diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
index 7c493f62e365..d7a345bd113a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
@@ -1898,8 +1898,10 @@ private function getServiceCall($id, Reference $reference = null)
             return '$this';
         }
 
-        if ($this->container->hasDefinition($id) && ($definition = $this->container->getDefinition($id)) && !$definition->isSynthetic()) {
-            if (null !== $reference && ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE === $reference->getInvalidBehavior()) {
+        if ($this->container->hasDefinition($id) && $definition = $this->container->getDefinition($id)) {
+            if ($definition->isSynthetic()) {
+                $code = sprintf('$this->get(\'%s\'%s)', $id, null !== $reference ? ', '.$reference->getInvalidBehavior() : '');
+            } elseif (null !== $reference && ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE === $reference->getInvalidBehavior()) {
                 $code = 'null';
                 if (!$definition->isShared()) {
                     return $code;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index f2e8368455f6..d8e7203028b0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -1434,6 +1434,21 @@ public function testArgumentsHaveHigherPriorityThanBindings()
         $this->assertSame('via-argument', $container->get('foo')->class1->identifier);
         $this->assertSame('via-bindings', $container->get('foo')->class2->identifier);
     }
+
+    public function testUninitializedSyntheticReference()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setSynthetic(true);
+        $container->register('bar', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setShared(false)
+            ->setProperty('foo', new Reference('foo', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE));
+
+        $container->compile();
+
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => null), $container->get('bar'));
+
+        $container->set('foo', (object) array(123));
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => (object) array(123)), $container->get('bar'));
+    }
 }
 
 class FooClass
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
index 319561cf3894..161bf18aaf2e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
@@ -913,6 +913,29 @@ public function testDumpHandlesObjectClassNames()
         $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $container->get('bar'));
     }
 
+    public function testUninitializedSyntheticReference()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setSynthetic(true);
+        $container->register('bar', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setShared(false)
+            ->setProperty('foo', new Reference('foo', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE));
+
+        $container->compile();
+
+        $dumper = new PhpDumper($container);
+        eval('?>'.$dumper->dump(array(
+            'class' => 'Symfony_DI_PhpDumper_Test_UninitializedSyntheticReference',
+            'inline_class_loader_parameter' => 'inline_requires',
+        )));
+
+        $container = new \Symfony_DI_PhpDumper_Test_UninitializedSyntheticReference();
+
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => null), $container->get('bar'));
+
+        $container->set('foo', (object) array(123));
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => (object) array(123)), $container->get('bar'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group legacy
      * @expectedDeprecation The "private" service is private, getting it from the container is deprecated since Symfony 3.2 and will fail in 4.0. You should either make the service public, or stop using the container directly and use dependency injection instead.