diff --git a/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js b/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
index 93a22d2252dc..a7e8dfc98e86 100644
--- a/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
+++ b/src/actions/editorialWorkflow.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import uuid from 'uuid';
+import Immutable from 'immutable';
 import { actions as notifActions } from 'redux-notifications';
 import { closeEntry } from './editor';
 import { BEGIN, COMMIT, REVERT } from 'redux-optimist';
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ export const UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_PUBLISH_FAILURE = 'UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_PUBLISH_FAIL
 
 export const UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_REGISTER_DEPENDENCY = 'UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_REGISTER_DEPENDENCY';
 
+export const UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_REQUEST = 'UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_REQUEST';
+export const UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_SUCCESS = 'UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_SUCCESS';
+export const UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_FAILURE = 'UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_FAILURE';
+
 /*
  * Simple Action Creators (Internal)
  */
@@ -185,7 +190,28 @@ function unpublishedEntryPublishError(collection, slug, transactionID) {
 function unpublishedEntryRegisterDependency(field, collection, slug) {
   return {
     type: UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_REGISTER_DEPENDENCY,
-    payload: {field, collection, slug},
+    payload: { field, collection, slug },
+  };
+}
+
+function unpublishedEntryDependenciesRequest(collection, slug) {
+  return {
+    type: UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_REQUEST,
+    payload: { collection, slug },
+  };
+}
+
+function unpublishedEntryDependenciesSuccess(collection, slug, dependencies) {
+  return {
+    type: UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_SUCCESS,
+    payload: { collection, slug, dependencies },
+  };
+}
+
+function unpublishedEntryDependenciesError(collection, slug, error) {
+  return {
+    type: UNPUBLISHED_ENTRY_DEPENDENCIES_FAILURE,
+    payload: { collection, slug, error },
   };
 }
 
@@ -193,14 +219,12 @@ function unpublishedEntryRegisterDependency(field, collection, slug) {
  * Exported Thunk Action Creators
  */
 
-export const registerUnpublishedEntryDependency = unpublishedEntryRegisterDependency;
-
 export function loadUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const state = getState();
     const backend = currentBackend(state.config);
     dispatch(unpublishedEntryLoading(collection, slug));
-    backend.unpublishedEntry(collection, slug)
+    return backend.unpublishedEntry(collection, slug)
     .then(entry => dispatch(unpublishedEntryLoaded(collection, entry)))
     .catch((error) => {
       if (error instanceof EditorialWorkflowError && error.notUnderEditorialWorkflow) {
@@ -302,3 +326,66 @@ export function publishUnpublishedEntry(collection, slug) {
     });
   };
 }
+
+export const registerUnpublishedEntryDependency = unpublishedEntryRegisterDependency;
+
+const getDepsPath = dep => [
+  "entities",
+  dep,
+  "metaData",
+  "dependencies",
+];
+
+const getEventualDependencies = (paths, loadedDeps, state, dispatch) =>
+   paths.filter(path => !loadedDeps.includes(path)).map((path) => {
+     const [pathCollectionName, pathSlug] = path.split(".");
+     const pathCollection = state.collections.get(pathCollectionName);
+     // Wait for the entry to load
+     return dispatch(loadUnpublishedEntry(pathCollection, pathSlug))
+     // Return the path at the end so we can use it in .thens later
+       .then(() => path);
+   });
+
+const traverse = (collectedDeps, path, getState, dispatch) => {
+  const state = getState();
+
+  if (collectedDeps.get(path) === true) {
+    return Promise.resolve(collectedDeps);
+  }
+
+  const newDeps = collectedDeps.set(path, true);
+  const depsPath = getDepsPath(path);
+
+  if (!state.editorialWorkflow.hasIn(depsPath) ||
+    state.editorialWorkflow.getIn(depsPath).size === 0) {
+    // This path has no dependencies
+    return Promise.resolve(newDeps);
+  }
+
+  const theseDependencies = state.editorialWorkflow.getIn(depsPath);
+
+  const eventualDeps = getEventualDependencies(theseDependencies, collectedDeps, state, dispatch);
+
+  // This is a manual version of Bluebird's Promise.reduce
+  return eventualDeps.reduce((depsPromise, depPromise) =>
+    Promise.all([depsPromise, depPromise]).then(
+      ([deps, dep]) => traverse(deps, dep, getState, dispatch)),
+    Promise.resolve(newDeps));
+};
+
+export function getUnpublishedEntryDependencies(collection, slug) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch(unpublishedEntryDependenciesRequest(collection, slug));
+
+    // Begin traversal
+    return traverse(new Immutable.Map(), `${ collection }.${ slug }`, getState, dispatch)
+      .then((dependencyMap) => {
+        const state = getState();
+        const dependencies = dependencyMap.keySeq().toList();
+        const filteredDependencies = dependencies.filter(
+          dep => state.editorialWorkflow.hasIn(["entities", dep]));
+        return dispatch(unpublishedEntryDependenciesSuccess(collection, slug, filteredDependencies));
+      })
+      .catch(err => dispatch(unpublishedEntryDependenciesError(collection, slug, err)));
+  };
+}