diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPass.php
index b6a2cf907ee9b..204401cd2c8ee 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPass.php
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ protected function processValue(mixed $value, bool $isRoot = false): mixed
         }
 
         if ($value instanceof Reference && $this->currentId !== $targetId = (string) $value) {
-            if (ContainerInterface::RUNTIME_EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE === $value->getInvalidBehavior()) {
+            if (
+                ContainerInterface::RUNTIME_EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE === $value->getInvalidBehavior()
+                || ContainerInterface::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE === $value->getInvalidBehavior()
+            ) {
                 $this->sourceReferences[$targetId][$this->currentId] ??= true;
             } else {
                 $this->sourceReferences[$targetId][$this->currentId] = false;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPassTest.php
index 9ab5c27fcf763..5ed7be315114a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Compiler/DefinitionErrorExceptionPassTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ public function testSkipNestedErrors()
         $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')
             ->addArgument(new Reference('bar', ContainerBuilder::RUNTIME_EXCEPTION_ON_INVALID_REFERENCE));
 
+        $container->register('baz', 'stdClass')
+            ->addArgument(new Reference('bar', ContainerBuilder::IGNORE_ON_UNINITIALIZED_REFERENCE));
+
         $pass = new DefinitionErrorExceptionPass();
         $pass->process($container);