diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 4880d2534d8f5..1c94bfa38b181 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ private function addTwigOptions(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
                     ->end()
                     ->prototype('variable')->end()
                 ->end()
+                ->scalarNode('default_path')
+                    ->defaultValue('%kernel.project_dir%/templates')
+                ->end()
             ->end()
         ;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
index b3cde40b6f14e..30fe4d4f88dfa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/DependencyInjection/TwigExtension.php
@@ -122,12 +122,16 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
             foreach ($bundle['paths'] as $path) {
                 $twigFilesystemLoaderDefinition->addMethodCall('addPath', array($path, $namespace));
             }
+
+            $twigFilesystemLoaderDefinition->addMethodCall('addPath', array($config['default_path'].'/bundles/'.$namespace, $namespace));
         }
 
         if ($container->fileExists($dir = $container->getParameter('kernel.root_dir').'/Resources/views', false)) {
             $twigFilesystemLoaderDefinition->addMethodCall('addPath', array($dir));
         }
 
+        $twigFilesystemLoaderDefinition->addMethodCall('addPath', array($config['default_path']));
+
         if (!empty($config['globals'])) {
             $def = $container->getDefinition('twig');
             foreach ($config['globals'] as $key => $global) {