diff --git a/src/DumpServerServiceProvider.php b/src/DumpServerServiceProvider.php
index ae9b667..b08948f 100644
--- a/src/DumpServerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/DumpServerServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace BeyondCode\DumpServer;
 
+use BeyondCode\DumpServer\FallbackDumper;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\CliDumper as LaravelCliDumper;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
-use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\ContextProvider\SourceContextProvider;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Server\Connection;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Server\DumpServer;
-use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\ContextProvider\SourceContextProvider;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\VarDumper;
 
 class DumpServerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -44,13 +46,20 @@ public function register()
 
         $this->app->when(DumpServer::class)->needs('$host')->give($host);
 
+        $this->app->when(FallbackDumper::class)->needs('$basePath')->give(fn () => $this->app->basePath());
+        $this->app->when(FallbackDumper::class)->needs('$compiledViewPath')->give(fn () => $this->app['config']->get('view.compiled'));
+
         $connection = new Connection($host, [
             'request' => new RequestContextProvider($this->app['request']),
             'source' => new SourceContextProvider('utf-8', base_path()),
         ]);
 
-        VarDumper::setHandler(function ($var) use ($connection) {
-            $this->app->makeWith(Dumper::class, ['connection' => $connection])->dump($var);
+        $fallbackDumper = class_exists(LaravelCliDumper::class)
+            ? $this->app->make(FallbackDumper::class)
+            : null;
+
+        VarDumper::setHandler(function ($var) use ($connection, $fallbackDumper) {
+            $this->app->makeWith(Dumper::class, ['connection' => $connection, 'fallbackDumper' => $fallbackDumper])->dump($var);
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Dumper.php b/src/Dumper.php
index 4e6ab7b..1bbef06 100755
--- a/src/Dumper.php
+++ b/src/Dumper.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace BeyondCode\DumpServer;
 
+use BeyondCode\DumpServer\FallbackDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\CliDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\HtmlDumper;
@@ -16,15 +17,24 @@ class Dumper
      */
     private $connection;
 
+    /**
+     * The fallback dumper to use if there is no active connection.
+     *
+     * @var \BeyondCode\DumpServer\FallbackDumper|null
+     */
+    private $fallbackDumper;
+
     /**
      * Dumper constructor.
      *
      * @param  \Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Server\Connection|null  $connection
+     * @param  \BeyondCode\DumpServer\FallbackDumper|null  $fallbackDumper
      * @return void
      */
-    public function __construct(Connection $connection = null)
+    public function __construct(Connection $connection = null, FallbackDumper $fallbackDumper = null)
     {
         $this->connection = $connection;
+        $this->fallbackDumper = $fallbackDumper;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -39,7 +49,8 @@ public function dump($value)
             $data = $this->createVarCloner()->cloneVar($value);
 
             if ($this->connection === null || $this->connection->write($data) === false) {
-                $dumper = in_array(PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg']) ? new CliDumper : new HtmlDumper;
+                $dumper = $this->fallbackDumper ?? (in_array(PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg']) ? new CliDumper : new HtmlDumper);
+
                 $dumper->dump($data);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/src/FallbackDumper.php b/src/FallbackDumper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2910a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FallbackDumper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BeyondCode\DumpServer;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\CliDumper as LaravelCliDumper;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\HtmlDumper as LaravelHtmlDumper;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\Data;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\CliDumper as SymfonyCliDumper;
+use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Dumper\HtmlDumper as SymfonyHtmlDumper;
+
+class FallbackDumper
+{
+    /**
+     * The base path of the application.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $basePath;
+
+    /**
+     * The compiled view path for the application.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $compiledViewPath;
+
+    /**
+     * FallbackDumper constructor.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $basePath
+     * @param  string  $compiledViewPath
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(string $basePath, string $compiledViewPath)
+    {
+        $this->basePath = $basePath;
+        $this->compiledViewPath = $compiledViewPath;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Dump a value with elegance.
+     *
+     * @param  Data  $data
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function dump(Data $data)
+    {
+        if (class_exists(LaravelCliDumper::class)) {
+            // Laravel 9+
+            $dumper = in_array(PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg'])
+                ? new LaravelCliDumper(new ConsoleOutput, $this->basePath, $this->compiledViewPath)
+                : new LaravelHtmlDumper($this->basePath, $this->compiledViewPath);
+
+            $dumper->dumpWithSource($data);
+        } else {
+            $dumper = in_array(PHP_SAPI, ['cli', 'phpdbg'])
+                ? new SymfonyCliDumper
+                : new SymfonyHtmlDumper;
+
+            $dumper->dump($data);
+        }
+    }
+}