diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
index 97ae3fd62fdab..e652194340038 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CHANGELOG
  * added `FormErrorNormalizer`
  * added `MimeMessageNormalizer`
  * serializer mapping can be configured using php attributes
+ * added `skip_uninitialized_properties` context option to not serialize uninitialized properties
 
 5.1.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index aa1be48cfbaf5..866d3f72c9962 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\NoSuchPropertyException;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\UninitializedPropertyException;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyTypeExtractorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Type;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder\CsvEncoder;
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
      */
     public const SKIP_NULL_VALUES = 'skip_null_values';
 
+    /**
+     * Flag to control whether uninitialized fields should be skipped
+     * when normalizing.
+     */
+    public const SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_PROPERTIES = 'skip_uninitialized_properties';
+
     /**
      * Callback to allow to set a value for an attribute when the max depth has
      * been reached.
@@ -175,7 +182,17 @@ public function normalize($object, string $format = null, array $context = [])
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $attributeValue = $this->getAttributeValue($object, $attribute, $format, $context);
+            $attributeValue = null;
+            try {
+                $attributeValue = $this->getAttributeValue($object, $attribute, $format, $context);
+            } catch (UninitializedPropertyException $e) {
+                if (isset($context[self::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_PROPERTIES])) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                throw $e;
+            }
+
             if ($maxDepthReached) {
                 $attributeValue = $maxDepthHandler($attributeValue, $object, $attribute, $format, $context);
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/ObjectDummy2.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/ObjectDummy2.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2abf7a4b1cc58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/ObjectDummy2.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features;
+
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\UninitializedPropertyException;
+
+class ObjectDummy2
+{
+    public $bar;
+
+    //simulate typed property access
+    public function getFakeUninitializedProperty()
+    {
+        throw new UninitializedPropertyException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fa7c2521c6aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/Features/SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features;
+
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\UninitializedPropertyException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Test AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_PROPERTIES.
+ */
+trait SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait
+{
+    abstract protected function getNormalizerForSkipUninitializedProperties(): NormalizerInterface;
+
+    public function testSkipUninitializedProperties()
+    {
+        $dummy = new ObjectDummy2();
+        $dummy->bar = 'present';
+
+        $normalizer = $this->getNormalizerForSkipUninitializedProperties();
+        $result = $normalizer->normalize($dummy, null, ['skip_uninitialized_properties' => true]);
+        $this->assertSame(['bar' => 'present'], $result);
+    }
+
+    public function testWithoutSkipUninitializedProperties()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(UninitializedPropertyException::class);
+
+        $normalizer = $this->getNormalizerForSkipUninitializedProperties();
+        $normalizer->normalize(new ObjectDummy2(), null);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
index 66d578f1ebf85..5094e01e0bfbd 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/ObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ObjectNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\CircularReferenceDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Annotations\GroupDummy;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\CircularReferenceDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\OtherSerializedNameDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\Php74Dummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Fixtures\SiblingHolder;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\ObjectDummy;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\ObjectToPopulateTestTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\SkipNullValuesTestTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer\Features\TypeEnforcementTestTrait;
 
 /**
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class ObjectNormalizerTest extends TestCase
     use MaxDepthTestTrait;
     use ObjectToPopulateTestTrait;
     use SkipNullValuesTestTrait;
+    use SkipUninitializedPropertiesTestTrait;
     use TypeEnforcementTestTrait;
 
     /**
@@ -506,6 +508,13 @@ protected function getNormalizerForSkipNullValues(): ObjectNormalizer
         return new ObjectNormalizer();
     }
 
+    // skip uninitialized
+
+    protected function getNormalizerForSkipUninitializedProperties(): ObjectNormalizer
+    {
+        return new ObjectNormalizer();
+    }
+
     // type enforcement
 
     protected function getDenormalizerForTypeEnforcement(): ObjectNormalizer