diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/BaseNode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/BaseNode.php
index 56480eb99c..2cae80e7e0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/BaseNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/BaseNode.php
@@ -476,6 +476,14 @@ abstract class BaseNode implements NodeInterface
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests if a placeholder is being handled currently.
+     */
+    protected function isHandlingPlaceholder(): bool
+    {
+        return null !== $this->handlingPlaceholder;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets allowed dynamic types for this node.
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ScalarNode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ScalarNode.php
index b3b387c62b..5d4fe17373 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ScalarNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Config/Definition/ScalarNode.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class ScalarNode extends VariableNode
      */
     protected function isValueEmpty($value)
     {
+        if ($this->isHandlingPlaceholder()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         return null === $value || '' === $value;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ValidateEnvPlaceholdersPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ValidateEnvPlaceholdersPassTest.php
index a241a8f5b8..0ff30a2eac 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ValidateEnvPlaceholdersPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ValidateEnvPlaceholdersPassTest.php
@@ -196,6 +196,19 @@ class ValidateEnvPlaceholdersPassTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame($expected, $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders($ext->getConfig()));
     }
 
+    public function testEmptyEnvWithCannotBeEmptyForScalarNode(): void
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->registerExtension($ext = new EnvExtension());
+        $container->prependExtensionConfig('env_extension', $expected = array(
+            'scalar_node_not_empty' => '%env(SOME)%',
+        ));
+
+        $this->doProcess($container);
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $container->resolveEnvPlaceholders($ext->getConfig()));
+    }
+
     private function doProcess(ContainerBuilder $container): void
     {
         (new MergeExtensionConfigurationPass())->process($container);
@@ -213,6 +226,7 @@ class EnvConfiguration implements ConfigurationInterface
         $rootNode
             ->children()
                 ->scalarNode('scalar_node')->end()
+                ->scalarNode('scalar_node_not_empty')->cannotBeEmpty()->end()
                 ->integerNode('int_node')->end()
                 ->floatNode('float_node')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('bool_node')->end()