diff --git a/src/Events/Dispatcher.php b/src/Events/Dispatcher.php
index db5e9b934..d67c46f67 100644
--- a/src/Events/Dispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Events/Dispatcher.php
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ public function listen($events, $listener = null, $priority = 0)
         } elseif ($listener instanceof QueuedClosure) {
             $listener = $listener->resolve();
         }
-        $listener = Serialization::wrapClosure($listener);
 
         foreach ((array) $events as $event) {
             if (Str::contains($event, '*')) {
-                $this->setupWildcardListen($event, $listener);
+                $this->setupWildcardListen($event, Serialization::wrapClosure($listener));
             } else {
                 $this->listeners[$event][$priority][] = $this->makeListener($listener);
 
@@ -61,6 +60,14 @@ public function listen($events, $listener = null, $priority = 0)
         }
     }
 
+    // Serialize the listener created by laravel
+    public function makeListener($listener, $wildcard = false)
+    {
+        $listener = parent::makeListener($listener, $wildcard);
+
+        return Serialization::wrapClosure($listener);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the event that is currently firing.
      *
@@ -127,9 +134,6 @@ public function dispatch($event, $payload = [], $halt = false)
         }
 
         foreach ($this->getListeners($event) as $listener) {
-            if ($listener instanceof SerializableClosure) {
-                $listener = $listener->getClosure();
-            }
             $response = $listener($event, $payload);
 
             // If a response is returned from the listener and event halting is enabled
diff --git a/tests/Events/DispatcherTest.php b/tests/Events/DispatcherTest.php
index c48005a42..2cf08f419 100644
--- a/tests/Events/DispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Events/DispatcherTest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,32 @@ public function testTypedClosureListen()
         $this->assertTrue($magic_value);
     }
 
+    public function testClosureWithValueArgument()
+    {
+        $original = false;
+
+        $dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+        $dispatcher->listen('test', function ($value) {
+            $value = true;
+        });
+        $dispatcher->dispatch('test', [$original]);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($original);
+    }
+
+    public function testClosureWithReferenceArgument()
+    {
+        $original = false;
+
+        $dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+        $dispatcher->listen('test', function (&$value) {
+            $value = true;
+        });
+        $dispatcher->dispatch('test', [&$original]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($original);
+    }
+
     public function testStringEventPriorities()
     {
         $magic_value = 0;