diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
index 7d2e665ad0..311026c5e6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Dumper\PhpDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBag;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Variable;
 
 class PhpDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -100,14 +101,24 @@ class PhpDumperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * @dataProvider provideInvalidParameters
      * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
      */
-    public function testExportParameters()
+    public function testExportParameters($parameters)
     {
-        $dumper = new PhpDumper(new ContainerBuilder(new ParameterBag(array('foo' => new Reference('foo')))));
+        $dumper = new PhpDumper(new ContainerBuilder(new ParameterBag($parameters)));
         $dumper->dump();
     }
 
+    public function provideInvalidParameters()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(array('foo' => new Definition('stdClass'))),
+            array(array('foo' => new Reference('foo'))),
+            array(array('foo' => new Variable('foo'))),
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testAddParameters()
     {
         $container = include self::$fixturesPath.'/containers/container8.php';