diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
index 310eb74e70..a3d9ea37b6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Parameter;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 
 /**
  * YamlDumper dumps a service container as a YAML string.
@@ -31,20 +30,6 @@ class YamlDumper extends Dumper
 {
     private $dumper;
 
-    /**
-     * Constructor.
-     *
-     * @param ContainerBuilder $container The service container to dump
-     *
-     * @api
-     */
-    public function __construct(ContainerBuilder $container)
-    {
-        parent::__construct($container);
-
-        $this->dumper = new YmlDumper();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Dumps the service container as an YAML string.
      *
@@ -56,6 +41,14 @@ class YamlDumper extends Dumper
      */
     public function dump(array $options = array())
     {
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Yaml\Dumper')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Unable to dump the container as the Symfony Yaml Component is not installed.');
+        }
+
+        if (null === $this->dumper) {
+            $this->dumper = new YmlDumper();
+        }
+
         return $this->addParameters()."\n".$this->addServices();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index fa2f6520c2..40e90bbb31 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Resource\FileResource;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser as YamlParser;
 
@@ -269,6 +270,10 @@ class YamlFileLoader extends FileLoader
      */
     protected function loadFile($file)
     {
+        if (!class_exists('Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Unable to load YAML config files as the Symfony Yaml Component is not installed.');
+        }
+
         if (!stream_is_local($file)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('This is not a local file "%s".', $file));
         }