diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
index c90cfa7471..c9477b8848 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CHANGELOG
  * made singly-implemented interfaces detection be scoped by file
  * added ability to define a static priority method for tagged service
  * added support for improved syntax to define method calls in Yaml
+ * added `LazyString` for lazy computation of string values injected into services
 
 4.3.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/LazyString.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/LazyString.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a03c376b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/LazyString.php
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+<?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\Component\DependencyInjection;
+
+/**
+ * A string whose value is computed lazily by a callback.
+ *
+ * @author Nicolas Grekas <p@tchwork.com>
+ */
+class LazyString
+{
+    private $value;
+
+    /**
+     * @param callable $callback A callable or a [Closure, method] lazy-callable
+     *
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public static function fromCallable($callback, ...$arguments): self
+    {
+        if (!\is_callable($callback) && !(\is_array($callback) && isset($callback[0]) && $callback[0] instanceof \Closure && 2 >= \count($callback))) {
+            throw new \TypeError(sprintf('Argument 1 passed to %s() must be a callable or a [Closure, method] lazy-callable, %s given.', __METHOD__, \gettype($callback)));
+        }
+
+        $lazyString = new static();
+        $lazyString->value = static function () use (&$callback, &$arguments, &$value): string {
+            if (null !== $arguments) {
+                if (!\is_callable($callback)) {
+                    $callback[0] = $callback[0]();
+                    $callback[1] = $callback[1] ?? '__invoke';
+                }
+                $value = $callback(...$arguments);
+                $callback = self::getPrettyName($callback);
+                $arguments = null;
+            }
+
+            return $value ?? '';
+        };
+
+        return $lazyString;
+    }
+
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        if (\is_string($this->value)) {
+            return $this->value;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return $this->value = ($this->value)();
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            if (\TypeError::class === \get_class($e) && __FILE__ === $e->getFile()) {
+                $type = explode(', ', $e->getMessage());
+                $type = substr(array_pop($type), 0, -\strlen(' returned'));
+                $r = new \ReflectionFunction($this->value);
+                $callback = $r->getStaticVariables()['callback'];
+
+                $e = new \TypeError(sprintf('Return value of %s() passed to %s::fromCallable() must be of the type string, %s returned.', $callback, static::class, $type));
+            }
+
+            if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400) {
+                // leverage the ErrorHandler component with graceful fallback when it's not available
+                return trigger_error($e, E_USER_ERROR);
+            }
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function __construct()
+    {
+    }
+
+    private static function getPrettyName(callable $callback): string
+    {
+        if (\is_string($callback)) {
+            return $callback;
+        }
+
+        if (\is_array($callback)) {
+            $class = \is_object($callback[0]) ? \get_class($callback[0]) : $callback[0];
+            $method = $callback[1];
+        } elseif ($callback instanceof \Closure) {
+            $r = new \ReflectionFunction($callback);
+
+            if (false !== strpos($r->name, '{closure}') || !$class = $r->getClosureScopeClass()) {
+                return $r->name;
+            }
+
+            $class = $class->name;
+            $method = $r->name;
+        } else {
+            $class = \get_class($callback);
+            $method = '__invoke';
+        }
+
+        if (isset($class[15]) && "\0" === $class[15] && 0 === strpos($class, "class@anonymous\x00")) {
+            $class = get_parent_class($class).'@anonymous';
+        }
+
+        return $class.'::'.$method;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/LazyStringTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/LazyStringTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38899bb369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/LazyStringTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?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\Component\DependencyInjection\Tests;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\LazyString;
+use Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\ErrorHandler;
+
+class LazyStringTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testLazyString()
+    {
+        $count = 0;
+        $s = LazyString::fromCallable(function () use (&$count) {
+            return ++$count;
+        });
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $count);
+        $this->assertSame('1', (string) $s);
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+    }
+
+    public function testLazyCallable()
+    {
+        $count = 0;
+        $s = LazyString::fromCallable([function () use (&$count) {
+            return new class($count) {
+                private $count;
+
+                public function __construct(int &$count)
+                {
+                    $this->count = &$count;
+                }
+
+                public function __invoke()
+                {
+                    return ++$this->count;
+                }
+            };
+        }]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $count);
+        $this->assertSame('1', (string) $s);
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+        $this->assertSame('1', (string) $s); // ensure the value is memoized
+        $this->assertSame(1, $count);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @runInSeparateProcess
+     */
+    public function testReturnTypeError()
+    {
+        ErrorHandler::register();
+
+        $s = LazyString::fromCallable(function () { return []; });
+
+        $this->expectException(\TypeError::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Return value of '.__NAMESPACE__.'\{closure}() passed to '.LazyString::class.'::fromCallable() must be of the type string, array returned.');
+
+        (string) $s;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/composer.json
index 5e3f2eab8c..4924d389ee 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/composer.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "symfony/yaml": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0",
         "symfony/config": "^4.3|^5.0",
+        "symfony/error-handler": "^4.4|^5.0",
         "symfony/expression-language": "^3.4|^4.0|^5.0"
     },
     "suggest": {