diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
index 36a576e99d739..412d4388de2f1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+5.4
+---
+
+* Add `service_closure()` to the PHP-DSL
+
 5.3
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/AbstractConfigurator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/AbstractConfigurator.php
index 475d060432251..e5b1888892af6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/AbstractConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/AbstractConfigurator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Loader\ParamConfigurator;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\AbstractArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\ArgumentInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\ServiceClosureArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Parameter;
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ public static function processValue($value, $allowServices = false)
         }
 
         if ($value instanceof ReferenceConfigurator) {
-            return new Reference($value->id, $value->invalidBehavior);
+            $reference = new Reference($value->id, $value->invalidBehavior);
+
+            return $value instanceof ClosureReferenceConfigurator ? new ServiceClosureArgument($reference) : $reference;
         }
 
         if ($value instanceof InlineServiceConfigurator) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ClosureReferenceConfigurator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ClosureReferenceConfigurator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba83d91ef054b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ClosureReferenceConfigurator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?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\Loader\Configurator;
+
+class ClosureReferenceConfigurator extends ReferenceConfigurator
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ContainerConfigurator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ContainerConfigurator.php
index c905fcf4962cb..53f96a516a52d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ContainerConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/Configurator/ContainerConfigurator.php
@@ -202,3 +202,11 @@ function env(string $name): EnvConfigurator
 {
     return new EnvConfigurator($name);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates a closure service reference.
+ */
+function service_closure(string $serviceId): ClosureReferenceConfigurator
+{
+    return new ClosureReferenceConfigurator($serviceId);
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/services_closure_argument.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/services_closure_argument.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8864df8a4e842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/config/services_closure_argument.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator;
+
+return function (ContainerConfigurator $c) {
+    $s = $c->services()->defaults()->public();
+
+    $s->set('foo', 'Foo');
+
+    $s->set('service_closure', 'Bar')
+        ->args([service_closure('foo')]);
+
+    $s->set('service_closure_invalid', 'Bar')
+        ->args([service_closure('invalid_service')->nullOnInvalid()]);
+};
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services_closure_argument_compiled.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services_closure_argument_compiled.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a82f2dcc662f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services_closure_argument_compiled.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Argument\RewindableGenerator;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\FrozenParameterBag;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ParameterBag\ParameterBagInterface;
+
+/**
+ * @internal This class has been auto-generated by the Symfony Dependency Injection Component.
+ */
+class ProjectServiceContainer extends Container
+{
+    protected $parameters = [];
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->services = $this->privates = [];
+        $this->methodMap = [
+            'foo' => 'getFooService',
+            'service_closure' => 'getServiceClosureService',
+            'service_closure_invalid' => 'getServiceClosureInvalidService',
+        ];
+
+        $this->aliases = [];
+    }
+
+    public function compile(): void
+    {
+        throw new LogicException('You cannot compile a dumped container that was already compiled.');
+    }
+
+    public function isCompiled(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function getRemovedIds(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'Psr\\Container\\ContainerInterface' => true,
+            'Symfony\\Component\\DependencyInjection\\ContainerInterface' => true,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the public 'foo' shared service.
+     *
+     * @return \Foo
+     */
+    protected function getFooService()
+    {
+        return $this->services['foo'] = new \Foo();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the public 'service_closure' shared service.
+     *
+     * @return \Bar
+     */
+    protected function getServiceClosureService()
+    {
+        return $this->services['service_closure'] = new \Bar(function () {
+            return ($this->services['foo'] ?? ($this->services['foo'] = new \Foo()));
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the public 'service_closure_invalid' shared service.
+     *
+     * @return \Bar
+     */
+    protected function getServiceClosureInvalidService()
+    {
+        return $this->services['service_closure_invalid'] = new \Bar(function () {
+            return NULL;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
index f3dcb820f81fd..4ef80ddaab46c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Loader/PhpFileLoaderTest.php
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ public function testConfigServices()
         $this->assertStringEqualsFile($fixtures.'/php/services9_compiled.php', str_replace(str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $fixtures.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'includes'.\DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR), '%path%', $dumper->dump()));
     }
 
+    public function testConfigServiceClosure()
+    {
+        $fixtures = realpath(__DIR__.'/../Fixtures');
+        $loader = new PhpFileLoader($container = new ContainerBuilder(), new FileLocator());
+        $loader->load($fixtures.'/config/services_closure_argument.php');
+
+        $container->compile();
+        $dumper = new PhpDumper($container);
+        $this->assertStringEqualsFile($fixtures.'/php/services_closure_argument_compiled.php', $dumper->dump());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideConfig
      */