a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/templates/layout.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a layout
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
index 14c95af97e8f4..702e34617d6b9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/full.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
                         http://symfony.com/schema/dic/twig http://symfony.com/schema/dic/twig/twig-1.0.xsd">
 
-    <twig:config auto-reload="true" autoescape="true" base-template-class="stdClass" cache="/tmp" charset="ISO-8859-1" debug="true" strict-variables="true">
+    <twig:config auto-reload="true" autoescape="true" base-template-class="stdClass" cache="/tmp" charset="ISO-8859-1" debug="true" strict-variables="true" default-path="%kernel.root_dir%/templates">
         <twig:form-theme>MyBundle::form.html.twig</twig:form-theme>
         <twig:global key="foo" id="bar" type="service" />
         <twig:global key="baz">@@qux</twig:global>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
index 68ecf463f09f6..07d4abe767a41 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/full.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ twig:
     charset:             ISO-8859-1
     debug:               true
     strict_variables:    true
+    default_path: '%kernel.root_dir%/templates'
     paths:
         path1: ''
         path2: ''
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/TwigExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/TwigExtensionTest.php
index cdd686029423a..9d47948d67b77 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/TwigExtensionTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/DependencyInjection/TwigExtensionTest.php
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ public function testTwigLoaderPaths($format)
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'Twig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'Twig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Resources/TwigBundle/views', 'Twig'),
+            array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/templates/bundles/TwigBundle', 'Twig'),
             array(realpath(__DIR__.'/../..').'/Resources/views', 'Twig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildChildChildChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'ChildTwig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildChildChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'ChildTwig'),
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ public function testTwigLoaderPaths($format)
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildChildChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'ChildChildTwig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Bundle/ChildChildTwigBundle/Resources/views', 'ChildChildTwig'),
             array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/Resources/views'),
+            array(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/templates'),
         ), $paths);
     }