diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPass.php
index fef070bcff07e..6a6b214bb374d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPass.php
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
         foreach ($container->getAliases() as $id => $alias) {
             $aliasId = (string) $alias;
 
+            if ('service_container' === $aliasId) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             try {
                 $definition = $container->getDefinition($aliasId);
             } catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPassTest.php
index ac1609f5d7d58..c4470dd402160 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/ReplaceAliasByActualDefinitionPassTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public function testProcess()
         $container->setAlias('a_alias', 'a');
         $container->setAlias('b_alias', 'b');
 
+        $container->setAlias('container', 'service_container');
+
         $this->process($container);
 
         $this->assertTrue($container->has('a'), '->process() does nothing to public definitions.');
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ public function testProcess()
             '->process() replaces alias to actual.'
         );
         $this->assertSame('b_alias', $aDefinition->getFactoryService());
+        $this->assertTrue($container->has('container'));
     }
 
     /**