diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
index 84b3a69adebe..2d282517f7a3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.php
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ class Request
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
-     * @param array  $query      The GET parameters
-     * @param array  $request    The POST parameters
-     * @param array  $attributes The request attributes (parameters parsed from the PATH_INFO, ...)
-     * @param array  $cookies    The COOKIE parameters
-     * @param array  $files      The FILES parameters
-     * @param array  $server     The SERVER parameters
-     * @param string $content    The raw body data
+     * @param array           $query      The GET parameters
+     * @param array           $request    The POST parameters
+     * @param array           $attributes The request attributes (parameters parsed from the PATH_INFO, ...)
+     * @param array           $cookies    The COOKIE parameters
+     * @param array           $files      The FILES parameters
+     * @param array           $server     The SERVER parameters
+     * @param string|resource $content    The raw body data
      *
      * @api
      */
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ public function __construct(array $query = array(), array $request = array(), ar
      *
      * This method also re-initializes all properties.
      *
-     * @param array  $query      The GET parameters
-     * @param array  $request    The POST parameters
-     * @param array  $attributes The request attributes (parameters parsed from the PATH_INFO, ...)
-     * @param array  $cookies    The COOKIE parameters
-     * @param array  $files      The FILES parameters
-     * @param array  $server     The SERVER parameters
-     * @param string $content    The raw body data
+     * @param array           $query      The GET parameters
+     * @param array           $request    The POST parameters
+     * @param array           $attributes The request attributes (parameters parsed from the PATH_INFO, ...)
+     * @param array           $cookies    The COOKIE parameters
+     * @param array           $files      The FILES parameters
+     * @param array           $server     The SERVER parameters
+     * @param string|resource $content    The raw body data
      *
      * @api
      */
@@ -1465,16 +1465,38 @@ public function isMethodSafe()
      */
     public function getContent($asResource = false)
     {
-        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600 && (false === $this->content || (true === $asResource && null !== $this->content))) {
+        $currentContentIsResource = is_resource($this->content);
+        if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600 && false === $this->content) {
             throw new \LogicException('getContent() can only be called once when using the resource return type and PHP below 5.6.');
         }
 
         if (true === $asResource) {
+            if ($currentContentIsResource) {
+                rewind($this->content);
+
+                return $this->content;
+            }
+
+            // Content passed in parameter (test)
+            if (is_string($this->content)) {
+                $resource = fopen('php://temp','r+');
+                fwrite($resource, $this->content);
+                rewind($resource);
+
+                return $resource;
+            }
+
             $this->content = false;
 
             return fopen('php://input', 'rb');
         }
 
+        if ($currentContentIsResource) {
+            rewind($this->content);
+
+            return stream_get_contents($this->content);
+        }
+
         if (null === $this->content) {
             $this->content = file_get_contents('php://input');
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
index 366b555f9266..797a00acda7b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -923,6 +923,26 @@ public function testGetContentReturnsResource()
         $this->assertTrue(feof($retval));
     }
 
+    public function testGetContentReturnsResourceWhenContentSetInConstructor()
+    {
+        $req = new Request(array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), 'MyContent');
+        $resource = $req->getContent(true);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_resource($resource));
+        $this->assertEquals('MyContent', stream_get_contents($resource));
+    }
+
+    public function testContentAsResource()
+    {
+        $resource = fopen('php://memory','r+');
+        fwrite($resource, 'My other content');
+        rewind($resource);
+
+        $req = new Request(array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), array(), $resource);
+        $this->assertEquals('My other content', stream_get_contents($req->getContent(true)));
+        $this->assertEquals('My other content', $req->getContent());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \LogicException
      * @dataProvider getContentCantBeCalledTwiceWithResourcesProvider
@@ -967,7 +987,6 @@ public function getContentCantBeCalledTwiceWithResourcesProvider()
         return array(
             'Resource then fetch' => array(true, false),
             'Resource then resource' => array(true, true),
-            'Fetch then resource' => array(false, true),
         );
     }