diff --git a/terraform/context_apply_test.go b/terraform/context_apply_test.go
index 7f14e98c11..fee347b63c 100644
--- a/terraform/context_apply_test.go
+++ b/terraform/context_apply_test.go
@@ -7101,3 +7101,65 @@ module.middle.bottom:
 		t.Fatalf("expected: \n%s\n\nbad: \n%s", expected, actual)
 	}
 }
+
+// If a data source explicitly depends on another resource, it's because we need
+// that resource to be applied first.
+func TestContext2Apply_dataDependsOn(t *testing.T) {
+	p := testProvider("null")
+	m := testModule(t, "apply-data-depends-on")
+
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Module: m,
+		Providers: map[string]ResourceProviderFactory{
+			"null": testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+	})
+
+	// the "provisioner" here writes to this variable, because the intent is to
+	// create a dependency which can't be viewed through the graph, and depends
+	// solely on the configuration providing "depends_on"
+	provisionerOutput := ""
+
+	p.ApplyFn = func(info *InstanceInfo, s *InstanceState, d *InstanceDiff) (*InstanceState, error) {
+		// the side effect of the resource being applied
+		provisionerOutput = "APPLIED"
+		return testApplyFn(info, s, d)
+	}
+
+	p.DiffFn = testDiffFn
+	p.ReadDataDiffFn = testDataDiffFn
+
+	p.ReadDataApplyFn = func(*InstanceInfo, *InstanceDiff) (*InstanceState, error) {
+		// Read the artifact created by our dependency being applied.
+		// Without any "depends_on", this would be skipped as it's assumed the
+		// initial diff during refresh was all that's needed.
+		return &InstanceState{
+			ID: "read",
+			Attributes: map[string]string{
+				"foo": provisionerOutput,
+			},
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	_, err := ctx.Refresh()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := ctx.Plan(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	state, err := ctx.Apply()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	root := state.ModuleByPath(RootModulePath)
+	actual := root.Resources["data.null_data_source.read"].Primary.Attributes["foo"]
+
+	expected := "APPLIED"
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("bad:\n%s", strings.TrimSpace(state.String()))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/terraform/test-fixtures/apply-data-depends-on/main.tf b/terraform/test-fixtures/apply-data-depends-on/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f82cfe94a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/test-fixtures/apply-data-depends-on/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+resource "null_resource" "write" {
+	foo = "attribute"
+}
+
+data "null_data_source" "read" {
+	foo = ""
+	depends_on = ["null_resource.write"]
+}
diff --git a/terraform/transform_resource.go b/terraform/transform_resource.go
index f5e597569f..00628c7c3a 100644
--- a/terraform/transform_resource.go
+++ b/terraform/transform_resource.go
@@ -601,10 +601,18 @@ func (n *graphNodeExpandedResource) dataResourceEvalNodes(resource *Resource, in
 				// apply phases.)
 				&EvalIf{
 					If: func(ctx EvalContext) (bool, error) {
+
 						if config.ComputedKeys != nil && len(config.ComputedKeys) > 0 {
 							return true, EvalEarlyExitError{}
 						}
 
+						// If the config explicitly has a depends_on for this
+						// data source, assume the intention is to prevent
+						// refreshing ahead of that dependency.
+						if len(n.Resource.DependsOn) > 0 {
+							return true, EvalEarlyExitError{}
+						}
+
 						return true, nil
 					},
 					Then: EvalNoop{},