diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1dd72229..98d65344 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ $isoCodes = new IsoCodesFactory(null, new GettextExtensionDriver());
 
 // symfony driver
 $driver = new SymfonyTranslationDriver();
+
+// You can also specify a cache directory for better performance. If you are 
+// using the SymfonyTranslationDriver within a Symfony project, you can inject 
+// the `%kernel.cache_dir%/translations` value.
+$cacheDir = '...';
+
+$driver = new SymfonyTranslationDriver($cacheDir)
+
 $driver->setLocale('uk_UA');
 
 $isoCodes = new IsoCodesFactory(
diff --git a/src/TranslationDriver/SymfonyTranslationDriver.php b/src/TranslationDriver/SymfonyTranslationDriver.php
index 41626dd8..6ff144aa 100644
--- a/src/TranslationDriver/SymfonyTranslationDriver.php
+++ b/src/TranslationDriver/SymfonyTranslationDriver.php
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class SymfonyTranslationDriver implements TranslationDriverInterface
      */
     private $locale = 'en';
 
-    public function __construct()
+    public function __construct(?string $cacheDirectory = null)
     {
-        $this->translator = new Translator($this->locale);
+        $this->translator = new Translator($this->locale, null, $cacheDirectory);
         $this->translator->addLoader('mo', new MoFileLoader());
     }