diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
index 699b2f849535e..47c06b8ab1dd8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Resources/views/Form/form_div_layout.html.twig
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@
     {{- block('form_widget_simple') -}}
 {%- endblock email_widget %}
 
+{% block range_widget -%}
+    {% set type = type|default('range') %}
+    {{- block('form_widget_simple') -}}
+{%- endblock range_widget %}
+
 {% block button_widget -%}
     {% if label is empty -%}
         {% set label = name|humanize %}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
index 23d8ec260cafb..b910decba0c9e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
         <service id="form.type.radio" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RadioType">
             <tag name="form.type" alias="radio" />
         </service>
+        <service id="form.type.range" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RangeType">
+            <tag name="form.type" alias="range" />
+        </service>
         <service id="form.type.repeated" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\RepeatedType">
             <tag name="form.type" alias="repeated" />
         </service>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c628f8e005bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/views/Form/range_widget.html.php
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?php echo $view['form']->block($form, 'form_widget_simple', array('type' => isset($type) ? $type : 'range'));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
index 4381726126d48..0f92bd48ffb3d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
  * added "html5" option to Date, Time and DateTimeFormType to be able to
    enable/disable HTML5 input date when widget option is "single_text"
+ * added the html5 "range" FormType
 
 2.5.0
 ------
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
index a0153a57eb700..940101a905d48 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/CoreExtension.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ protected function loadTypes()
             new Type\PasswordType(),
             new Type\PercentType(),
             new Type\RadioType(),
+            new Type\RangeType(),
             new Type\RepeatedType(),
             new Type\SearchType(),
             new Type\TextareaType(),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..78909e643f5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/Type/RangeType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?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\Form\Extension\Core\Type;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+
+class RangeType extends AbstractType
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getParent()
+    {
+        return 'text';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return 'range';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
index 4755e208e9a51..3fb8f9fd0742a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Tests/AbstractLayoutTest.php
@@ -1347,6 +1347,35 @@ public function testLanguage()
         );
     }
 
+    public function testRange()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value=42]
+    [@min=5]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testRangeWithMinMaxValues()
+    {
+        $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'range', 42, array('attr' => array('min' => 5, 'max' => 57)));
+
+        $this->assertWidgetMatchesXpath($form->createView(), array(),
+'/input
+    [@type="range"]
+    [@name="name"]
+    [@value=42]
+    [@min=5]
+    [@max=57]
+'
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testLocale()
     {
         $form = $this->factory->createNamed('name', 'locale', 'de_AT');