diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
index 8ba96680aa54..a1aff1a87247 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Loader/PoFileLoader.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private function parse($resource)
     private function addMessage(array &$messages, array $item)
     {
         if (is_array($item['translated'])) {
-            $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripcslashes($item['translated'][0]);
+            $messages[stripcslashes($item['ids']['singular'])] = stripcslashes($item['translated'][0]);
             if (isset($item['ids']['plural'])) {
                 $plurals = $item['translated'];
                 // PO are by definition indexed so sort by index.
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ private function addMessage(array &$messages, array $item)
                 $empties = array_fill(0, $count+1, '-');
                 $plurals += $empties;
                 ksort($plurals);
-                $messages[$item['ids']['plural']] = stripcslashes(implode('|', $plurals));
+                $messages[stripcslashes($item['ids']['plural'])] = stripcslashes(implode('|', $plurals));
             }
         } elseif (!empty($item['ids']['singular'])) {
-              $messages[$item['ids']['singular']] = stripcslashes($item['translated']);
+              $messages[stripcslashes($item['ids']['singular'])] = stripcslashes($item['translated']);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
index cd3d85a1a14b..92fc58b188e7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Loader/PoFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -76,4 +76,28 @@ public function testLoadEmptyTranslation()
         $this->assertEquals('en', $catalogue->getLocale());
         $this->assertEquals(array(new FileResource($resource)), $catalogue->getResources());
     }
+
+    public function testEscapedId()
+    {
+        $loader = new PoFileLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/escaped-id.po';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $messages = $catalogue->all('domain1');
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('escaped "foo"', $messages);
+        $this->assertEquals('escaped "bar"', $messages['escaped "foo"']);
+    }
+
+    public function testEscapedIdPlurals()
+    {
+        $loader = new PoFileLoader();
+        $resource = __DIR__.'/../fixtures/escaped-id-plurals.po';
+        $catalogue = $loader->load($resource, 'en', 'domain1');
+
+        $messages = $catalogue->all('domain1');
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('escaped "foo"', $messages);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('escaped "foos"', $messages);
+        $this->assertEquals('escaped "bar"', $messages['escaped "foo"']);
+        $this->assertEquals('escaped "bar"|escaped "bars"', $messages['escaped "foos"']);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id-plurals.po b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id-plurals.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c412aa26ec89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id-plurals.po
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: en\n"
+
+msgid "escaped \"foo\""
+msgid_plural "escaped \"foos\""
+msgstr[0] "escaped \"bar\""
+msgstr[1] "escaped \"bars\""
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id.po b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..308eadd92659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/fixtures/escaped-id.po
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: en\n"
+
+msgid "escaped \"foo\""
+msgstr "escaped \"bar\""