diff --git a/packer_test/dag_tests/mix_data_locals_test.go b/packer_test/dag_tests/mix_data_locals_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f7f5d398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer_test/dag_tests/mix_data_locals_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer_test/common/check"
+)
+
+func (ts *PackerDAGTestSuite) TestWithBothDataLocalMixedOrder() {
+	pluginDir := ts.MakePluginDir()
+	defer pluginDir.Cleanup()
+
+	for _, cmd := range []string{"build", "validate"} {
+		ts.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s: evaluating with DAG - success expected", cmd), func() {
+			ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginDir).
+				SetArgs(cmd, "./templates/mixed_data_local.pkr.hcl").
+				Assert(check.MustSucceed())
+		})
+
+		ts.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s: evaluating sequentially - failure expected", cmd), func() {
+			ts.PackerCommand().UsePluginDir(pluginDir).
+				SetArgs(cmd, "--use-sequential-evaluation", "./templates/mixed_data_local.pkr.hcl").
+				Assert(check.MustFail())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packer_test/dag_tests/suite_test.go b/packer_test/dag_tests/suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5083a0e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer_test/dag_tests/suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer_test/common"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+)
+
+type PackerDAGTestSuite struct {
+	*common.PackerTestSuite
+}
+
+func Test_PackerDAGSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	baseSuite, cleanup := common.InitBaseSuite(t)
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	ts := &PackerDAGTestSuite{
+		baseSuite,
+	}
+
+	suite.Run(t, ts)
+}
diff --git a/packer_test/dag_tests/templates/mixed_data_local.pkr.hcl b/packer_test/dag_tests/templates/mixed_data_local.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0447538e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer_test/dag_tests/templates/mixed_data_local.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+data "null" "head" {
+	input = "foo"
+}
+
+locals {
+	loc = "${data.null.head.output}"
+}
+
+data "null" "tail" {
+	input = "${local.loc}"
+}
+
+locals {
+	last = "final - ${data.null.tail.output}"
+}
+
+source "null" "test" {
+	communicator = "none"
+}
+
+build {
+	sources = ["null.test"]
+}