diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Extension/AssetsExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Extension/AssetsExtension.php
index 20834d7fa207..9dd6a2b96314 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Extension/AssetsExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Extension/AssetsExtension.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Extension;
 
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
 
 /**
  * Twig extension for Symfony assets helper
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@
 class AssetsExtension extends \Twig_Extension
 {
     private $container;
+    private $context;
 
-    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
+    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container, RequestContext $requestContext)
     {
         $this->container = $container;
+        $this->context = $requestContext;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,14 +48,21 @@ public function getFunctions()
      *
      * Absolute paths (i.e. http://...) are returned unmodified.
      *
-     * @param string $path        A public path
-     * @param string $packageName The name of the asset package to use
+     * @param string  $path        A public path
+     * @param string  $packageName The name of the asset package to use
+     * @param Boolean $absolute    Whether to return an absolute URL or a relative one
      *
      * @return string A public path which takes into account the base path and URL path
      */
-    public function getAssetUrl($path, $packageName = null)
+    public function getAssetUrl($path, $packageName = null, $absolute = false)
     {
-        return $this->container->get('templating.helper.assets')->getUrl($path, $packageName);
+        $url = $this->container->get('templating.helper.assets')->getUrl($path, $packageName);
+
+        if (!$absolute) {
+            return $url;
+        }
+
+        return $this->ensureUrlIsAbsolute($url);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -76,4 +86,33 @@ public function getName()
     {
         return 'assets';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures an URL is absolute, if possible.
+     *
+     * @param string $url The URL that has to be absolute
+     *
+     * @return string The absolute URL
+     */
+    private function ensureUrlIsAbsolute($url)
+    {
+        if (false !== strpos($url, '://') || 0 === strpos($url, '//')) {
+            return $url;
+        }
+
+        if ('' === $host = $this->context->getHost()) {
+            return $url;
+        }
+
+        $scheme = $this->context->getScheme();
+        $port = '';
+
+        if ('http' === $scheme && 80 != $this->context->getHttpPort()) {
+            $port = ':'.$this->context->getHttpPort();
+        } elseif ('https' === $scheme && 443 != $this->context->getHttpsPort()) {
+            $port = ':'.$this->context->getHttpsPort();
+        }
+
+        return $scheme.'://'.$host.$port.$url;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
index 5efbe9d6d4f4..945bd876a07a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Resources/config/twig.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         <service id="twig.extension.assets" class="%twig.extension.assets.class%" public="false">
             <tag name="twig.extension" />
             <argument type="service" id="service_container" />
+            <argument type="service" id="router.request_context" />
         </service>
 
         <service id="twig.extension.actions" class="%twig.extension.actions.class%" public="false">
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/Extension/AssetsExtensionTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/Extension/AssetsExtensionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5652af57dd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/Tests/Extension/AssetsExtensionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Tests\Extension;
+
+use Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Extension\AssetsExtension;
+use Symfony\Bundle\TwigBundle\Tests\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext;
+
+class AssetsExtensionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideGetGetAssetUrlArguments
+     */
+    public function testGetAssetUrl($path, $packageName, $absolute, $relativeUrl, $expectedUrl, $scheme, $host, $httpPort, $httpsPort)
+    {
+        $helper = $this->createHelperMock($path, $packageName, $relativeUrl);
+        $container = $this->createContainerMock($helper);
+
+        $context = $this->createRequestContextMock($scheme, $host, $httpPort, $httpsPort);
+
+        $extension = new AssetsExtension($container, $context);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedUrl, $extension->getAssetUrl($path, $packageName, $absolute));
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAssetWithtoutHost()
+    {
+        $path = '/path/to/asset';
+        $packageName = null;
+        $relativeUrl = '/bundle-name/path/to/asset';
+
+        $helper = $this->createHelperMock($path, $packageName, $relativeUrl);
+        $container = $this->createContainerMock($helper);
+
+        $context = $this->createRequestContextMock('http', '', 80, 443);
+
+        $extension = new AssetsExtension($container, $context);
+        $this->assertEquals($relativeUrl, $extension->getAssetUrl($path, $packageName, true));
+    }
+
+    public function provideGetGetAssetUrlArguments()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('/path/to/asset', 'package-name', false, '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 80, null),
+            array('/path/to/asset', 'package-name', false, 'http://subdomain.symfony.com/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http://subdomain.symfony.com/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 80, null),
+            array('/path/to/asset', null, false, '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 80, null),
+            array('/path/to/asset', 'package-name', true, '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http://symfony.com/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 80, null),
+            array('/path/to/asset', 'package-name', true, 'http://subdomain.symfony.com/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http://subdomain.symfony.com/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 80, null),
+            array('/path/to/asset', null, true, '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'https://symfony.com:92/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'https', 'symfony.com', null, 92),
+            array('/path/to/asset', null, true, '/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http://symfony.com:660/bundle-name/path/to/asset', 'http', 'symfony.com', 660, null),
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function createRequestContextMock($scheme, $host, $httpPort, $httpsPort)
+    {
+        $context = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContext')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+        $context->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getScheme')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($scheme));
+        $context->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getHost')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($host));
+        $context->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getHttpPort')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($httpPort));
+        $context->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getHttpsPort')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($httpsPort));
+
+        return $context;
+    }
+
+    private function createContainerMock($helper)
+    {
+        $container = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface');
+        $container->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('get')
+            ->with('templating.helper.assets')
+            ->will($this->returnValue($helper));
+
+        return $container;
+    }
+
+    private function createHelperMock($path, $packageName, $returnValue)
+    {
+        $helper = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Templating\Helper\CoreAssetsHelper')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+        $helper->expects($this->any())
+            ->method('getUrl')
+            ->with($path, $packageName)
+            ->will($this->returnValue($returnValue));
+
+        return $helper;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/composer.json
index 88d866989ad2..49e32a193e09 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/TwigBundle/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "symfony/stopwatch": "~2.2",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "~2.0",
-        "symfony/config": "~2.2"
+        "symfony/config": "~2.2",
+        "symfony/routing": "~2.1",
+        "symfony/templating": "~2.1"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-0": { "Symfony\\Bundle\\TwigBundle\\": "" }