diff --git a/.php_cs.dist b/.php_cs.dist
index 4720014f40..620c6ee2db 100644
--- a/.php_cs.dist
+++ b/.php_cs.dist
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()
             ->in(__DIR__.'/src')
             ->append(array(__FILE__))
             ->exclude(array(
+                'Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures',
                 // directories containing files with content that is autogenerated by `var_export`, which breaks CS in output code
                 'Symfony/Component/Cache/Tests/Marshaller/Fixtures',
                 'Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/CHANGELOG.md
index 56c8b20e28..3435a4a186 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+4.2.0
+-----
+
+ * allowed creating lazy-proxies from interfaces
+
 3.3.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV2.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory.php
similarity index 85%
rename from src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV2.php
rename to src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory.php
index f41fc20b5d..a37aa2e04c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV2.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory.php
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ use Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\LazyLoadingValueHolderGenera
 /**
  * @internal
  */
-class LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV2 extends BaseFactory
+class LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory extends BaseFactory
 {
     private $generator;
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
-    protected function getGenerator(): ProxyGeneratorInterface
+    public function getGenerator(): ProxyGeneratorInterface
     {
         return $this->generator ?: $this->generator = new LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator();
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV1.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV1.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3298b84d46..0000000000
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV1.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of the Symfony package.
- *
- * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
- * file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\Instantiator;
-
-use ProxyManager\Factory\LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory as BaseFactory;
-use Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator;
-
-/**
- * @internal
- */
-class LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV1 extends BaseFactory
-{
-    private $generatorV1;
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    protected function getGenerator()
-    {
-        return $this->generatorV1 ?: $this->generatorV1 = new LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/RuntimeInstantiator.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/RuntimeInstantiator.php
index 33fc49e101..cc68d65058 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/RuntimeInstantiator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/Instantiator/RuntimeInstantiator.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\Instantiator;
 
 use ProxyManager\Configuration;
-use ProxyManager\Factory\LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory;
 use ProxyManager\GeneratorStrategy\EvaluatingGeneratorStrategy;
 use ProxyManager\Proxy\LazyLoadingInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\LazyProxy\Instantiator\InstantiatorInt
  */
 class RuntimeInstantiator implements InstantiatorInterface
 {
-    /**
-     * @var LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory
-     */
     private $factory;
 
     public function __construct()
@@ -36,11 +32,7 @@ class RuntimeInstantiator implements InstantiatorInterface
         $config = new Configuration();
         $config->setGeneratorStrategy(new EvaluatingGeneratorStrategy());
 
-        if (method_exists('ProxyManager\Version', 'getVersion')) {
-            $this->factory = new LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV2($config);
-        } else {
-            $this->factory = new LazyLoadingValueHolderFactoryV1($config);
-        }
+        $this->factory = new LazyLoadingValueHolderFactory($config);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,9 +41,9 @@ class RuntimeInstantiator implements InstantiatorInterface
     public function instantiateProxy(ContainerInterface $container, Definition $definition, $id, $realInstantiator)
     {
         return $this->factory->createProxy(
-            $definition->getClass(),
+            $this->factory->getGenerator()->getProxifiedClass($definition),
             function (&$wrappedInstance, LazyLoadingInterface $proxy) use ($realInstantiator) {
-                $wrappedInstance = call_user_func($realInstantiator);
+                $wrappedInstance = \call_user_func($realInstantiator);
 
                 $proxy->setProxyInitializer(null);
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator.php
index 1d9432f622..356fd44cda 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\PhpDumper;
 
 use ProxyManager\ProxyGenerator\LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator as BaseGenerator;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Zend\Code\Generator\ClassGenerator;
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ use Zend\Code\Generator\ClassGenerator;
  */
 class LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator extends BaseGenerator
 {
+    private $fluentSafe = false;
+
+    public function setFluentSafe(bool $fluentSafe)
+    {
+        $this->fluentSafe = $fluentSafe;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -26,6 +34,52 @@ class LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator extends BaseGenerator
     {
         parent::generate($originalClass, $classGenerator);
 
+        foreach ($classGenerator->getMethods() as $method) {
+            $body = preg_replace(
+                '/(\$this->initializer[0-9a-f]++) && \1->__invoke\(\$this->(valueHolder[0-9a-f]++), (.*?), \1\);/',
+                '$1 && ($1->__invoke(\$$2, $3, $1) || 1) && $this->$2 = \$$2;',
+                $method->getBody()
+            );
+            $body = str_replace('(new \ReflectionClass(get_class()))', '$reflection', $body);
+
+            if ($originalClass->isInterface()) {
+                $body = str_replace('get_parent_class($this)', var_export($originalClass->name, true), $body);
+                $body = preg_replace_callback('/\n\n\$realInstanceReflection = [^{]++\{([^}]++)\}\n\n.*/s', function ($m) {
+                    $r = '';
+                    foreach (explode("\n", $m[1]) as $line) {
+                        $r .= "\n".substr($line, 4);
+                        if (0 === strpos($line, '    return ')) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    return $r;
+                }, $body);
+            }
+
+            if ($this->fluentSafe) {
+                $indent = $method->getIndentation();
+                $method->setIndentation('');
+                $code = $method->generate();
+                if (null !== $docBlock = $method->getDocBlock()) {
+                    $code = substr($code, \strlen($docBlock->generate()));
+                }
+                $refAmp = (strpos($code, '&') ?: \PHP_INT_MAX) <= strpos($code, '(') ? '&' : '';
+                $body = preg_replace(
+                    '/\nreturn (\$this->valueHolder[0-9a-f]++)(->[^;]++);$/',
+                    "\nif ($1 === \$returnValue = {$refAmp}$1$2) {\n    \$returnValue = \$this;\n}\n\nreturn \$returnValue;",
+                    $body
+                );
+                $method->setIndentation($indent);
+            }
+
+            if (0 === strpos($originalClass->getFilename(), __FILE__)) {
+                $body = str_replace(var_export($originalClass->name, true), '__CLASS__', $body);
+            }
+
+            $method->setBody($body);
+        }
+
         if ($classGenerator->hasMethod('__destruct')) {
             $destructor = $classGenerator->getMethod('__destruct');
             $body = $destructor->getBody();
@@ -37,5 +91,53 @@ class LazyLoadingValueHolderGenerator extends BaseGenerator
 
             $destructor->setBody($newBody);
         }
+
+        if (0 === strpos($originalClass->getFilename(), __FILE__)) {
+            $interfaces = $classGenerator->getImplementedInterfaces();
+            array_pop($interfaces);
+            $classGenerator->setImplementedInterfaces(array_merge($interfaces, $originalClass->getInterfaceNames()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getProxifiedClass(Definition $definition): ?string
+    {
+        if (!$definition->hasTag('proxy')) {
+            return \class_exists($class = $definition->getClass()) || \interface_exists($class) ? $class : null;
+        }
+        if (!$definition->isLazy()) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid definition for service of class "%s": setting the "proxy" tag on a service requires it to be "lazy".', $definition->getClass()));
+        }
+        $tags = $definition->getTag('proxy');
+        if (!isset($tags[0]['interface'])) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid definition for service of class "%s": the "interface" attribute is missing on the "proxy" tag.', $definition->getClass()));
+        }
+        if (1 === \count($tags)) {
+            return \class_exists($tags[0]['interface']) || \interface_exists($tags[0]['interface']) ? $tags[0]['interface'] : null;
+        }
+
+        $proxyInterface = 'LazyProxy';
+        $interfaces = '';
+        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+            if (!isset($tag['interface'])) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid definition for service of class "%s": the "interface" attribute is missing on a "proxy" tag.', $definition->getClass()));
+            }
+            if (!\interface_exists($tag['interface'])) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid definition for service of class "%s": several "proxy" tags found but "%s" is not an interface.', $definition->getClass(), $tag['interface']));
+            }
+
+            $proxyInterface .= '\\'.$tag['interface'];
+            $interfaces .= ', \\'.$tag['interface'];
+        }
+
+        if (!\interface_exists($proxyInterface)) {
+            $i = strrpos($proxyInterface, '\\');
+            $namespace = substr($proxyInterface, 0, $i);
+            $interface = substr($proxyInterface, 1 + $i);
+            $interfaces = substr($interfaces, 2);
+
+            eval("namespace {$namespace}; interface {$interface} extends {$interfaces} {}");
+        }
+
+        return $proxyInterface;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumper.php
index 0871c4ce9d..3ce787b852 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumper.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\LazyProxy\PhpDumper;
 use ProxyManager\Generator\ClassGenerator;
 use ProxyManager\GeneratorStrategy\BaseGeneratorStrategy;
 use ProxyManager\Version;
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\DumperInterface;
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ class ProxyDumper implements DumperInterface
      */
     public function isProxyCandidate(Definition $definition)
     {
-        return $definition->isLazy() && ($class = $definition->getClass()) && class_exists($class);
+        return ($definition->isLazy() || $definition->hasTag('proxy')) && $this->proxyGenerator->getProxifiedClass($definition);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -63,14 +62,10 @@ class ProxyDumper implements DumperInterface
 
         $proxyClass = $this->getProxyClassName($definition);
 
-        $hasStaticConstructor = $this->generateProxyClass($definition)->hasMethod('staticProxyConstructor');
-
-        $constructorCall = sprintf($hasStaticConstructor ? '%s::staticProxyConstructor' : 'new %s', '\\'.$proxyClass);
-
         return <<<EOF
         if (\$lazyLoad) {
             $instantiation \$this->createProxy('$proxyClass', function () {
-                return $constructorCall(function (&\$wrappedInstance, \ProxyManager\Proxy\LazyLoadingInterface \$proxy) {
+                return \\$proxyClass::staticProxyConstructor(function (&\$wrappedInstance, \ProxyManager\Proxy\LazyLoadingInterface \$proxy) {
                     \$wrappedInstance = $factoryCode;
 
                     \$proxy->setProxyInitializer(null);
@@ -91,12 +86,6 @@ EOF;
     {
         $code = $this->classGenerator->generate($this->generateProxyClass($definition));
 
-        $code = preg_replace(
-            '/(\$this->initializer[0-9a-f]++) && \1->__invoke\(\$this->(valueHolder[0-9a-f]++), (.*?), \1\);/',
-            '$1 && ($1->__invoke(\$$2, $3, $1) || 1) && $this->$2 = \$$2;',
-            $code
-        );
-
         if (version_compare(self::getProxyManagerVersion(), '2.2', '<')) {
             $code = preg_replace(
                 '/((?:\$(?:this|initializer|instance)->)?(?:publicProperties|initializer|valueHolder))[0-9a-f]++/',
@@ -122,20 +111,26 @@ EOF;
      */
     private function getProxyClassName(Definition $definition): string
     {
-        return preg_replace('/^.*\\\\/', '', $definition->getClass()).'_'.$this->getIdentifierSuffix($definition);
+        $class = $this->proxyGenerator->getProxifiedClass($definition);
+
+        return preg_replace('/^.*\\\\/', '', $class).'_'.$this->getIdentifierSuffix($definition);
     }
 
     private function generateProxyClass(Definition $definition): ClassGenerator
     {
         $generatedClass = new ClassGenerator($this->getProxyClassName($definition));
+        $class = $this->proxyGenerator->getProxifiedClass($definition);
 
-        $this->proxyGenerator->generate(new \ReflectionClass($definition->getClass()), $generatedClass);
+        $this->proxyGenerator->setFluentSafe($definition->hasTag('proxy'));
+        $this->proxyGenerator->generate(new \ReflectionClass($class), $generatedClass);
 
         return $generatedClass;
     }
 
     private function getIdentifierSuffix(Definition $definition): string
     {
-        return substr(hash('sha256', $definition->getClass().$this->salt), -7);
+        $class = $this->proxyGenerator->getProxifiedClass($definition);
+
+        return substr(hash('sha256', $class.$this->salt), -7);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-factory.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-factory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..648eb36d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-factory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+return new class
+{
+    public $proxyClass;
+    private $privates = array();
+
+    public function getFooService($lazyLoad = true)
+    {
+        if ($lazyLoad) {
+            return $this->privates['foo'] = $this->createProxy('SunnyInterface_1eff735', function () {
+                return \SunnyInterface_1eff735::staticProxyConstructor(function (&$wrappedInstance, \ProxyManager\Proxy\LazyLoadingInterface $proxy) {
+                    $wrappedInstance = $this->getFooService(false);
+
+                    $proxy->setProxyInitializer(null);
+
+                    return true;
+                });
+            });
+        }
+
+        return new Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\Tests\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\DummyClass();
+    }
+
+    protected function createProxy($class, \Closure $factory)
+    {
+        $this->proxyClass = $class;
+
+        return $factory();
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-implem.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-implem.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b5ea69c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/Fixtures/proxy-implem.php
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+<?php
+
+class SunnyInterface_1eff735 implements \ProxyManager\Proxy\VirtualProxyInterface, \Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\Tests\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\DummyInterface, \Symfony\Bridge\ProxyManager\Tests\LazyProxy\PhpDumper\SunnyInterface
+{
+
+    private $valueHolder1eff735 = null;
+
+    private $initializer1eff735 = null;
+
+    private static $publicProperties1eff735 = [
+        
+    ];
+
+    public function dummy()
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, 'dummy', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        if ($this->valueHolder1eff735 === $returnValue = $this->valueHolder1eff735->dummy()) {
+            $returnValue = $this;
+        }
+
+        return $returnValue;
+    }
+
+    public function & dummyRef()
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, 'dummyRef', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        if ($this->valueHolder1eff735 === $returnValue = &$this->valueHolder1eff735->dummyRef()) {
+            $returnValue = $this;
+        }
+
+        return $returnValue;
+    }
+
+    public function sunny()
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, 'sunny', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        if ($this->valueHolder1eff735 === $returnValue = $this->valueHolder1eff735->sunny()) {
+            $returnValue = $this;
+        }
+
+        return $returnValue;
+    }
+
+    public static function staticProxyConstructor($initializer)
+    {
+        static $reflection;
+
+        $reflection = $reflection ?: $reflection = new \ReflectionClass(__CLASS__);
+        $instance = $reflection->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
+
+        $instance->initializer1eff735 = $initializer;
+
+        return $instance;
+    }
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        static $reflection;
+
+        if (! $this->valueHolder1eff735) {
+            $reflection = $reflection ?: new \ReflectionClass(__CLASS__);
+            $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $reflection->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function & __get($name)
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__get', ['name' => $name], $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        if (isset(self::$publicProperties1eff735[$name])) {
+            return $this->valueHolder1eff735->$name;
+        }
+
+        $targetObject = $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        $backtrace = debug_backtrace(false);
+        trigger_error(
+            sprintf(
+                'Undefined property: %s::$%s in %s on line %s',
+                __CLASS__,
+                $name,
+                $backtrace[0]['file'],
+                $backtrace[0]['line']
+            ),
+            \E_USER_NOTICE
+        );
+        return $targetObject->$name;
+    }
+
+    public function __set($name, $value)
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__set', array('name' => $name, 'value' => $value), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        $targetObject = $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        return $targetObject->$name = $value;
+    }
+
+    public function __isset($name)
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__isset', array('name' => $name), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        $targetObject = $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        return isset($targetObject->$name);
+    }
+
+    public function __unset($name)
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__unset', array('name' => $name), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        $targetObject = $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        unset($targetObject->$name);
+return;
+    }
+
+    public function __clone()
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__clone', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        $this->valueHolder1eff735 = clone $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+    }
+
+    public function __sleep()
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, '__sleep', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+
+        return array('valueHolder1eff735');
+    }
+
+    public function __wakeup()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function setProxyInitializer(\Closure $initializer = null)
+    {
+        $this->initializer1eff735 = $initializer;
+    }
+
+    public function getProxyInitializer()
+    {
+        return $this->initializer1eff735;
+    }
+
+    public function initializeProxy() : bool
+    {
+        return $this->initializer1eff735 && ($this->initializer1eff735->__invoke($valueHolder1eff735, $this, 'initializeProxy', array(), $this->initializer1eff735) || 1) && $this->valueHolder1eff735 = $valueHolder1eff735;
+    }
+
+    public function isProxyInitialized() : bool
+    {
+        return null !== $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+    }
+
+    public function getWrappedValueHolderValue()
+    {
+        return $this->valueHolder1eff735;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumperTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumperTest.php
index e12b25fcb0..634ab6627c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumperTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/Tests/LazyProxy/PhpDumper/ProxyDumperTest.php
@@ -120,6 +120,61 @@ class ProxyDumperTest extends TestCase
         $this->dumper->getProxyFactoryCode($definition, 'foo');
     }
 
+    public function testGetProxyFactoryCodeForInterface()
+    {
+        $class = DummyClass::class;
+        $definition = new Definition($class);
+
+        $definition->setLazy(true);
+        $definition->addTag('proxy', array('interface' => DummyInterface::class));
+        $definition->addTag('proxy', array('interface' => SunnyInterface::class));
+
+        $implem = "<?php\n\n".$this->dumper->getProxyCode($definition);
+        $factory = $this->dumper->getProxyFactoryCode($definition, 'foo', '$this->getFooService(false)');
+        $factory = <<<EOPHP
+<?php
+
+return new class
+{
+    public \$proxyClass;
+    private \$privates = array();
+
+    public function getFooService(\$lazyLoad = true)
+    {
+{$factory}        return new {$class}();
+    }
+
+    protected function createProxy(\$class, \Closure \$factory)
+    {
+        \$this->proxyClass = \$class;
+
+        return \$factory();
+    }
+};
+
+EOPHP;
+
+        $implem = preg_replace('#\n    /\*\*.*?\*/#s', '', $implem);
+        $implem = str_replace('getWrappedValueHolderValue() : ?object', 'getWrappedValueHolderValue()', $implem);
+        $implem = str_replace("array(\n        \n    );", "[\n        \n    ];", $implem);
+        $this->assertStringEqualsFile(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/proxy-implem.php', $implem);
+        $this->assertStringEqualsFile(__DIR__.'/Fixtures/proxy-factory.php', $factory);
+
+        require_once __DIR__.'/Fixtures/proxy-implem.php';
+        $factory = require __DIR__.'/Fixtures/proxy-factory.php';
+
+        $foo = $factory->getFooService();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceof($factory->proxyClass, $foo);
+        $this->assertInstanceof(DummyInterface::class, $foo);
+        $this->assertInstanceof(SunnyInterface::class, $foo);
+        $this->assertNotInstanceof(DummyClass::class, $foo);
+        $this->assertSame($foo, $foo->dummy());
+
+        $foo->dynamicProp = 123;
+        $this->assertSame(123, @$foo->dynamicProp);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array
      */
@@ -142,3 +197,34 @@ class ProxyDumperTest extends TestCase
         return $definitions;
     }
 }
+
+final class DummyClass implements DummyInterface, SunnyInterface
+{
+    public function dummy()
+    {
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    public function sunny()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function &dummyRef()
+    {
+        return $this->ref;
+    }
+}
+
+interface DummyInterface
+{
+    public function dummy();
+
+    public function &dummyRef();
+}
+
+interface SunnyInterface
+{
+    public function dummy();
+
+    public function sunny();
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/composer.json
index a224d5a8a9..441389af82 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bridge/ProxyManager/composer.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.1.3",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "~3.4|~4.0",
-        "ocramius/proxy-manager": "~0.4|~1.0|~2.0"
+        "ocramius/proxy-manager": "~2.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "symfony/config": "~3.4|~4.0"
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/UnusedTagsPass.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/UnusedTagsPass.php
index 2ddbe41744..37d35c1a09 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/UnusedTagsPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/DependencyInjection/Compiler/UnusedTagsPass.php
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class UnusedTagsPass implements CompilerPassInterface
         'messenger.receiver',
         'messenger.message_handler',
         'monolog.logger',
+        'proxy',
         'routing.expression_language_provider',
         'routing.loader',
         'security.expression_language_provider',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/Traits/LazyTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/Traits/LazyTrait.php
index 2af867c19b..d8ea55e82f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/Traits/LazyTrait.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/Traits/LazyTrait.php
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ trait LazyTrait
     /**
      * Sets the lazy flag of this service.
      *
+     * @param bool|string A FQCN to derivate the lazy proxy from or `true` to make it extend from the definition's class
+     *
      * @return $this
      */
-    final public function lazy(bool $lazy = true)
+    final public function lazy($lazy = true)
     {
-        $this->definition->setLazy($lazy);
+        $this->definition->setLazy((bool) $lazy);
+        if (\is_string($lazy)) {
+            $this->definition->addTag('proxy', array('interface' => $lazy));
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index 71e991c9ff..584e3992c9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -265,10 +265,17 @@ class XmlFileLoader extends FileLoader
             $definition->setChanges(array());
         }
 
-        foreach (array('class', 'public', 'shared', 'synthetic', 'lazy', 'abstract') as $key) {
+        foreach (array('class', 'public', 'shared', 'synthetic', 'abstract') as $key) {
             if ($value = $service->getAttribute($key)) {
                 $method = 'set'.$key;
-                $definition->$method(XmlUtils::phpize($value));
+                $definition->$method($value = XmlUtils::phpize($value));
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($value = $service->getAttribute('lazy')) {
+            $definition->setLazy((bool) $value = XmlUtils::phpize($value));
+            if (\is_string($value)) {
+                $definition->addTag('proxy', array('interface' => $value));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index 11eb8e45c7..79b377f0bd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -407,7 +407,10 @@ class YamlFileLoader extends FileLoader
         }
 
         if (isset($service['lazy'])) {
-            $definition->setLazy($service['lazy']);
+            $definition->setLazy((bool) $service['lazy']);
+            if (\is_string($service['lazy'])) {
+                $definition->addTag('proxy', array('interface' => $service['lazy']));
+            }
         }
 
         if (isset($service['public'])) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
index 21e3b59310..2e17476cd1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <xsd:attribute name="shared" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="public" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="synthetic" type="boolean" />
-    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="boolean" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="abstract" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="parent" type="xsd:string" />
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
     <xsd:attribute name="shared" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="public" type="boolean" />
-    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="boolean" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="autowire" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="autoconfigure" type="boolean" />
   </xsd:complexType>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     <xsd:attribute name="exclude" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="shared" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="public" type="boolean" />
-    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="boolean" />
+    <xsd:attribute name="lazy" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="abstract" type="boolean" />
     <xsd:attribute name="parent" type="xsd:string" />
     <xsd:attribute name="autowire" type="boolean" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.expected.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.expected.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5a272c4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.expected.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+services:
+    service_container:
+        class: Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface
+        public: true
+        synthetic: true
+    foo:
+        class: stdClass
+        public: true
+        tags:
+            - { name: proxy, interface: SomeInterface }
+        lazy: true
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cde4ef2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/lazy_fqcn.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator;
+
+return function (ContainerConfigurator $c) {
+    $di = $c->services();
+    $di->set('foo', 'stdClass')->lazy('SomeInterface');
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/prototype_array.expected.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/prototype_array.expected.yml
index e8a03691c9..ebfe087d77 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/prototype_array.expected.yml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/prototype_array.expected.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
         tags:
             - { name: foo }
             - { name: baz }
-        deprecated: "%service_id%"
+        deprecated: '%service_id%'
         arguments: [1]
         factory: f
     Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Tests\Fixtures\Prototype\Sub\Bar:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
         tags:
             - { name: foo }
             - { name: baz }
-        deprecated: "%service_id%"
+        deprecated: '%service_id%'
         lazy: true
         arguments: [1]
         factory: f
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services_lazy_fqcn.xml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services_lazy_fqcn.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7783a89a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/xml/services_lazy_fqcn.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+    <services>
+        <service id="foo" lazy="SomeInterface" />
+    </services>
+</container>
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_lazy_fqcn.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_lazy_fqcn.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac3a1a762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/services_lazy_fqcn.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+services:
+    foo:
+        lazy: SomeInterface
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
index b584a6922c..e7c7f009e3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ class PhpFileLoaderTest extends TestCase
         yield array('defaults');
         yield array('instanceof');
         yield array('prototype');
+        yield array('prototype_array');
         yield array('child');
         yield array('php7');
         yield array('anonymous');
+        yield array('lazy_fqcn');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
index 2e87291bf2..27a3d8ca94 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/XmlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -816,4 +816,14 @@ class XmlFileLoaderTest extends TestCase
             '$factory' => 'factory',
         ), array_map(function (BoundArgument $v) { return $v->getValues()[0]; }, $definition->getBindings()));
     }
+
+    public function testFqcnLazyProxy()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new XmlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/xml'));
+        $loader->load('services_lazy_fqcn.xml');
+
+        $definition = $container->getDefinition('foo');
+        $this->assertSame(array(array('interface' => 'SomeInterface')), $definition->getTag('proxy'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
index 8ddc15f888..4e9ca2a489 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -739,4 +739,14 @@ class YamlFileLoaderTest extends TestCase
             '$factory' => 'factory',
         ), array_map(function (BoundArgument $v) { return $v->getValues()[0]; }, $definition->getBindings()));
     }
+
+    public function testFqcnLazyProxy()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/yaml'));
+        $loader->load('services_lazy_fqcn.yml');
+
+        $definition = $container->getDefinition('foo');
+        $this->assertSame(array(array('interface' => 'SomeInterface')), $definition->getTag('proxy'));
+    }
 }