diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 77f3d15f0024..63d25918913f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -1310,6 +1310,22 @@ public function getMimeType($format)
         return isset(static::$formats[$format]) ? static::$formats[$format][0] : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the mime types associated with the format.
+     *
+     * @param string $format The format
+     *
+     * @return array The associated mime types
+     */
+    public static function getMimeTypes($format)
+    {
+        if (null === static::$formats) {
+            static::initializeFormats();
+        }
+
+        return isset(static::$formats[$format]) ? static::$formats[$format] : array();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the format associated with the mime type.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 70bc15bce6fc..365c9d3cec00 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ public function testGetMimeTypeFromFormat($format, $mimeTypes)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getFormatToMimeTypeMapProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetMimeTypesFromFormat($format, $mimeTypes)
+    {
+        if (null !== $format) {
+            $this->assertEquals($mimeTypes, Request::getMimeTypes($format));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testGetMimeTypesFromInexistentFormat()
+    {
+        $request = new Request();
+        $this->assertNull($request->getMimeType('foo'));
+        $this->assertEquals(array(), Request::getMimeTypes('foo'));
+    }
+
     public function getFormatToMimeTypeMapProvider()
     {
         return array(