diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
index 6814d28e73..7c9f5a2431 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -840,6 +840,10 @@ class ContainerBuilder extends Container implements TaggedContainerInterface
      */
     public function createService(Definition $definition, $id, $tryProxy = true)
     {
+        if ('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition' !== get_class($definition)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Constructing service "%s" from a %s is not supported at build time.', $id, get_class($definition)));
+        }
+
         if ($definition->isSynthetic()) {
             throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('You have requested a synthetic service ("%s"). The DIC does not know how to construct this service.', $id));
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index eab8fccbdf..8f8c8b179f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Alias;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\DefinitionDecorator;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InactiveScopeException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\ServiceCircularReferenceException;
@@ -404,6 +405,20 @@ class ContainerBuilderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals($builder->get('foo'), $builder->resolveServices(new Expression('service("foo")')), '->resolveServices() resolves expressions');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Constructing service "foo" from a Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\DefinitionDecorator is not supported at build time.
+     */
+    public function testResolveServicesWithDecoratedDefinition()
+    {
+        $builder = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $builder->setDefinition('grandpa', new Definition('stdClass'));
+        $builder->setDefinition('parent', new DefinitionDecorator('grandpa'));
+        $builder->setDefinition('foo', new DefinitionDecorator('parent'));
+
+        $builder->get('foo');
+    }
+
     public function testMerge()
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder(new ParameterBag(array('bar' => 'foo')));