diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 710ba8e9..328d47eb 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ private function addOdmSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $node)
                                 'locales' => true,
                                 'locale' => true,
                                 'locale_chooser' => true,
+                                'default_locale' => true,
                             );
                             $documentManagers = array();
                             foreach ($v as $key => $value) {
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ private function addOdmSection(ArrayNodeDefinition $node)
                             ->values(array('hardcoded', 'merge', 'replace'))
                             ->defaultValue('hardcoded')
                         ->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('default_locale')->end()
                         ->arrayNode('namespaces')
                             ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
                             ->children()
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/DoctrinePHPCRExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/DoctrinePHPCRExtension.php
index 3b645497..90a59485 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/DoctrinePHPCRExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/DoctrinePHPCRExtension.php
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ private function loadOdmLocales(array $config, ContainerBuilder $container)
 
             $container->setParameter('doctrine_phpcr.odm.locales', $config['locales']);
             $container->setParameter('doctrine_phpcr.odm.allowed_locales', array_keys($config['locales']));
+            if (isset($config['default_locale']) && !is_null($config['default_locale'])) {
+                $defaultLocale = $config['default_locale'];
+                if (!isset($config['locales'][$defaultLocale])) {
+                    throw new InvalidConfigurationException('Default locale must be listed in locale list');
+                }
+            } else {
+                $defaultLocale = key($config['locales']);
+            }
+            $container->setParameter('doctrine_phpcr.odm.default_locale', $defaultLocale);
             $container->setParameter('doctrine_phpcr.odm.default_locale', key($config['locales']));
             $container->setParameter('doctrine_phpcr.odm.locale_fallback', $config['locale_fallback'] == 'hardcoded' ? null : $config['locale_fallback']);
 
diff --git a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.php b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.php
index d5a2f14b..a2aaa0e1 100644
--- a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.php
+++ b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
             'fr' => array('en', 'de'),
         ),
         'locale_fallback' => 'hardcoded',
+        'default_locale' => 'fr',
     ),
     'jackrabbit_jar' => '/path/to/jackrabbit.jar',
     'dump_max_line_length' => 20,
diff --git a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.xml b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.xml
index 04f1c64f..1ee8a25d 100644
--- a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.xml
+++ b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
                 <fallback>en</fallback>
                 <fallback>de</fallback>
             </locale>
+            <default_locale>fr</default_locale>
         </odm>
 
     </config>
diff --git a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.yml b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.yml
index 068211e3..daffae48 100644
--- a/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.yml
+++ b/Tests/Resources/Fixtures/config/single.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ doctrine_phpcr:
             de: [en, fr]
             fr: [en, de]
         locale_fallback: hardcoded
+        default_locale: fr
 
     jackrabbit_jar:       /path/to/jackrabbit.jar
     dump_max_line_length:  20
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 32eb0a06..f2c3490f 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public function configurations()
                     'fr' => array('en', 'de'),
                 ),
                 'locale_fallback' => 'hardcoded',
+                'default_locale' => 'fr',
                 'default_document_manager' => 'default',
                 'document_managers' => array(
                     'default' => array(