diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
index 7c493f62e3..d7a345bd11 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
@@ -1898,8 +1898,10 @@ EOF;
             return '$this';
         }
 
-        if ($this->container->hasDefinition($id) && ($definition = $this->container->getDefinition($id)) && !$definition->isSynthetic()) {
-            if (null !== $reference && ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE === $reference->getInvalidBehavior()) {
+        if ($this->container->hasDefinition($id) && $definition = $this->container->getDefinition($id)) {
+            if ($definition->isSynthetic()) {
+                $code = sprintf('$this->get(\'%s\'%s)', $id, null !== $reference ? ', '.$reference->getInvalidBehavior() : '');
+            } elseif (null !== $reference && ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE === $reference->getInvalidBehavior()) {
                 $code = 'null';
                 if (!$definition->isShared()) {
                     return $code;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index f2e8368455..d8e7203028 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -1434,6 +1434,21 @@ class ContainerBuilderTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('via-argument', $container->get('foo')->class1->identifier);
         $this->assertSame('via-bindings', $container->get('foo')->class2->identifier);
     }
+
+    public function testUninitializedSyntheticReference()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setSynthetic(true);
+        $container->register('bar', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setShared(false)
+            ->setProperty('foo', new Reference('foo', ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE));
+
+        $container->compile();
+
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => null), $container->get('bar'));
+
+        $container->set('foo', (object) array(123));
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => (object) array(123)), $container->get('bar'));
+    }
 }
 
 class FooClass
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
index 319561cf38..161bf18aaf 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Dumper/PhpDumperTest.php
@@ -913,6 +913,29 @@ class PhpDumperTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $container->get('bar'));
     }
 
+    public function testUninitializedSyntheticReference()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setSynthetic(true);
+        $container->register('bar', 'stdClass')->setPublic(true)->setShared(false)
+            ->setProperty('foo', new Reference('foo', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE));
+
+        $container->compile();
+
+        $dumper = new PhpDumper($container);
+        eval('?>'.$dumper->dump(array(
+            'class' => 'Symfony_DI_PhpDumper_Test_UninitializedSyntheticReference',
+            'inline_class_loader_parameter' => 'inline_requires',
+        )));
+
+        $container = new \Symfony_DI_PhpDumper_Test_UninitializedSyntheticReference();
+
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => null), $container->get('bar'));
+
+        $container->set('foo', (object) array(123));
+        $this->assertEquals((object) array('foo' => (object) array(123)), $container->get('bar'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group legacy
      * @expectedDeprecation The "private" service is private, getting it from the container is deprecated since Symfony 3.2 and will fail in 4.0. You should either make the service public, or stop using the container directly and use dependency injection instead.