@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Resource struct {
 	Count        int
 	RawConfig    *RawConfig
 	Provisioners []*Provisioner
+	DependsOn    []string
 }
 
 // Provisioner is a configured provisioner step on a resource.
 
@@ -352,17 +352,12 @@ func loadResourcesLibucl(o *libucl.Object) ([]*Resource, error) {
 					err)
 			}
 
-			// Remove the "count" from the config, since we treat that special
+			// Remove the fields we handle specially
+			delete(config, "connection")
 			delete(config, "count")
-
-			// Delete the "provisioner" section from the config since
-			// that is treated specially.
+			delete(config, "depends_on")
 			delete(config, "provisioner")
 
-			// Delete the "connection" section since we handle that
-			// seperately
-			delete(config, "connection")
-
 			rawConfig, err := NewRawConfig(config)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
@@ -401,6 +396,20 @@ func loadResourcesLibucl(o *libucl.Object) ([]*Resource, error) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// If we have depends fields, then add those in
+			var dependsOn []string
+			if deps := r.Get("depends_on"); deps != nil {
+				err := deps.Decode(&dependsOn)
+				deps.Close()
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+						"Error reading depends_on for %s[%s]: %s",
+						t.Key(),
+						r.Key(),
+						err)
+				}
+			}
+
 			// If we have provisioners, then parse those out
 			var provisioners []*Provisioner
 			if po := r.Get("provisioner"); po != nil {
@@ -422,6 +431,7 @@ func loadResourcesLibucl(o *libucl.Object) ([]*Resource, error) {
 				Count:        count,
 				RawConfig:    rawConfig,
 				Provisioners: provisioners,
+				DependsOn:    dependsOn,
 			})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -393,6 +393,13 @@ func resourcesStr(rs []*Resource) string {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if len(r.DependsOn) > 0 {
+			result += fmt.Sprintf("  dependsOn\n")
+			for _, d := range r.DependsOn {
+				result += fmt.Sprintf("    %s\n", d)
+			}
+		}
+
 		if len(r.RawConfig.Variables) > 0 {
 			result += fmt.Sprintf("  vars\n")
 
@@ -479,6 +486,8 @@ do
 const basicResourcesStr = `
 aws_instance[db] (x1)
   security_groups
+  dependsOn
+    aws_instance.web
   vars
     resource: aws_security_group.firewall.*.id
 aws_instance[web] (x1)
 
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ resource aws_instance "web" {
 
 resource "aws_instance" "db" {
     security_groups = "${aws_security_group.firewall.*.id}"
+
+    depends_on = ["aws_instance.web"]
 }
 
 output "web_ip" {
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "resource": {
         "aws_instance": {
             "db": {
-                "security_groups": ["${aws_security_group.firewall.*.id}"]
+                "security_groups": ["${aws_security_group.firewall.*.id}"],
+                "depends_on": ["aws_instance.web"]
             },
 
             "web": {
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Resource struct {`
`42`	`42`	`Count int`
`43`	`43`	`RawConfig *RawConfig`
`44`	`44`	`Provisioners []*Provisioner`
	`45`	`+ DependsOn []string`
`45`	`46`	`}`
`46`	`47`
`47`	`48`	`// Provisioner is a configured provisioner step on a resource.`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ resource aws_instance "web" {`
`31`	`31`
`32`	`32`	`resource "aws_instance" "db" {`
`33`	`33`	`security_groups = "${aws_security_group.firewall.*.id}"`
	`34`	`+`
	`35`	`+ depends_on = ["aws_instance.web"]`
`34`	`36`	`}`
`35`	`37`
`36`	`38`	`output "web_ip" {`