diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/GraphvizDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/GraphvizDumper.php
index ed4f0b1fb3a9..f4b1a75ed827 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/GraphvizDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/GraphvizDumper.php
@@ -165,7 +165,13 @@ private function findNodes()
         $container = $this->cloneContainer();
 
         foreach ($container->getDefinitions() as $id => $definition) {
-            $nodes[$id] = array('class' => str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $this->container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($definition->getClass())), 'attributes' => array_merge($this->options['node.definition'], array('style' => ContainerInterface::SCOPE_PROTOTYPE !== $definition->getScope() ? 'filled' : 'dotted')));
+            $class = $definition->getClass();
+
+            if ('\\' === substr($class, 0, 1)) {
+                $class = substr($class, 1);
+            }
+
+            $nodes[$id] = array('class' => str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $this->container->getParameterBag()->resolveValue($class)), 'attributes' => array_merge($this->options['node.definition'], array('style' => ContainerInterface::SCOPE_PROTOTYPE !== $definition->getScope() ? 'filled' : 'dotted')));
 
             $container->setDefinition($id, new Definition('stdClass'));
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
index db0a9f97d21b..18ab0a808045 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/PhpDumper.php
@@ -358,7 +358,13 @@ private function addServiceReturn($id, $definition)
      */
     private function addServiceInstance($id, $definition)
     {
-        $class = $this->dumpValue($definition->getClass());
+        $class = $definition->getClass();
+
+        if ('\\' === substr($class, 0, 1)) {
+            $class = substr($class, 1);
+        }
+
+        $class = $this->dumpValue($class);
 
         if (0 === strpos($class, "'") && !preg_match('/^\'[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*(\\\{2}[a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)*\'$/', $class)) {
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('"%s" is not a valid class name for the "%s" service.', $class, $id));
@@ -539,7 +545,7 @@ private function addService($id, $definition)
         if ($definition->isSynthetic()) {
             $return[] = '@throws RuntimeException always since this service is expected to be injected dynamically';
         } elseif ($class = $definition->getClass()) {
-            $return[] = sprintf('@return %s A %s instance.', 0 === strpos($class, '%') ? 'object' : '\\'.$class, $class);
+            $return[] = sprintf('@return %s A %s instance.', 0 === strpos($class, '%') ? 'object' : '\\'.ltrim($class, '\\'), ltrim($class, '\\'));
         } elseif ($definition->getFactoryClass()) {
             $return[] = sprintf('@return object An instance returned by %s::%s().', $definition->getFactoryClass(), $definition->getFactoryMethod());
         } elseif ($definition->getFactoryService()) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/XmlDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/XmlDumper.php
index 363aa1209981..f8a42b5fe35c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/XmlDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/XmlDumper.php
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ private function addService($definition, $id, \DOMElement $parent)
         if (null !== $id) {
             $service->setAttribute('id', $id);
         }
-        if ($definition->getClass()) {
-            $service->setAttribute('class', $definition->getClass());
+        if ($class = $definition->getClass()) {
+            if ('\\' === substr($class, 0, 1)) {
+                $class = substr($class, 1);
+            }
+
+            $service->setAttribute('class', $class);
         }
         if ($definition->getFactoryMethod()) {
             $service->setAttribute('factory-method', $definition->getFactoryMethod());
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
index a3d9ea37b622..ddf98d985cc1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Dumper/YamlDumper.php
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ public function dump(array $options = array())
     private function addService($id, $definition)
     {
         $code = "    $id:\n";
-        if ($definition->getClass()) {
-            $code .= sprintf("        class: %s\n", $definition->getClass());
+        if ($class = $definition->getClass()) {
+            if ('\\' === substr($class, 0, 1)) {
+                $class = substr($class, 1);
+            }
+
+            $code .= sprintf("        class: %s\n", $class);
         }
 
         if (!$definition->isPublic()) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
index 14f2dad275f9..4739a6a83386 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Tests/Fixtures/containers/container9.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 $container = new ContainerBuilder();
 $container->
-    register('foo', 'FooClass')->
+    register('foo', '\FooClass')->
     addTag('foo', array('foo' => 'foo'))->
     addTag('foo', array('bar' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'baz'))->
     setFactoryClass('FooClass')->