diff --git a/unused_deps/unused_deps.go b/unused_deps/unused_deps.go
index d6699d04b..e0607f814 100644
--- a/unused_deps/unused_deps.go
+++ b/unused_deps/unused_deps.go
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ func printCommands(label string, deps map[string]bool) (anyCommandPrinted bool)
 				if hasRuntimeComment(str) {
 					fmt.Printf("buildozer 'move deps runtime_deps %s' %s\n", str.Value, label)
 				} else {
+					// add dep's exported dependencies to label before removing dep
+					fmt.Printf("buildozer \"add deps $(%s query 'labels(exports, %s)' | tr '\\n' ' ')\" %s\n", *buildTool, str.Value, label)
 					fmt.Printf("buildozer 'remove deps %s' %s\n", str.Value, label)
 				}
 				anyCommandPrinted = true