diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
index 1bc3aa492ee4..97e365008b29 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/HttpCache/HttpCache.php
@@ -413,6 +413,14 @@ protected function fetch(Request $request, $catch = false)
         $subRequest->headers->remove('if_modified_since');
         $subRequest->headers->remove('if_none_match');
 
+        // modify the X-Forwarded-For header if needed
+        $forwardedFor = $subRequest->headers->get('X-Forwarded-For');
+        if ($forwardedFor) {
+            $subRequest->headers->set('X-Forwarded-For', $forwardedFor.', '.$subRequest->server->get('REMOTE_ADDR'));
+        } else {
+            $subRequest->headers->set('X-Forwarded-For', $subRequest->server->get('REMOTE_ADDR'));
+        }
+
         // fix the client IP address by setting it to 127.0.0.1 as HttpCache
         // is always called from the same process as the backend.
         $subRequest->server->set('REMOTE_ADDR', '127.0.0.1');
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheTest.php
index 31dbbd555cf9..89203a8ae2da 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/HttpCache/HttpCacheTest.php
@@ -1042,4 +1042,28 @@ public function testClientIpIsAlwaysLocalhostForForwardedRequests()
 
         $this->assertEquals('127.0.0.1', $this->kernel->getBackendRequest()->server->get('REMOTE_ADDR'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getXForwardedForData
+     */
+    public function testXForwarderForHeaderForForwardedRequests($xForwardedFor, $expected)
+    {
+        $this->setNextResponse();
+        $server = array('REMOTE_ADDR' => '10.0.0.1');
+        if (false !== $xForwardedFor) {
+            $server['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] = $xForwardedFor;
+        }
+        $this->request('GET', '/', $server);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->kernel->getBackendRequest()->headers->get('X-Forwarded-For'));
+    }
+
+    public function getXForwardedForData()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(false, '10.0.0.1'),
+            array('10.0.0.2', '10.0.0.2, 10.0.0.1'),
+            array('10.0.0.2, 10.0.0.3', '10.0.0.2, 10.0.0.3, 10.0.0.1'),
+        );
+    }
 }