diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
index 26f1d9532d26b..98fbee52c03d7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Dotenv.php
@@ -446,12 +446,12 @@ private function resolveVariables(string $value)
             }
 
             $name = $matches['name'];
-            if (isset($this->values[$name])) {
+            if (isset($_ENV[$name])) {
+                $value = $_ENV[$name];
+            } elseif (isset($this->values[$name])) {
                 $value = $this->values[$name];
             } elseif (isset($_SERVER[$name]) && 0 !== strpos($name, 'HTTP_')) {
                 $value = $_SERVER[$name];
-            } elseif (isset($_ENV[$name])) {
-                $value = $_ENV[$name];
             } else {
                 $value = (string) getenv($name);
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
index 0efdf17cc308a..340f83ee39cf1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Dotenv/Tests/DotenvTest.php
@@ -430,4 +430,14 @@ public function testDoNotUsePutenv()
         $this->assertSame('no', $_ENV['TEST_USE_PUTENV']);
         $this->assertFalse(getenv('TEST_USE_PUTENV'));
     }
+
+    public function testGetVariablesValueFromEnvFirst()
+    {
+        $_ENV['APP_ENV'] = 'prod';
+        $dotenv = new Dotenv(true);
+        $test = "APP_ENV=dev\nTEST=foo_\${APP_ENV}";
+        $values = $dotenv->parse($test);
+
+        $this->assertSame('foo_prod', $values['TEST']);
+    }
 }