diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
index a9a004735b11..a7318dd39fc5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ protected function configure()
                 new InputOption('force', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Should the update be done'),
                 new InputOption('no-backup', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Should backup be disabled'),
                 new InputOption('clean', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Should clean not found messages'),
+                new InputOption('domain', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Specify the domain to update'),
             ))
             ->setDescription('Updates the translation file')
             ->setHelp(<<<'EOF'
@@ -139,6 +140,11 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             }
         }
 
+        if (null !== $domain = $input->getOption('domain')) {
+            $currentCatalogue = $this->filterCatalogue($currentCatalogue, $domain);
+            $extractedCatalogue = $this->filterCatalogue($extractedCatalogue, $domain);
+        }
+
         // process catalogues
         $operation = $input->getOption('clean')
             ? new TargetOperation($currentCatalogue, $extractedCatalogue)
@@ -213,4 +219,23 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
 
         $io->success($resultMessage.'.');
     }
+
+    private function filterCatalogue(MessageCatalogue $catalogue, $domain)
+    {
+        $filteredCatalogue = new MessageCatalogue($catalogue->getLocale());
+
+        if ($messages = $catalogue->all($domain)) {
+            $filteredCatalogue->add($messages, $domain);
+        }
+        foreach ($catalogue->getResources() as $resource) {
+            $filteredCatalogue->addResource($resource);
+        }
+        if ($metadata = $catalogue->getMetadata('', $domain)) {
+            foreach ($metadata as $k => $v) {
+                $filteredCatalogue->setMetadata($k, $v, $domain);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $filteredCatalogue;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
index f7eca9d366d3..d815c9d610a3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
@@ -25,19 +25,34 @@ class TranslationUpdateCommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     public function testDumpMessagesAndClean()
     {
-        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('foo' => 'foo')));
+        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('messages' => array('foo' => 'foo'))));
         $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--dump-messages' => true, '--clean' => true));
         $this->assertRegExp('/foo/', $tester->getDisplay());
         $this->assertRegExp('/2 messages were successfully extracted/', $tester->getDisplay());
     }
 
+    public function testDumpMessagesForSpecificDomain()
+    {
+        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('messages' => array('foo' => 'foo'), 'mydomain' => array('bar' => 'bar'))));
+        $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--dump-messages' => true, '--clean' => true, '--domain' => 'mydomain'));
+        $this->assertRegExp('/bar/', $tester->getDisplay());
+        $this->assertRegExp('/2 messages were successfully extracted/', $tester->getDisplay());
+    }
+
     public function testWriteMessages()
     {
-        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('foo' => 'foo')));
+        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('messages' => array('foo' => 'foo'))));
         $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--force' => true));
         $this->assertRegExp('/Translation files were successfully updated./', $tester->getDisplay());
     }
 
+    public function testWriteMessagesForSpecificDomain()
+    {
+        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('messages' => array('foo' => 'foo'), 'mydomain' => array('bar' => 'bar'))));
+        $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--force' => true, '--domain' => 'mydomain'));
+        $this->assertRegExp('/Translation files were successfully updated./', $tester->getDisplay());
+    }
+
     protected function setUp()
     {
         $this->fs = new Filesystem();
@@ -82,7 +97,9 @@ private function getContainer($extractedMessages = array(), $loadedMessages = ar
             ->method('extract')
             ->will(
                 $this->returnCallback(function ($path, $catalogue) use ($extractedMessages) {
-                  $catalogue->add($extractedMessages);
+                    foreach ($extractedMessages as $domain => $messages) {
+                        $catalogue->add($messages, $domain);
+                    }
                 })
             );