diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
index 6f21a03e0d..e163219211 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/YamlFileLoader.php
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ class YamlFileLoader extends FileLoader
                 $name = $tag['name'];
                 unset($tag['name']);
 
+                foreach ($tag as $attribute => $value) {
+                    if (!is_scalar($value)) {
+                        throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('A "tags" attribute must be of a scalar-type for service "%s", tag "%s" in %s.', $id, $name, $file));
+                    }
+                }
+
                 $definition->addTag($name, $tag);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/badtag3.yml b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/badtag3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8137fab63f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/yaml/badtag3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+services:
+    foo_service:
+        class:    FooClass
+        tags:
+          # tag-attribute is not a scalar
+          - { name: foo, foo: { foo: foo, bar: bar } }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
index a03c64d6ed..7985c3000f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/YamlFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -196,4 +196,16 @@ class YamlFileLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $this->assertStringStartsWith('A "tags" entry is missing a "name" key for service ', $e->getMessage(), '->load() throws an InvalidArgumentException if a tag is missing the name key');
         }
     }
+
+    public function testTagWithAttributeArrayThrowsException()
+    {
+        $loader = new YamlFileLoader(new ContainerBuilder(), new FileLocator(self::$fixturesPath.'/yaml'));
+        try {
+            $loader->load('badtag3.yml');
+            $this->fail('->load() should throw an exception when a tag-attribute is not a scalar');
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InvalidArgumentException', $e, '->load() throws an InvalidArgumentException if a tag-attribute is not a scalar');
+            $this->assertStringStartsWith('A "tags" attribute must be of a scalar-type for service ', $e->getMessage(), '->load() throws an InvalidArgumentException if a tag-attribute is not a scalar');
+        }
+    }
 }