diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Instantiator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Instantiator.php
index 7eefc3c2d2..06abbc75a6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Instantiator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Instantiator.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ final class Instantiator
             $wrappedInstance = [$reflector->newInstanceWithoutConstructor()];
         } elseif (null === Registry::$prototypes[$class]) {
             throw new NotInstantiableTypeException($class);
-        } elseif ($reflector->implementsInterface('Serializable')) {
+        } elseif ($reflector->implementsInterface('Serializable') && (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400 || !method_exists($class, '__unserialize'))) {
             $wrappedInstance = [unserialize('C:'.\strlen($class).':"'.$class.'":0:{}')];
         } else {
             $wrappedInstance = [unserialize('O:'.\strlen($class).':"'.$class.'":0:{}')];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Exporter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Exporter.php
index fae9084ca0..74a324691e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Exporter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Exporter.php
@@ -74,10 +74,23 @@ class Exporter
             }
 
             $class = \get_class($value);
+            $reflector = Registry::$reflectors[$class] ?? Registry::getClassReflector($class);
+
+            if ($reflector->hasMethod('__serialize')) {
+                if (!$reflector->getMethod('__serialize')->isPublic()) {
+                    throw new \Error(sprintf('Call to %s method %s::__serialize()', $reflector->getMethod('__serialize')->isProtected() ? 'protected' : 'private', $class));
+                }
+
+                if (!\is_array($properties = $value->__serialize())) {
+                    throw new \Typerror($class.'::__serialize() must return an array');
+                }
+
+                goto prepare_value;
+            }
+
             $properties = [];
             $sleep = null;
             $arrayValue = (array) $value;
-            $reflector = Registry::$reflectors[$class] ?? Registry::getClassReflector($class);
             $proto = Registry::$prototypes[$class];
 
             if (($value instanceof \ArrayIterator || $value instanceof \ArrayObject) && null !== $proto) {
@@ -154,10 +167,11 @@ class Exporter
                 }
             }
 
+            prepare_value:
             $objectsPool[$value] = [$id = \count($objectsPool)];
             $properties = self::prepare($properties, $objectsPool, $refsPool, $objectsCount, $valueIsStatic);
             ++$objectsCount;
-            $objectsPool[$value] = [$id, $class, $properties, \method_exists($class, '__wakeup') ? $objectsCount : 0];
+            $objectsPool[$value] = [$id, $class, $properties, \method_exists($class, '__unserialize') ? -$objectsCount : (\method_exists($class, '__wakeup') ? $objectsCount : 0)];
 
             $value = new Reference($id);
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Hydrator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Hydrator.php
index 07721df428..5f64adf96f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Hydrator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Hydrator.php
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ class Hydrator
         foreach ($properties as $class => $vars) {
             (self::$hydrators[$class] ?? self::getHydrator($class))($vars, $objects);
         }
-        foreach ($wakeups as $i) {
-            $objects[$i]->__wakeup();
+        foreach ($wakeups as $k => $v) {
+            if (\is_array($v)) {
+                $objects[-$k]->__unserialize($v);
+            } else {
+                $objects[$v]->__wakeup();
+            }
         }
 
         return $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Registry.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Registry.php
index 31ec4a0d79..b5069dd16a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Registry.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Internal/Registry.php
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ class Registry
                 $proto = $reflector->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
                 $instantiableWithoutConstructor = true;
             } catch (\ReflectionException $e) {
-                $proto = $reflector->implementsInterface('Serializable') ? 'C:' : 'O:';
+                $proto = $reflector->implementsInterface('Serializable') && (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400 || !\method_exists($class, '__unserialize')) ? 'C:' : 'O:';
                 if ('C:' === $proto && !$reflector->getMethod('unserialize')->isInternal()) {
                     $proto = null;
                 } elseif (false === $proto = @unserialize($proto.\strlen($class).':"'.$class.'":0:{}')) {
                     throw new NotInstantiableTypeException($class);
                 }
             }
-            if (null !== $proto && !$proto instanceof \Throwable && !$proto instanceof \Serializable && !\method_exists($class, '__sleep')) {
+            if (null !== $proto && !$proto instanceof \Throwable && !$proto instanceof \Serializable && !\method_exists($class, '__sleep') && (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400 || !\method_exists($class, '__serialize'))) {
                 try {
                     serialize($proto);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Registry
         }
 
         if (null === $cloneable) {
-            if (($proto instanceof \Reflector || $proto instanceof \ReflectionGenerator || $proto instanceof \ReflectionType || $proto instanceof \IteratorIterator || $proto instanceof \RecursiveIteratorIterator) && (!$proto instanceof \Serializable && !\method_exists($proto, '__wakeup'))) {
+            if (($proto instanceof \Reflector || $proto instanceof \ReflectionGenerator || $proto instanceof \ReflectionType || $proto instanceof \IteratorIterator || $proto instanceof \RecursiveIteratorIterator) && (!$proto instanceof \Serializable && !\method_exists($proto, '__wakeup') && (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400 || !\method_exists($class, '__unserialize')))) {
                 throw new NotInstantiableTypeException($class);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/README.md b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/README.md
index c3a072127e..180554ed1a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/README.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ VarExporter Component
 
 The VarExporter component allows exporting any serializable PHP data structure to
 plain PHP code. While doing so, it preserves all the semantics associated with
-the serialization mechanism of PHP (`__wakeup`, `__sleep`, `Serializable`).
+the serialization mechanism of PHP (`__wakeup`, `__sleep`, `Serializable`,
+`__serialize`, `__unserialize`).
 
 It also provides an instantiator that allows creating and populating objects
 without calling their constructor nor any other methods.
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/Fixtures/php74-serializable.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/Fixtures/php74-serializable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06cfac10f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/Fixtures/php74-serializable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+return \Symfony\Component\VarExporter\Internal\Hydrator::hydrate(
+    $o = [
+        clone (($p = &\Symfony\Component\VarExporter\Internal\Registry::$prototypes)['Symfony\\Component\\VarExporter\\Tests\\Php74Serializable'] ?? \Symfony\Component\VarExporter\Internal\Registry::p('Symfony\\Component\\VarExporter\\Tests\\Php74Serializable')),
+        clone ($p['stdClass'] ?? \Symfony\Component\VarExporter\Internal\Registry::p('stdClass')),
+    ],
+    null,
+    [],
+    $o[0],
+    [
+        [
+            $o[1],
+        ],
+    ]
+);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/VarExporterTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/VarExporterTest.php
index f2cd3ecd6d..6f54d76106 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/VarExporterTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/Tests/VarExporterTest.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class VarExporterTest extends TestCase
         $marshalledValue = VarExporter::export($value, $isStaticValue);
 
         $this->assertSame($staticValueExpected, $isStaticValue);
-        if ('var-on-sleep' !== $testName) {
+        if ('var-on-sleep' !== $testName && 'php74-serializable' !== $testName) {
             $this->assertDumpEquals($dumpedValue, $value);
         }
 
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ class VarExporterTest extends TestCase
         yield ['foo-serializable', new FooSerializable('bar')];
 
         yield ['private-constructor', PrivateConstructor::create('bar')];
+
+        yield ['php74-serializable', new Php74Serializable()];
     }
 }
 
@@ -387,3 +389,36 @@ class FooSerializable implements \Serializable
         list($this->foo) = unserialize($str);
     }
 }
+
+class Php74Serializable implements \Serializable
+{
+    public function __serialize()
+    {
+        return [$this->foo = new \stdClass()];
+    }
+
+    public function __unserialize(array $data)
+    {
+        list($this->foo) = $data;
+    }
+
+    public function __sleep()
+    {
+        throw new \BadMethodCallException();
+    }
+
+    public function __wakeup()
+    {
+        throw new \BadMethodCallException();
+    }
+
+    public function serialize()
+    {
+        throw new \BadMethodCallException();
+    }
+
+    public function unserialize($ser)
+    {
+        throw new \BadMethodCallException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/VarExporter.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/VarExporter.php
index 45ef7446b1..da9a8d4373 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/VarExporter.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarExporter/VarExporter.php
@@ -69,14 +69,30 @@ final class VarExporter
 
         $classes = [];
         $values = [];
-        $wakeups = [];
+        $states = [];
         foreach ($objectsPool as $i => $v) {
             list(, $classes[], $values[], $wakeup) = $objectsPool[$v];
-            if ($wakeup) {
-                $wakeups[$wakeup] = $i;
+            if (0 < $wakeup) {
+                $states[$wakeup] = $i;
+            } elseif (0 > $wakeup) {
+                $states[-$wakeup] = [$i, array_pop($values)];
+                $values[] = [];
             }
         }
-        ksort($wakeups);
+        ksort($states);
+
+        $wakeups = [null];
+        foreach ($states as $k => $v) {
+            if (\is_array($v)) {
+                $wakeups[-$v[0]] = $v[1];
+            } else {
+                $wakeups[] = $v;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (null === $wakeups[0]) {
+            unset($wakeups[0]);
+        }
 
         $properties = [];
         foreach ($values as $i => $vars) {