diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index 84d6db2e18ceb..8457b5eef6c3a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -501,6 +501,8 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
                     $params[] = $this->defaultContext[self::DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENTS][$class][$key];
                 } elseif ($constructorParameter->isDefaultValueAvailable()) {
                     $params[] = $constructorParameter->getDefaultValue();
+                } elseif ($constructorParameter->hasType() && $constructorParameter->getType()->allowsNull()) {
+                    $params[] = null;
                 } else {
                     throw new MissingConstructorArgumentsException(sprintf('Cannot create an instance of "%s" from serialized data because its constructor requires parameter "%s" to be present.', $class, $constructorParameter->name));
                 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45b65adbc3199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Fixtures/NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures;
+
+class NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy
+{
+    private $foo;
+
+    public function __construct(?\stdClass $foo)
+    {
+        $this->foo = $foo;
+    }
+
+    public function setFoo($foo)
+    {
+        $this->foo = 'this setter should not be called when using the constructor argument';
+    }
+
+    public function getFoo()
+    {
+        return $this->foo;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
index 85aacb97431a6..7b3c0a0b04ddd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizerTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\AbstractNormalizerDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Dummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\NullableConstructorArgumentDummy;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\StaticConstructorDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\StaticConstructorNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\VariadicConstructorTypedArgsDummy;
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ public function testObjectWithStaticConstructor()
     }
 
     public function testObjectWithNullableConstructorArgument()
+    {
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+        $dummy = $normalizer->denormalize(['foo' => null], NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy::class);
+
+        $this->assertNull($dummy->getFoo());
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectWithNullableConstructorArgumentWithoutInput()
+    {
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+        $dummy = $normalizer->denormalize([], NullableOptionalConstructorArgumentDummy::class);
+
+        $this->assertNull($dummy->getFoo());
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectWithNullableNonOptionalConstructorArgument()
     {
         $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
         $dummy = $normalizer->denormalize(['foo' => null], NullableConstructorArgumentDummy::class);
@@ -125,6 +142,14 @@ public function testObjectWithNullableConstructorArgument()
         $this->assertNull($dummy->getFoo());
     }
 
+    public function testObjectWithNullableNonOptionalConstructorArgumentWithoutInput()
+    {
+        $normalizer = new ObjectNormalizer();
+        $dummy = $normalizer->denormalize([], NullableConstructorArgumentDummy::class);
+
+        $this->assertNull($dummy->getFoo());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getNormalizer
      */

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