diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 6625570009b4..9ba2d0ad45d0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ private function addTranslatorSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $rootNode)
                             ->defaultValue(array('en'))
                         ->end()
                         ->booleanNode('logging')->defaultValue(false)->end()
-                        ->scalarNode('formatter')->defaultValue('translator.formatter.default')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('formatter')->defaultValue(class_exists(\MessageFormatter::class) ? 'translator.formatter.default' : 'translator.formatter.symfony')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('default_path')
                             ->info('The default path used to load translations')
                             ->defaultValue('%kernel.project_dir%/translations')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
index 42434b62d551..c37e556d7fad 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/translation.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@
             <tag name="monolog.logger" channel="translation" />
         </service>
 
-        <service id="translator.formatter.default" class="Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\MessageFormatter">
+        <service id="translator.formatter.symfony" class="Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\MessageFormatter">
             <argument type="service" id="identity_translator" />
         </service>
+        <service id="translator.formatter.intl" class="Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\IntlMessageFormatter" public="false" />
+        <service id="translator.formatter.fallback" class="Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\FallbackFormatter" public="false">
+            <argument type="service" id="translator.formatter.intl" />
+            <argument type="service" id="translator.formatter.symfony" />
+        </service>
+        <service id="translator.formatter.default" alias="translator.formatter.fallback" />
 
         <service id="translation.loader.php" class="Symfony\Component\Translation\Loader\PhpFileLoader">
             <tag name="translation.loader" alias="php" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/CHANGELOG.md
index 6397c3c23219..9f9fa5abf374 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CHANGELOG
  * Started using ICU parent locales as fallback locales.
  * deprecated `TranslatorInterface` in favor of `Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface`
  * deprecated `MessageSelector`, `Interval` and `PluralizationRules`; use `IdentityTranslator` instead
+ * Added `IntlMessageFormatter` and `FallbackMessageFormatter`
 
 4.1.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/FallbackFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/FallbackFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fac98a4a52de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/FallbackFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?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\Component\Translation\Formatter;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\LogicException;
+
+class FallbackFormatter implements MessageFormatterInterface, ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var MessageFormatterInterface|ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface
+     */
+    private $firstFormatter;
+
+    /**
+     * @var MessageFormatterInterface|ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface
+     */
+    private $secondFormatter;
+
+    public function __construct(MessageFormatterInterface $firstFormatter, MessageFormatterInterface $secondFormatter)
+    {
+        $this->firstFormatter = $firstFormatter;
+        $this->secondFormatter = $secondFormatter;
+    }
+
+    public function format($message, $locale, array $parameters = array())
+    {
+        try {
+            $result = $this->firstFormatter->format($message, $locale, $parameters);
+        } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            return $this->secondFormatter->format($message, $locale, $parameters);
+        }
+
+        if ($result === $message) {
+            $result = $this->secondFormatter->format($message, $locale, $parameters);
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
+
+    public function choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, array $parameters = array())
+    {
+        // If both support ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface
+        if ($this->firstFormatter instanceof ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface && $this->secondFormatter instanceof ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface) {
+            try {
+                $result = $this->firstFormatter->choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, $parameters);
+            } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+                return $this->secondFormatter->choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, $parameters);
+            }
+
+            if ($result === $message) {
+                $result = $this->secondFormatter->choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, $parameters);
+            }
+
+            return $result;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->firstFormatter instanceof ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface) {
+            return $this->firstFormatter->choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, $parameters);
+        }
+
+        if ($this->secondFormatter instanceof ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface) {
+            return $this->secondFormatter->choiceFormat($message, $number, $locale, $parameters);
+        }
+
+        throw new LogicException(sprintf('No formatters support plural translations.'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatter.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f1ee797a0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
+ * @author Abdellatif Ait boudad <a.aitboudad@gmail.com>
+ */
+class IntlMessageFormatter implements MessageFormatterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function format($message, $locale, array $parameters = array())
+    {
+        try {
+            $formatter = new \MessageFormatter($locale, $message);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid message format (%s, error #%d).', intl_get_error_message(), intl_get_error_code()), 0, $e);
+        }
+
+        $message = $formatter->format($parameters);
+        if (U_ZERO_ERROR !== $formatter->getErrorCode()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Unable to format message ( %s, error #%s).', $formatter->getErrorMessage(), $formatter->getErrorCode()));
+        }
+
+        return $message;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/FallbackFormatterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/FallbackFormatterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b3cba109afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/FallbackFormatterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+<?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\Component\Translation\Tests\Formatter;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\FallbackFormatter;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\MessageFormatterInterface;
+
+class FallbackFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    public function testFormatSame()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->with('foo', 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('foo');
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->with('foo', 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->format('foo', 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testFormatDifferent()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->with('foo', 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('new value');
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format')
+            ->withAnyParameters();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('new value', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->format('foo', 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testFormatException()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->willThrowException(new InvalidArgumentException());
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->with('foo', 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->format('foo', 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testFormatExceptionUnknown()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('format')
+            ->willThrowException(new \RuntimeException());
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format');
+
+        $this->expectException(\RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->format('foo', 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatSame()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('foo');
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatDifferent()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('new value');
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->withAnyParameters()
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('new value', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatException()
+    {
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->willThrowException(new InvalidArgumentException());
+
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatOnlyFirst()
+    {
+        // Implements both interfaces
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        // Implements only one interface
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format')
+            ->withAnyParameters()
+            ->willReturn('error');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatOnlySecond()
+    {
+        // Implements only one interface
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format')
+            ->withAnyParameters()
+            ->willReturn('error');
+
+        // Implements both interfaces
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(SuperFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format', 'choiceFormat'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('choiceFormat')
+            ->with('foo', 1, 'en', array(2))
+            ->willReturn('bar');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+
+    public function testChoiceFormatNoChoiceFormat()
+    {
+        // Implements only one interface
+        $first = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $first
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format');
+
+        // Implements both interfaces
+        $second = $this->getMockBuilder(MessageFormatterInterface::class)->setMethods(array('format'))->getMock();
+        $second
+            ->expects($this->exactly(0))
+            ->method('format');
+
+        $this->expectException(LogicException::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', (new FallbackFormatter($first, $second))->choiceFormat('foo', 1, 'en', array(2)));
+    }
+}
+
+interface SuperFormatterInterface extends MessageFormatterInterface, ChoiceMessageFormatterInterface
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b5d89f8353e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Translation/Tests/Formatter/IntlMessageFormatterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?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\Component\Translation\Tests\Formatter;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Formatter\IntlMessageFormatter;
+
+class IntlMessageFormatterTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        if (!\extension_loaded('intl')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The Intl extension is not available.');
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideDataForFormat
+     */
+    public function testFormat($expected, $message, $arguments)
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, trim((new IntlMessageFormatter())->format($message, 'en', $arguments)));
+    }
+
+    public function testInvalidFormat()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        (new IntlMessageFormatter())->format('{foo', 'en', array(2));
+    }
+
+    public function testFormatWithNamedArguments()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(INTL_ICU_VERSION, '4.8', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Format with named arguments can only be run with ICU 4.8 or higher and PHP >= 5.5');
+        }
+
+        $chooseMessage = <<<'_MSG_'
+{gender_of_host, select,
+  female {{num_guests, plural, offset:1
+      =0 {{host} does not give a party.}
+      =1 {{host} invites {guest} to her party.}
+      =2 {{host} invites {guest} and one other person to her party.}
+     other {{host} invites {guest} as one of the # people invited to her party.}}}
+  male   {{num_guests, plural, offset:1
+      =0 {{host} does not give a party.}
+      =1 {{host} invites {guest} to his party.}
+      =2 {{host} invites {guest} and one other person to his party.}
+     other {{host} invites {guest} as one of the # people invited to his party.}}}
+  other {{num_guests, plural, offset:1
+      =0 {{host} does not give a party.}
+      =1 {{host} invites {guest} to their party.}
+      =2 {{host} invites {guest} and one other person to their party.}
+     other {{host} invites {guest} as one of the # people invited to their party.}}}}
+_MSG_;
+
+        $message = (new IntlMessageFormatter())->format($chooseMessage, 'en', array(
+            'gender_of_host' => 'male',
+            'num_guests' => 10,
+            'host' => 'Fabien',
+            'guest' => 'Guilherme',
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Fabien invites Guilherme as one of the 9 people invited to his party.', $message);
+    }
+
+    public function provideDataForFormat()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                'There is one apple',
+                'There is one apple',
+                array(),
+            ),
+            array(
+                '4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree',
+                '{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree',
+                array(4560, 123, 4560 / 123),
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+}