diff --git a/docs/guide-ru/concept-di-container.md b/docs/guide-ru/concept-di-container.md
index 3ca34c108d..5ad5361761 100644
--- a/docs/guide-ru/concept-di-container.md
+++ b/docs/guide-ru/concept-di-container.md
@@ -358,8 +358,11 @@ $container->setSingleton('yii\db\Connection', [
 // "db" ранее зарегистрированный псевдоним
 $db = $container->get('db');
 
-// эквивалентно: $engine = new \app\components\SearchEngine($apiKey, ['type' => 1]);
-$engine = $container->get('app\components\SearchEngine', [$apiKey], ['type' => 1]);
+// эквивалентно: $engine = new \app\components\SearchEngine($apiKey, $apiSecret, ['type' => 1]);
+$engine = $container->get('app\components\SearchEngine', [$apiKey, $apiSecret], ['type' => 1]);
+
+// эквивалентно: $api = new \app\components\Api($host, $apiKey);
+$api = $container->get('app\components\Api', ['host' => $host, 'apiKey' => $apiKey]);
 ```
 
 За кулисами, контейнер внедрения зависимостей делает гораздо больше работы, чем просто создание нового объекта.
diff --git a/docs/guide/concept-di-container.md b/docs/guide/concept-di-container.md
index cbb050a4d2..b771a3d175 100644
--- a/docs/guide/concept-di-container.md
+++ b/docs/guide/concept-di-container.md
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ $db = $container->get('db');
 
 // equivalent to: $engine = new \app\components\SearchEngine($apiKey, $apiSecret, ['type' => 1]);
 $engine = $container->get('app\components\SearchEngine', [$apiKey, $apiSecret], ['type' => 1]);
+
+// equivalent to: $api = new \app\components\Api($host, $apiKey);
+$api = $container->get('app\components\Api', ['host' => $host, 'apiKey' => $apiKey]);
 ```
 
 Behind the scene, the DI container does much more work than just creating a new object.
diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index fc3c864bfe..419fc6dd20 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #18313: Fix multipart form data parse with double quotes (wsaid)
 - Bug #18317: Additional PHP 8 compatibility fixes (samdark, bizley)
 - Bug #16831: Fix console Table Widget does not render correctly in combination with ANSI formatting (issidorov, cebe)
+- Enh #18285: Enhanced DI container to allow passing parameters by name in constructor (vjik)
 - Enh #18351: Added option to change default timezone for parsing formats without time part in `yii\validators\DateValidator` (bizley)
 
+
 2.0.38 September 14, 2020
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/framework/di/Container.php b/framework/di/Container.php
index 446b87a3bf..57036f1db4 100644
--- a/framework/di/Container.php
+++ b/framework/di/Container.php
@@ -143,11 +143,14 @@ class Container extends Component
      * In this case, the constructor parameters and object configurations will be used
      * only if the class is instantiated the first time.
      *
-     * @param string|Instance $class the class Instance, name or an alias name (e.g. `foo`) that was previously registered via [[set()]]
-     * or [[setSingleton()]].
-     * @param array $params a list of constructor parameter values. The parameters should be provided in the order
-     * they appear in the constructor declaration. If you want to skip some parameters, you should index the remaining
-     * ones with the integers that represent their positions in the constructor parameter list.
+     * @param string|Instance $class the class Instance, name or an alias name (e.g. `foo`) that was previously
+     * registered via [[set()]] or [[setSingleton()]].
+     * @param array $params a list of constructor parameter values. Use one of two definitions:
+     *  - Parameters as name-value pairs, for example: `['posts' => PostRepository::class]`.
+     *  - Parameters in the order they appear in the constructor declaration. If you want to skip some parameters,
+     *    you should index the remaining ones with the integers that represent their positions in the constructor
+     *    parameter list.
+     * Dependencies indexed by name and by position in the same array are not allowed.
      * @param array $config a list of name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties.
      * @return object an instance of the requested class.
      * @throws InvalidConfigException if the class cannot be recognized or correspond to an invalid definition
@@ -379,15 +382,23 @@ class Container extends Component
         /* @var $reflection ReflectionClass */
         list($reflection, $dependencies) = $this->getDependencies($class);
 
+        $addDependencies = [];
         if (isset($config['__construct()'])) {
-            foreach ($config['__construct()'] as $index => $param) {
-                $dependencies[$index] = $param;
-            }
+            $addDependencies = $config['__construct()'];
             unset($config['__construct()']);
         }
-
         foreach ($params as $index => $param) {
-            $dependencies[$index] = $param;
+            $addDependencies[$index] = $param;
+        }
+
+        $this->validateDependencies($addDependencies);
+
+        if ($addDependencies && is_int(key($addDependencies))) {
+            $dependencies = array_values($dependencies);
+            $dependencies = $this->mergeDependencies($dependencies, $addDependencies);
+        } else {
+            $dependencies = $this->mergeDependencies($dependencies, $addDependencies);
+            $dependencies = array_values($dependencies);
         }
 
         $dependencies = $this->resolveDependencies($dependencies, $reflection);
@@ -414,6 +425,47 @@ class Container extends Component
         return $object;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array $a
+     * @param array $b
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function mergeDependencies($a, $b)
+    {
+        foreach ($b as $index => $dependency) {
+            $a[$index] = $dependency;
+        }
+        return $a;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $parameters
+     * @throws InvalidConfigException
+     */
+    private function validateDependencies($parameters)
+    {
+        $hasStringParameter = false;
+        $hasIntParameter = false;
+        foreach ($parameters as $index => $parameter) {
+            if (is_string($index)) {
+                $hasStringParameter = true;
+                if ($hasIntParameter) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            } else {
+                $hasIntParameter = true;
+                if ($hasStringParameter) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ($hasIntParameter && $hasStringParameter) {
+            throw new InvalidConfigException(
+                'Dependencies indexed by name and by position in the same array are not allowed.'
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Merges the user-specified constructor parameters with the ones registered via [[set()]].
      * @param string $class class name, interface name or alias name
@@ -463,7 +515,7 @@ class Container extends Component
                 }
 
                 if ($param->isDefaultValueAvailable()) {
-                    $dependencies[] = $param->getDefaultValue();
+                    $dependencies[$param->getName()] = $param->getDefaultValue();
                 } else {
                     if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000) {
                         $c = $param->getType();
@@ -472,7 +524,7 @@ class Container extends Component
                         $c = $param->getClass();
                         $isClass = $c !== null;
                     }
-                    $dependencies[] = Instance::of($isClass ? $c->getName() : null);
+                    $dependencies[$param->getName()] = Instance::of($isClass ? $c->getName() : null);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/framework/di/ContainerTest.php b/tests/framework/di/ContainerTest.php
index 1d6d54b214..5a3565299b 100644
--- a/tests/framework/di/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/di/ContainerTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use yiiunit\data\ar\Order;
 use yiiunit\data\ar\Type;
 use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\Bar;
 use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\BarSetter;
+use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\Car;
 use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\Corge;
 use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\Foo;
 use yiiunit\framework\di\stubs\FooProperty;
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ class ContainerTest extends TestCase
 
 
         $myFunc = function ($a, NumberValidator $b, $c = 'default') {
-            return[$a, \get_class($b), $c];
+            return [$a, \get_class($b), $c];
         };
         $result = Yii::$container->invoke($myFunc, ['a']);
         $this->assertEquals(['a', 'yii\validators\NumberValidator', 'default'], $result);
@@ -262,7 +263,8 @@ class ContainerTest extends TestCase
             'qux.using.closure' => function () {
                 return new Qux();
             },
-            'rollbar', 'baibaratsky\yii\rollbar\Rollbar'
+            'rollbar',
+            'baibaratsky\yii\rollbar\Rollbar'
         ]);
         $container->setDefinitions([]);
 
@@ -278,8 +280,7 @@ class ContainerTest extends TestCase
         try {
             $container->get('rollbar');
             $this->fail('InvalidConfigException was not thrown');
-        } catch(\Exception $e)
-        {
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
             $this->assertInstanceOf('yii\base\InvalidConfigException', $e);
         }
     }
@@ -527,4 +528,30 @@ class ContainerTest extends TestCase
         Yii::$container->set('setLater', new Qux());
         Yii::$container->get('test');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/18284
+     */
+    public function testNamedConstructorParameters()
+    {
+        $test = (new Container())->get(Car::className(), [
+            'name' => 'Hello',
+            'color' => 'red',
+        ]);
+        $this->assertSame('Hello', $test->name);
+        $this->assertSame('red', $test->color);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/18284
+     */
+    public function testInvalidConstructorParameters()
+    {
+        $this->expectException('yii\base\InvalidConfigException');
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Dependencies indexed by name and by position in the same array are not allowed.');
+        (new Container())->get(Car::className(), [
+            'color' => 'red',
+            'Hello',
+        ]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/di/stubs/Car.php b/tests/framework/di/stubs/Car.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc91d53b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/framework/di/stubs/Car.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace yiiunit\framework\di\stubs;
+
+use yii\base\BaseObject;
+
+class Car extends BaseObject
+{
+    public $color;
+    public $name;
+
+    public function __construct($color, $name)
+    {
+        $this->color = $color;
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+}