diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Node/TransNode.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Node/TransNode.php
index 0d09918c5b98..a68c101ab0c5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Node/TransNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/Node/TransNode.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 class TransNode extends \Twig_Node
 {
-    public function __construct(\Twig_NodeInterface $body, \Twig_NodeInterface $domain, \Twig_Node_Expression $count = null, \Twig_Node_Expression $vars = null, \Twig_Node_Expression $locale = null, $lineno = 0, $tag = null)
+    public function __construct(\Twig_NodeInterface $body, \Twig_NodeInterface $domain = null, \Twig_Node_Expression $count = null, \Twig_Node_Expression $vars = null, \Twig_Node_Expression $locale = null, $lineno = 0, $tag = null)
     {
         parent::__construct(array('count' => $count, 'body' => $body, 'domain' => $domain, 'vars' => $vars, 'locale' => $locale), array(), $lineno, $tag);
     }
@@ -66,10 +66,14 @@ public function compile(\Twig_Compiler $compiler)
             $compiler->subcompile($defaults);
         }
 
-        $compiler
-            ->raw(', ')
-            ->subcompile($this->getNode('domain'))
-        ;
+        $compiler->raw(', ');
+
+        if (null === $this->getNode('domain')) {
+            $compiler->repr('messages');
+        } else {
+            $compiler->subcompile($this->getNode('domain'));
+        }
+
         if (null !== $this->getNode('locale')) {
             $compiler
                 ->raw(', ')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/NodeVisitor/TranslationNodeVisitor.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/NodeVisitor/TranslationNodeVisitor.php
index 10710fa332f3..2ce1c303bc3c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/NodeVisitor/TranslationNodeVisitor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/NodeVisitor/TranslationNodeVisitor.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function enterNode(\Twig_NodeInterface $node, \Twig_Environment $env)
             // extract trans nodes
             $this->messages[] = array(
                 $node->getNode('body')->getAttribute('data'),
-                $node->getNode('domain')->getAttribute('value'),
+                null === $node->getNode('domain') ? 'messages' : $node->getNode('domain')->getAttribute('value'),
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransChoiceTokenParser.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransChoiceTokenParser.php
index d33510788a09..9862efd19289 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransChoiceTokenParser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransChoiceTokenParser.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function parse(\Twig_Token $token)
 
         $count = $this->parser->getExpressionParser()->parseExpression();
 
-        $domain = new \Twig_Node_Expression_Constant('messages', $lineno);
+        $domain = null;
         $locale = null;
 
         if ($stream->test('with')) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransTokenParser.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransTokenParser.php
index 254d8c8f85a2..e3a135198e38 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransTokenParser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/Twig/TokenParser/TransTokenParser.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function parse(\Twig_Token $token)
         $stream = $this->parser->getStream();
 
         $vars = new \Twig_Node_Expression_Array(array(), $lineno);
-        $domain = new \Twig_Node_Expression_Constant('messages', $lineno);
+        $domain = null;
         $locale = null;
         if (!$stream->test(\Twig_Token::BLOCK_END_TYPE)) {
             if ($stream->test('with')) {