diff --git a/Civi/Core/Container.php b/Civi/Core/Container.php
index 1d1af901bf6..15deda8e29f 100644
--- a/Civi/Core/Container.php
+++ b/Civi/Core/Container.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public function createContainer() {
       throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot initialize container. Boot services are undefined.");
     }
     foreach (\Civi::$statics[__CLASS__]['boot'] as $bootService => $def) {
-      $container->setDefinition($bootService, new Definition())->setSynthetic(TRUE);
+      $container->setDefinition($bootService, new Definition())->setSynthetic(TRUE)->setPublic(TRUE);
     }
 
     // Expose legacy singletons as services in the container.