diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
index a59e75db4f1aa..9f55d901231b3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/XliffFileLoader.php
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ public function load($resource, $locale, $domain = 'messages')
         foreach ($xml->xpath('//xliff:trans-unit') as $translation) {
             $attributes = $translation->attributes();
 
-            if (!(isset($attributes['resname']) || isset($translation->source)) || !isset($translation->target)) {
+            if (!(isset($attributes['resname']) || isset($translation->source))) {
                 continue;
             }
 
             $source = isset($attributes['resname']) && $attributes['resname'] ? $attributes['resname'] : $translation->source;
-            $target = (string) $translation->target;
+            $target = (string) isset($translation->target) ? $translation->target : $source;
 
             // If the xlf file has another encoding specified, try to convert it because
             // simple_xml will always return utf-8 encoded values
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
index e5b731b71390d..15ff655ce6981 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/XliffFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ public function testIncompleteResource()
         $loader = new XliffFileLoader();
         $catalogue = $loader->load(__DIR__.'/../fixtures/resources.xlf', 'en', 'domain1');
 
-        $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => 'bar', 'key' => '', 'test' => 'with'), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
-        $this->assertFalse($catalogue->has('extra', 'domain1'));
+        $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => 'bar', 'extra' => 'extra', 'key' => '', 'test' => 'with'), $catalogue->all('domain1'));
     }
 
     public function testEncoding()