diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index f2fc7d52a840..04f2558451cb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ public function mkdir($dirs, $mode = 0777)
         return $ret;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks the existence of files or directories.
+     *
+     * @param string|array|\Traversable $files A filename, an array of files, or a \Traversable instance to check
+     *
+     * @return Boolean true if the file exists, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function exists($files)
+    {
+        foreach ($this->toIterator($files) as $file) {
+            if (!file_exists($file)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates empty files.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
index 9a78b7727c3b..e3d5408d1c91 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Filesystem/Tests/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -313,6 +313,56 @@ public function testRemoveCleansInvalidLinks()
         $this->assertTrue(!is_dir($basePath));
     }
 
+    public function testFilesExists()
+    {
+        $basePath = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'directory'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+        mkdir($basePath);
+        touch($basePath.'file1');
+        mkdir($basePath.'folder');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->filesystem->exists($basePath.'file1'));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->filesystem->exists($basePath.'folder'));
+    }
+
+    public function testFilesExistsTraversableObjectOfFilesAndDirectories()
+    {
+        $basePath = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+        mkdir($basePath.'dir');
+        touch($basePath.'file');
+
+        $files = new \ArrayObject(array(
+            $basePath.'dir', $basePath.'file'
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->filesystem->exists($files));
+    }
+
+    public function testFilesNotExistsTraversableObjectOfFilesAndDirectories()
+    {
+        $basePath = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+        mkdir($basePath.'dir');
+        touch($basePath.'file');
+        touch($basePath.'file2');
+
+        $files = new \ArrayObject(array(
+            $basePath.'dir', $basePath.'file', $basePath.'file2'
+        ));
+
+        unlink($basePath.'file');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->filesystem->exists($files));
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidFileNotExists()
+    {
+        $basePath = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'directory'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->filesystem->exists($basePath.time()));
+    }
+
     public function testChmodChangesFileMode()
     {
         $this->markAsSkippedIfChmodIsMissing();
@@ -421,18 +471,18 @@ public function testSymlink()
         $this->assertTrue(is_link($link));
         $this->assertEquals($file, readlink($link));
     }
-    
+
     /**
-     * @depends testSymlink 
+     * @depends testSymlink
      */
     public function testRemoveSymlink()
     {
         $this->markAsSkippedIfSymlinkIsMissing();
-        
+
         $link = $this->workspace.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'link';
-        
+
         $this->filesystem->remove($link);
-        
+
         $this->assertTrue(!is_link($link));
     }