diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
index afe3ecd182212..7e74a37aafdbd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPass.php
@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ public function process(ContainerBuilder $container)
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The service "%s" must be public as event subscribers are lazy-loaded.', $id));
             }
 
+            if ($def->isAbstract()) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The service "%s" must not be abstract as event subscribers are lazy-loaded.', $id));
+            }
+
             // We must assume that the class value has been correctly filled, even if the service is created by a factory
-            $class = $def->getClass();
+            $class = $container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($def->getClass());
 
             $refClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
             $interface = 'Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface';
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
index b291e1ee3c47d..0fdd6372bd31f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/DependencyInjection/RegisterListenersPassTest.php
@@ -138,6 +138,58 @@ public function testAbstractEventListener()
         $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
         $registerListenersPass->process($container);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage The service "foo" must not be abstract as event subscribers are lazy-loaded.
+     */
+    public function testAbstractEventSubscriber()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', 'stdClass')->setAbstract(true)->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber', array());
+        $container->register('event_dispatcher', 'stdClass');
+
+        $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
+        $registerListenersPass->process($container);
+    }
+
+    public function testEventSubscriberResolvableClassName()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+
+        $container->setParameter('subscriber.class', 'Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Tests\DependencyInjection\SubscriberService');
+        $container->register('foo', '%subscriber.class%')->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber', array());
+        $container->register('event_dispatcher', 'stdClass');
+
+        $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
+        $registerListenersPass->process($container);
+
+        $definition = $container->getDefinition('event_dispatcher');
+        $expected_calls = array(
+            array(
+                'addSubscriberService',
+                array(
+                    'foo',
+                    'Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Tests\DependencyInjection\SubscriberService',
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
+        $this->assertSame($expected_calls, $definition->getMethodCalls());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage You have requested a non-existent parameter "subscriber.class"
+     */
+    public function testEventSubscriberUnresolvableClassName()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $container->register('foo', '%subscriber.class%')->addTag('kernel.event_subscriber', array());
+        $container->register('event_dispatcher', 'stdClass');
+
+        $registerListenersPass = new RegisterListenersPass();
+        $registerListenersPass->process($container);
+    }
 }
 
 class SubscriberService implements \Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface