diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
index 55d7f7032117..ce9ced85e76d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Parser.php
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ public function parse($value, $exceptionOnInvalidType = false, $objectSupport =
                 if ($isRef) {
                     $this->refs[$isRef] = $data[$key];
                 }
+
+                if ($objectForMap && !is_object($data)) {
+                    $data = (object) $data;
+                }
             } else {
                 // multiple documents are not supported
                 if ('---' === $this->currentLine) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
index 517836abe752..8fc7db58746a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/ParserTest.php
@@ -438,6 +438,28 @@ public function testObjectSupportDisabledButNoExceptions()
         $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => null, 'bar' => 1), $this->parser->parse($input), '->parse() does not parse objects');
     }
 
+    public function testObjectForMapEnabledWithMapping()
+    {
+        $yaml = <<<EOF
+foo:
+    fiz: [cat]
+EOF;
+        $result = $this->parser->parse($yaml, false, false, true);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $result);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $result->foo);
+        $this->assertEquals(array('cat'), $result->foo->fiz);
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectForMapEnabledWithInlineMapping()
+    {
+        $result = $this->parser->parse('{ "foo": "bar", "fiz": "cat" }', false, false, true);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('stdClass', $result);
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $result->foo);
+        $this->assertEquals('cat', $result->fiz);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Yaml\Exception\ParseException
      */