diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
index e71df2af24..c03a4cd814 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Dumper;
 
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Dumper as YmlDumper;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Tag\TaggedValue;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Alias;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\ArgumentInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\IteratorArgument;
@@ -275,6 +277,8 @@ class YamlDumper extends Dumper
             return $this->getParameterCall((string) $value);
         } elseif ($value instanceof Expression) {
             return $this->getExpressionCall((string) $value);
+        } elseif ($value instanceof Definition) {
+            return new TaggedValue('service', (new Parser())->parse("_:\n".$this->addService('_', $value), Yaml::PARSE_CUSTOM_TAGS)['_']['_']);
         } elseif (is_object($value) || is_resource($value)) {
             throw new RuntimeException('Unable to dump a service container if a parameter is an object or a resource.');
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/YamlDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/YamlDumperTest.php
index 22277c7b7a..bae948feee 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/YamlDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/YamlDumperTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Tests\Dumper;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Dumper\YamlDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser;
@@ -64,6 +65,19 @@ class YamlDumperTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertStringEqualsFile(self::$fixturesPath.'/yaml/services24.yml', $dumper->dump());
     }
 
+    public function testInlineServices()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'Class1')
+            ->addArgument((new Definition('Class2'))
+                ->addArgument(new Definition('Class2'))
+            )
+        ;
+
+        $dumper = new YamlDumper($container);
+        $this->assertStringEqualsFile(self::$fixturesPath.'/yaml/services_inline.yml', $dumper->dump());
+    }
+
     private function assertEqualYamlStructure($expected, $yaml, $message = '')
     {
         $parser = new Parser();
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_inline.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_inline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14adedf32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_inline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+services:
+    service_container:
+        class: Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface
+        synthetic: true
+    foo:
+        class: Class1
+        arguments: [!service { class: Class2, arguments: [!service { class: Class2 }] }]
+    Psr\Container\ContainerInterface:
+        alias: service_container
+        public: false
+    Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface:
+        alias: service_container
+        public: false