diff --git a/src/Model/Translatable/TranslatableMethods.php b/src/Model/Translatable/TranslatableMethods.php
index 13870108..f83d0dc0 100644
--- a/src/Model/Translatable/TranslatableMethods.php
+++ b/src/Model/Translatable/TranslatableMethods.php
@@ -103,8 +103,15 @@ protected function doTranslate($locale = null, $fallbackToDefault = true)
             return $translation;
         }
 
-        if ($fallbackToDefault && $defaultTranslation = $this->findTranslationByLocale($this->getDefaultLocale(), false)) {
-            return $defaultTranslation;
+        if ($fallbackToDefault) {
+            if (($fallbackLocale = $this->computeFallbackLocale($locale))
+                && ($translation = $this->findTranslationByLocale($fallbackLocale))) {
+                return $translation;
+            }
+
+            if ($defaultTranslation = $this->findTranslationByLocale($this->getDefaultLocale(), false)) {
+                return $defaultTranslation;
+            }
         }
 
         $class       = self::getTranslationEntityClass();
@@ -208,4 +215,13 @@ protected function findTranslationByLocale($locale, $withNewTranslations = true)
             return $this->getNewTranslations()->get($locale);
         }
     }
+
+    protected function computeFallbackLocale($locale)
+    {
+        if (strrchr($locale, '_') !== false) {
+            return substr($locale, 0, -strlen(strrchr($locale, '_')));
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Knp/DoctrineBehaviors/ORM/TranslatableTest.php b/tests/Knp/DoctrineBehaviors/ORM/TranslatableTest.php
index 449f18b2..542067ab 100644
--- a/tests/Knp/DoctrineBehaviors/ORM/TranslatableTest.php
+++ b/tests/Knp/DoctrineBehaviors/ORM/TranslatableTest.php
@@ -83,6 +83,45 @@ public function should_persist_translations()
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function should_fallback_country_locale_to_language_only_translation()
+    {
+        $em = $this->getEntityManager();
+
+        $entity = new \BehaviorFixtures\ORM\TranslatableEntity();
+        $entity->translate('en', false)->setTitle('plastic bag');
+        $entity->translate('fr', false)->setTitle('sac plastique');
+        $entity->translate('fr_CH', false)->setTitle('cornet');
+        $entity->mergeNewTranslations();
+
+        $em->persist($entity);
+        $em->flush();
+        $id = $entity->getId();
+        $em->clear();
+
+        $entity = $em
+            ->getRepository('BehaviorFixtures\ORM\TranslatableEntity')
+            ->find($id)
+        ;
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'plastic bag',
+            $entity->translate('de')->getTitle()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'sac plastique',
+            $entity->translate('fr_FR')->getTitle()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'cornet',
+            $entity->translate('fr_CH')->getTitle()
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */