The invention relates to a circuit intended to supply a reference voltage comprising a voltage generator (REF) provided with a supply terminal and an output for supplying a voltage having a given nominal value (V.sub.R) and comprising a differential amplifier (A), fed by a first supply voltage, whose non-inverting input is connected to the output of the voltage generator (REF). An output of the differential amplifier (A) is connected to an input of a follower stage (T) through a controlled switching device (1), the follower stage (T) having its input connected to the first supply voltage through a first resistor (R.sub.1) and having its output, which supplies the said reference voltage (V.sub.D), connected on the one hand to the inverting input of the differential amplifier (A) through a divider bridge and on the other hand to the supply termianl of the voltage generator (REF). A control circuit (C) of the switching device is operated so as to receive at least the supply voltage in such a manner that the switching device (1) is closed when the supply voltage reaches a threshold for which both the voltage generator and the differential amplifier are in a nominal operating zone.