diff --git a/lib/techs/deps.js.js b/lib/techs/deps.js.js
index 6d62ce29..ae9a3bb3 100644
--- a/lib/techs/deps.js.js
+++ b/lib/techs/deps.js.js
@@ -141,7 +141,12 @@ var Deps = exports.Deps = INHERIT({
 
                     var depsItem = new DepsItem(item, ctx);
 
-                    fn.call(_this, depsItem); // _this.add(rootItem, 'shouldDeps', depsItem);
+                    if (Array.isArray(item.elem)) {
+                        //add only elems and not block
+                        forEachItem('elem', item.elem, depsItem);
+                    } else {
+                        fn.call(_this, depsItem); // _this.add(rootItem, 'shouldDeps', depsItem);
+                    }
 
                     _this.parse(
                         item.mustDeps,
diff --git a/test/deps.js b/test/deps.js
index 6fdb7f06..8b61ec7b 100644
--- a/test/deps.js
+++ b/test/deps.js
@@ -100,6 +100,23 @@ describe('Deps', function() {
                 { '': { '': [ { block: 'b1' }, { block: 'b2' } ] } }
             ));
 
+            it('block with elems', assertDepsParse(
+                [ { block: 'b1', elems: [ 'e1', 'e2' ] } ],
+                { '': { '': [
+                    {block: 'b1'},
+                    {block: 'b1', elem: 'e1'},
+                    {block: 'b1', elem: 'e2'},
+                ] } }
+            ));
+
+            it('block with elem array', assertDepsParse(
+                [ { block: 'b1', elem: ['e1', 'e2'] } ],
+                { '': {'': [
+                    {block: 'b1', elem: 'e1'},
+                    {block: 'b1', elem: 'e2'}
+                ] } }
+            ));
+
         });
 
         describe('new format with techs', function() {