diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
index 853e00eb2bbec..e3f7fb0a14610 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+4.1.0
+-----
+
+* added `MissingConstructorArgumentsException` new exception for deserialization failure
+  of objects that needs data insertion in constructor
+* added an optional `default_constructor_arguments` option of context to specify a default data in
+  case the object is not initializable by its constructor because of data missing
+
 4.0.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/MissingConstructorArgumentsException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/MissingConstructorArgumentsException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b9b768b53f5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Exception/MissingConstructorArgumentsException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?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\Serializer\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * IncompleteInputDataException.
+ *
+ * @author Maxime VEBER <maxime.veber@nekland.fr>
+ */
+class MissingConstructorArgumentsException extends RuntimeException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index c43f0598a820a..6442e98a1473f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\CircularReferenceException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\MissingConstructorArgumentsException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ abstract class AbstractNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerIn
     const GROUPS = 'groups';
     const ATTRIBUTES = 'attributes';
     const ALLOW_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTES = 'allow_extra_attributes';
+    const DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENTS = 'default_constructor_arguments';
 
     /**
      * @var int
@@ -308,6 +310,7 @@ protected function getConstructor(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Reflec
      * @return object
      *
      * @throws RuntimeException
+     * @throws MissingConstructorArgumentsException
      */
     protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \ReflectionClass $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes, string $format = null)
     {
@@ -353,10 +356,12 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
                     // Don't run set for a parameter passed to the constructor
                     $params[] = $parameterData;
                     unset($data[$key]);
+                } elseif (isset($context[static::DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENTS][$class][$key])) {
+                    $params[] = $context[static::DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENTS][$class][$key];
                 } elseif ($constructorParameter->isDefaultValueAvailable()) {
                     $params[] = $constructorParameter->getDefaultValue();
                 } else {
-                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                    throw new MissingConstructorArgumentsException(
                         sprintf(
                             'Cannot create an instance of %s from serialized data because its constructor requires parameter "%s" to be present.',
                             $class,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
index f2d389a0df07e..68f062cd5dcc6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -203,6 +203,38 @@ public function testConstructorWithUnknownObjectTypeHintDenormalize()
         $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyWithConstructorInexistingObject::class);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\MissingConstructorArgumentsException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Cannot create an instance of Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\DummyValueObject from serialized data because its constructor requires parameter "bar" to be present.
+     */
+    public function testConstructorWithMissingData()
+    {
+        $data = array(
+            'foo' => 10,
+        );
+
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+
+        $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyValueObject::class);
+    }
+
+    public function testFillWithEmptyDataWhenMissingData()
+    {
+        $data = array(
+            'foo' => 10,
+        );
+
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+
+        $result = $normalizer->denormalize($data, DummyValueObject::class, 'json', array(
+            'default_constructor_arguments' => array(
+                DummyValueObject::class => array('foo' => '', 'bar' => ''),
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(new DummyValueObject(10, ''), $result);
+    }
+
     public function testGroupsNormalize()
     {
         $classMetadataFactory = new ClassMetadataFactory(new AnnotationLoader(new AnnotationReader()));
@@ -1025,6 +1057,17 @@ public function __construct($id, Unknown $unknown)
     {
     }
 }
+class DummyValueObject
+{
+    private $foo;
+    private $bar;
+
+    public function __construct($foo, $bar)
+    {
+        $this->foo = $foo;
+        $this->bar = $bar;
+    }
+}
 
 class JsonNumber
 {