diff --git a/src/DynamicEntityReferenceServiceProvider.php b/src/DynamicEntityReferenceServiceProvider.php
index 1b7b6357e2f8b491b4b85b206c4b69f3f969c633..338038cfd4d0c7b8954957287718ccacd89361e1 100644
--- a/src/DynamicEntityReferenceServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/DynamicEntityReferenceServiceProvider.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ServiceProviderBase;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\Sql\QueryFactory as BaseQueryFactory;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\Sql\pgsql\QueryFactory as BasePgsqlQueryFactory;
+use Drupal\dynamic_entity_reference\Normalizer\DynamicEntityReferenceItemNormalizer;
 use Drupal\dynamic_entity_reference\Query\PgsqlQueryFactory;
 use Drupal\dynamic_entity_reference\Query\QueryFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
@@ -21,18 +22,22 @@ class DynamicEntityReferenceServiceProvider extends ServiceProviderBase {
    */
   public function alter(ContainerBuilder $container) {
     $modules = $container->getParameter('container.modules');
-    if (isset($modules['rest']) && isset($modules['serialization']) && isset($modules['hal'])) {
+    if (isset($modules['hal'])) {
+      // Hal module is enabled, add our new normalizer for dynamic entity
+      // reference items.
+      // To avoid problems the arguments to
+      // \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\EntityReferenceItemNormalizer change, re-use
+      // the same constructor arguments and set the additional dependency
+      // with a setter method.
+      $parent_definition = $container->getDefinition('serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item.hal');
+      $service_definition = new Definition(DynamicEntityReferenceItemNormalizer::class, $parent_definition->getArguments());
 
-      // Add a normalizer service for dynamic_entity_reference fields.
-      $service_definition = new Definition('Drupal\dynamic_entity_reference\Normalizer\DynamicEntityReferenceItemNormalizer', [
-        new Reference('rest.link_manager'),
-        new Reference('serializer.entity_resolver'),
-        new Reference('module_handler'),
-      ]);
       // The priority must be higher than that of
-      // serializer.normalizer.entity_reference.hal in hal.services.yml.
-      $service_definition->addTag('normalizer', ['priority' => 20]);
+      // serializer.normalizer.entity_reference_item.hal in
+      // hal.services.yml.
+      $service_definition->addTag('normalizer', array('priority' => $parent_definition->getTags()['normalizer'][0]['priority'] + 1));
       $container->setDefinition('serializer.normalizer.entity.dynamic_entity_reference_item.hal', $service_definition);
+
     }
     $map = [
       'entity.query.sql' => [