diff --git a/src/runner-esm.mjs b/src/runner-esm.mjs
index 41f11b76..02bc5a9a 100644
--- a/src/runner-esm.mjs
+++ b/src/runner-esm.mjs
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ export default class MoleculerRunner {
 			.option("env", "Load .env file from the current directory")
 			.option("envfile", "Load a specified .env file")
 			.option("instances", "Launch [number] instances node (load balanced)")
-			.option("mask", "Filemask for service loading");
+			.option("mask", "Filemask for service loading")
+			.option("dependencies", "List of global dependencies for all services");
 
 		this.flags = Args.parse(procArgs, {
 			mri: {
@@ -98,13 +99,18 @@ export default class MoleculerRunner {
 					e: "env",
 					E: "envfile",
 					i: "instances",
-					m: "mask"
+					m: "mask",
+					d: "dependencies"
 				},
 				boolean: ["repl", "silent", "hot", "env"],
-				string: ["config", "envfile", "mask"]
+				string: ["config", "envfile", "mask", "dependencies"]
 			}
 		});
 
+		if (this.flags.dependencies) {
+			this.flags.dependencies = this.flags.dependencies.split(",").map(dep => dep.trim());
+		}
+
 		this.servicePaths = Args.sub;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runner.js b/src/runner.js
index 2cd25828..6f2afc24 100644
--- a/src/runner.js
+++ b/src/runner.js
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ class MoleculerRunner {
 			.option("env", "Load .env file from the current directory")
 			.option("envfile", "Load a specified .env file")
 			.option("instances", "Launch [number] instances node (load balanced)")
-			.option("mask", "Filemask for service loading");
+			.option("mask", "Filemask for service loading")
+			.option("dependencies", "List of global dependencies for all services");
 
 		this.flags = Args.parse(procArgs, {
 			mri: {
@@ -95,13 +96,18 @@ class MoleculerRunner {
 					e: "env",
 					E: "envfile",
 					i: "instances",
-					m: "mask"
+					m: "mask",
+					d: "dependencies"
 				},
 				boolean: ["repl", "silent", "hot", "env"],
-				string: ["config", "envfile", "mask"]
+				string: ["config", "envfile", "mask", "dependencies"]
 			}
 		});
 
+		if (this.flags.dependencies) {
+			this.flags.dependencies = this.flags.dependencies.split(",").map(dep => dep.trim());
+		}
+
 		this.servicePaths = Args.sub;
 	}
 
@@ -307,6 +313,8 @@ class MoleculerRunner {
 
 		if (this.flags.hot) this.config.hotReload = true;
 
+		if (this.flags.dependencies) this.config.initialDependencies = this.flags.dependencies;
+
 		// console.log("Merged configuration", this.config);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/service-broker.js b/src/service-broker.js
index aac4410f..149156d4 100644
--- a/src/service-broker.js
+++ b/src/service-broker.js
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 	errorRegenerator: null,
 
+	initialDependencies: [],
+
 	requestTimeout: 0 * 1000,
 	retryPolicy: {
 		enabled: false,
diff --git a/src/service.js b/src/service.js
index cd430529..b65a1c55 100644
--- a/src/service.js
+++ b/src/service.js
@@ -287,13 +287,33 @@ class Service {
 				return this.broker.callMiddlewareHook("serviceStarting", [this]);
 			})
 			.then(() => {
-				// Wait for dependent services
-				if (this.schema.dependencies)
-					return this.waitForServices(
-						this.schema.dependencies,
-						this.settings.$dependencyTimeout || this.broker.options.dependencyTimeout,
-						this.settings.$dependencyInterval || this.broker.options.dependencyInterval
-					);
+				if (this.schema.dependencies) {
+					const dependencies = [];
+
+					if (this.broker.options.initialDependencies)
+						this.broker.options.initialDependencies.forEach(dependencie => {
+							if (dependencie !== this.name) dependencies.push(dependencie);
+						});
+
+					if (this.schema.dependencies)
+						Array.isArray(this.schema.dependencies)
+							? this.schema.dependencies.forEach(dependencie => {
+									if (dependencie !== this.name) dependencies.push(dependencie);
+							  })
+							: dependencies.push(this.schema.dependencies);
+
+					const uniqueDependencies = _.uniq(dependencies);
+
+					if (uniqueDependencies.length > 0) {
+						return this.waitForServices(
+							uniqueDependencies,
+							this.settings.$dependencyTimeout ||
+								this.broker.options.dependencyTimeout,
+							this.settings.$dependencyInterval ||
+								this.broker.options.dependencyInterval
+						);
+					}
+				}
 			})
 			.then(() => {
 				if (isFunction(this.schema.started))
diff --git a/test/unit/service-broker.spec.js b/test/unit/service-broker.spec.js
index cfe2fc28..b2133c71 100644
--- a/test/unit/service-broker.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/service-broker.spec.js
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ describe("Test ServiceBroker constructor", () => {
 				enabled: true,
 				retries: 3
 			},
+			initialDependencies: [],
 			contextParamsCloning: true,
 			maxCallLevel: 10,
 			requestTimeout: 5000,
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ describe("Test ServiceBroker constructor", () => {
 				factor: 2,
 				check: expect.any(Function)
 			},
+			initialDependencies: [],
 			requestTimeout: 5000,
 			maxCallLevel: 10,
 			maxSafeObjectSize: null,