diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 17eb8837ba..7308862641 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Add depends attribute to data tag
 * Add tree_invisible attribute to button in tree view
 * Drop support of Python 2.6
 * Deprecate on_change, on_change_with, selection_change_with and autocomplete
diff --git a/doc/topics/modules/index.rst b/doc/topics/modules/index.rst
index fe1a7e4443..bd6de6474d 100644
--- a/doc/topics/modules/index.rst
+++ b/doc/topics/modules/index.rst
@@ -110,9 +110,12 @@ Here is the list of the tags:
     * ``tryton``: The main tag of the xml
 
     * ``data``: Define a set of data inside the file. It can have the
-      attributes ``noupdate`` to prevent the framework to update the records,
-      ``skiptest`` to prevent import of data when running tests and ``grouped``
-      to create records at the end with a grouped call.
+      attributes:
+        * ``noupdate`` to prevent the framework to update the records,
+        * ``skiptest`` to prevent import of data when running tests,
+        * ``depends`` to import data only if all modules in the comma separated
+          module list value are installed,
+        * ``grouped`` to create records at the end with a grouped call.
 
     * ``record``: Create a record of the model defined by the attribute
       ``model`` in the database. The ``id`` attribute can be used to refer to
diff --git a/trytond/convert.py b/trytond/convert.py
index 4a56439787..378da55719 100644
--- a/trytond/convert.py
+++ b/trytond/convert.py
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ class TrytondXmlHandler(sax.handler.ContentHandler):
         self.grouped_write = defaultdict(list)
         self.grouped_model_data = []
         self.skip_data = False
+        Module = pool.get('ir.module.module')
+        self.installed_modules = [m.name for m in Module.search([
+                    ('state', 'in', ['installed', 'to upgrade']),
+                    ])]
 
         # Tag handlders are used to delegate the processing
         self.taghandlerlist = {
@@ -459,6 +463,11 @@ class TrytondXmlHandler(sax.handler.ContentHandler):
                     self.skip_data = True
                 else:
                     self.skip_data = False
+                depends = attributes.get('depends', '').split(',')
+                depends = [m.strip() for m in depends if m]
+                if depends:
+                    if not all((m in self.installed_modules for m in depends)):
+                        self.skip_data = True
 
             elif name == "tryton":
                 pass
diff --git a/trytond/tryton.rnc b/trytond/tryton.rnc
index 5eef7ca1ca..3c46d63ec5 100644
--- a/trytond/tryton.rnc
+++ b/trytond/tryton.rnc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ attlist.data &=
   [ a:defaultValue = "0" ] attribute noupdate { "0" | "1" }?
 attlist.data &=
   [ a:defaultValue = "0" ] attribute grouped { "0" | "1" }?
+attlist.data &= attribute depends { text }
 record = element record { attlist.record, field* }
 attlist.record &= attribute model { text }
 attlist.record &= attribute id { text }