diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c02f4e..85782e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Picotainer
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/thecodingmachine/picotainer.svg?branch=1.0)](https://travis-ci.org/thecodingmachine/picotainer)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/thecodingmachine/picotainer/badge.svg?branch=1.0)](https://coveralls.io/r/thecodingmachine/picotainer?branch=1.0)
 
-This package contains a really minimalist dependency injection container (24 lines of code!) compatible with
+This package contains a really minimalist dependency injection container (26 lines of code!) compatible with
 [container-interop](https://github.com/container-interop/container-interop) (supports ContainerInterface and
 delegate lookup feature).
 
diff --git a/src/MissingDependencyException.php b/src/MissingDependencyException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88f8a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MissingDependencyException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+namespace Mouf\Picotainer;
+
+use Interop\Container\Exception\ContainerException;
+
+/**
+ * This exception is thrown when a dependency is not found.
+ *
+ * @author David Négrier <david@mouf-php.com>
+ */
+class MissingDependencyException extends \RuntimeException implements ContainerException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Picotainer.php b/src/Picotainer.php
index f7ab588..19be8d3 100644
--- a/src/Picotainer.php
+++ b/src/Picotainer.php
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ public function get($identifier)
         if (!isset($this->callbacks[$identifier])) {
             throw new PicotainerNotFoundException(sprintf('Identifier "%s" is not defined.', $identifier));
         }
-
-        return $this->objects[$identifier] = $this->callbacks[$identifier]($this->delegateLookupContainer);
+        try {
+            return $this->objects[$identifier] = $this->callbacks[$identifier]($this->delegateLookupContainer);
+        } catch (PicotainerNotFoundException $e) {
+            throw new MissingDependencyException(sprintf('Entry "%s" cannot be constructed because a dependency is missing.', $identifier, $e));
+        }
     }
 
     /* (non-PHPdoc)
diff --git a/tests/PicotainerTest.php b/tests/PicotainerTest.php
index de595fe..12d124d 100644
--- a/tests/PicotainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/PicotainerTest.php
@@ -22,13 +22,25 @@ public function testGet()
      *
      * @expectedException Mouf\Picotainer\PicotainerNotFoundException
      */
-    public function testGetException()
+    public function testGetNotFoundException()
     {
         $container = new Picotainer([]);
 
         $container->get('nonexistant');
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @expectedException Mouf\Picotainer\MissingDependencyException
+     */
+    public function testGetMissingDependencyException()
+    {
+        $container = new Picotainer([
+            "instance" => function ($container) { return $container->get('nonfound'); },
+        ]);
+
+        $container->get('instance');
+    }
     public function testDelegateContainer()
     {
         $container = new Picotainer([