Index: runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@
 
     bool serial = current_task->td_flags.team_serial || current_task->td_flags.tasking_ser || current_task->td_flags.final;
 #if OMP_45_ENABLED
-    serial = serial && !(new_taskdata->td_flags.proxy == TASK_PROXY);
+    kmp_task_team_t * task_team = thread->th.th_task_team;
+    serial = serial && !(task_team && task_team->tt.tt_found_proxy_tasks);
 #endif
 
     if ( !serial && ( ndeps > 0 || ndeps_noalias > 0 )) {
@@ -507,14 +508,8 @@
             return TASK_CURRENT_NOT_QUEUED;
         }
     } else {
-#if OMP_45_ENABLED
-        kmp_task_team_t * task_team = thread->th.th_task_team;
-        if ( task_team && task_team->tt.tt_found_proxy_tasks )
-           __kmpc_omp_wait_deps ( loc_ref, gtid, ndeps, dep_list, ndeps_noalias, noalias_dep_list );
-        else
-#endif
-           KA_TRACE(10, ("__kmpc_omp_task_with_deps(exit): T#%d ignored dependencies for task (serialized)"
-                           "loc=%p task=%p\n", gtid, loc_ref, new_taskdata ) );
+        KA_TRACE(10, ("__kmpc_omp_task_with_deps(exit): T#%d ignored dependencies for task (serialized)"
+                      "loc=%p task=%p\n", gtid, loc_ref, new_taskdata ) );
     }
 
     KA_TRACE(10, ("__kmpc_omp_task_with_deps(exit): T#%d task had no blocking dependencies : "
Index: runtime/test/tasking/bug_proxy_task_dep_waiting.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ runtime/test/tasking/bug_proxy_task_dep_waiting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// RUN: %libomp-compile -lpthread && %libomp-run
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <omp.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "omp_my_sleep.h"
+
+/*
+ An explicit task can have a dependency on a target task. If it is not
+ directly satisfied, the runtime should not wait but resume execution.
+*/
+
+// Compiler-generated code (emulation)
+typedef long kmp_intptr_t;
+typedef int kmp_int32;
+
+typedef char bool;
+
+typedef struct ident {
+    kmp_int32 reserved_1;   /**<  might be used in Fortran; see above  */
+    kmp_int32 flags;        /**<  also f.flags; KMP_IDENT_xxx flags; KMP_IDENT_KMPC identifies this union member  */
+    kmp_int32 reserved_2;   /**<  not really used in Fortran any more; see above */
+#if USE_ITT_BUILD
+                            /*  but currently used for storing region-specific ITT */
+                            /*  contextual information. */
+#endif /* USE_ITT_BUILD */
+    kmp_int32 reserved_3;   /**< source[4] in Fortran, do not use for C++  */
+    char const *psource;    /**< String describing the source location.
+                            The string is composed of semi-colon separated fields which describe the source file,
+                            the function and a pair of line numbers that delimit the construct.
+                             */
+} ident_t;
+
+typedef struct kmp_depend_info {
+     kmp_intptr_t               base_addr;
+     size_t                     len;
+     struct {
+         bool                   in:1;
+         bool                   out:1;
+     } flags;
+} kmp_depend_info_t;
+
+struct kmp_task;
+typedef kmp_int32 (* kmp_routine_entry_t)( kmp_int32, struct kmp_task * );
+
+typedef struct kmp_task {                   /* GEH: Shouldn't this be aligned somehow? */
+    void *              shareds;            /**< pointer to block of pointers to shared vars   */
+    kmp_routine_entry_t routine;            /**< pointer to routine to call for executing task */
+    kmp_int32           part_id;            /**< part id for the task                          */
+} kmp_task_t;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+kmp_int32  __kmpc_global_thread_num  ( ident_t * );
+kmp_task_t*
+__kmpc_omp_task_alloc( ident_t *loc_ref, kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_int32 flags,
+                       size_t sizeof_kmp_task_t, size_t sizeof_shareds,
+                       kmp_routine_entry_t task_entry );
+void __kmpc_proxy_task_completed_ooo ( kmp_task_t *ptask );
+kmp_int32 __kmpc_omp_task_with_deps ( ident_t *loc_ref, kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_task_t * new_task,
+                                      kmp_int32 ndeps, kmp_depend_info_t *dep_list,
+                                      kmp_int32 ndeps_noalias, kmp_depend_info_t *noalias_dep_list );
+kmp_int32
+__kmpc_omp_task( ident_t *loc_ref, kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_task_t * new_task );
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+void *target(void *task)
+{
+    my_sleep( 0.1 );
+    __kmpc_proxy_task_completed_ooo((kmp_task_t*) task);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+pthread_t target_thread;
+
+// User's code
+int task_entry(kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_task_t *task)
+{
+    pthread_create(&target_thread, NULL, &target, task);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    int dep;
+
+/*
+ *  Corresponds to:
+    #pragma omp target nowait depend(out: dep)
+    {
+        my_sleep( 0.1 );
+    }
+*/
+    kmp_depend_info_t dep_info;
+    dep_info.base_addr = (long) &dep;
+    dep_info.len = 1;
+    // out = inout per spec and runtime expects this
+    dep_info.flags.in = 1;
+    dep_info.flags.out = 1;
+
+    kmp_int32 gtid = __kmpc_global_thread_num(NULL);
+    kmp_task_t *proxy_task = __kmpc_omp_task_alloc(NULL,gtid,17,sizeof(kmp_task_t),0,&task_entry);
+    __kmpc_omp_task_with_deps(NULL,gtid,proxy_task,1,&dep_info,0,NULL);
+
+    int task_finished = 0;
+    #pragma omp task shared(task_finished) depend(in: dep)
+    {
+        task_finished = 1;
+    }
+
+    // check that execution has been resumed and the runtime has not waited
+    // for the dependencies to be satisfied.
+    int error = (task_finished == 1);
+
+    return error;
+}