diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Resources/functions/dump.php b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Resources/functions/dump.php
index b6c243c8b6e2..95d8bb59808d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Resources/functions/dump.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/VarDumper/Resources/functions/dump.php
@@ -20,5 +20,11 @@ function dump($var)
         foreach (func_get_args() as $var) {
             VarDumper::dump($var);
         }
+
+        if (1 < func_num_args()) {
+            return func_get_args();
+        }
+
+        return $var;
     }
 }