diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
index 52875bb..ef49b65 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManager.php
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ public function getConfigCollectionInfo() {
    *   TRUE if the entity has changed as a result of calling the
    *   onDependencyRemoval() method, FALSE if not.
    */
-    protected function callOnDependencyResolver($operation, ConfigEntityInterface $entity, array $dependent_entities, $type, array $names) {
+  protected function callOnDependencyResolver($operation, ConfigEntityInterface $entity, array $dependent_entities, $type, array $names) {
     $entity_dependencies = $entity->getDependencies();
     if (empty($entity_dependencies)) {
       // No dependent entities nothing to do.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerDependencyFinderInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerDependencyFinderInterface.php
index f6f49f2..e4f857e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerDependencyFinderInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ConfigManagerDependencyFinderInterface.php
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
    *   should be a list of module names or theme names. In the case of 'config'
    *   or 'content' it should be a list of configuration dependency names. For
    *   entity dependencies, the caller can, alternatively, pass the full entity
-   *   object instead of its dependency name.
+   *   object instead of its dependency name. This is particularly useful when
+   *   the dependency gets updated and needs to send the whole entity so that
+   *   the dependant is able to access the fresh data from the entity.
    * @param bool $dry_run
    *   If set to FALSE the entities returned in the list of updates will be
    *   modified. In order to make the changes the caller needs to save them. If
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php
index cf1e83d..b7a31fe 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/Entity/ConfigEntityBase.php
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ public static function preDelete(EntityStorageInterface $storage, array $entitie
         break;
       }
       // Fix or remove any dependencies.
-      $config_entities = static::getConfigManager()->getConfigEntitiesToChangeOnDependencyRemoval('config', [$entity->getConfigDependencyName()], FALSE);
+      $config_entities = static::getConfigManager()->getConfigEntitiesToChange(ConfigManagerInterface::REMOVE, 'config', [$entity], FALSE);
       /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityInterface $dependent_entity */
       foreach ($config_entities['update'] as $dependent_entity) {
         $dependent_entity->save();
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/schema/config_test.schema.yml b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/schema/config_test.schema.yml
index 9af8c7b..abb30a9 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/schema/config_test.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/config/schema/config_test.schema.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ config_test.dependent_config_test.*:
     label:
       type: label
       label: 'Label'
+    description:
+      type: string
+      label: 'Description'
     targetConfigId:
       type: string
       label: 'Target configuration ID'
+    targetConfig2Id:
+      type: string
+      label: 'Second target configuration ID'
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/Entity/DependentConfigTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/Entity/DependentConfigTest.php
index c5ba944..06189dd 100644
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/Entity/DependentConfigTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/config_test/src/Entity/DependentConfigTest.php
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
  *   config_prefix = "dependent_config_test",
  *   entity_keys = {
  *     "id" = "id",
- *     "label" = "label",
- *     "status" = "status"
+ *     "label" = "label"
  *   },
  * )
  */
@@ -40,25 +39,45 @@ class DependentConfigTest extends ConfigEntityBase {
   public $label;
 
   /**
-   * Target configuration.
+   * The description.
    *
-   * @var \Drupal\config_test\ConfigTestInterface
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $description;
+
+  /**
+   * Target configuration entity of type 'config_test'.
+   *
+   * @var string
    */
   public $targetConfigId;
 
   /**
+   * Target configuration entity of type 'dependent_config_test'.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  public $targetConfig2Id;
+
+  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function calculateDependencies() {
     parent::calculateDependencies();
-
+    // Add a dependency to config_test config entity, if an ID is set.
     if (!empty($this->targetConfigId)) {
       $storage = $this->entityTypeManager()->getStorage('config_test');
       if ($target = $storage->load($this->targetConfigId)) {
         $this->addDependency($target->getConfigDependencyKey(), $target->getConfigDependencyName());
       }
     }
-
+    // Add a dependency to dependent_config_test config entity, if an ID is set.
+    if (!empty($this->targetConfig2Id)) {
+      $storage = $this->entityTypeManager()->getStorage('dependent_config_test');
+      if ($target = $storage->load($this->targetConfig2Id)) {
+        $this->addDependency($target->getConfigDependencyKey(), $target->getConfigDependencyName());
+      }
+    }
     return $this;
   }
 
@@ -77,6 +96,15 @@ public function onDependencyUpdating(array $dependencies) {
         }
       }
     }
+    if (!empty($this->targetConfig2Id)) {
+      $storage = $this->entityTypeManager()->getStorage('dependent_config_test');
+      if ($target = $storage->load($this->targetConfig2Id)) {
+        if (!empty($dependency = $dependencies[$target->getConfigDependencyKey()][$target->getConfigDependencyName()])) {
+          $this->set('description', "Description for: {$dependency->label()}");
+          $changed = TRUE;
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     return $changed;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigDependencyTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigDependencyTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b9ebf9a..0000000
--- a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigDependencyTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Contains \Drupal\Tests\config\Kernel\ConfigDependencyTest.
- */
-
-namespace Drupal\Tests\config\Kernel;
-
-use Drupal\config_test\Entity\ConfigTest;
-use Drupal\config_test\Entity\DependentConfigTest;
-use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
-
-/**
- * Tests configuration entities dependencies.
- *
- * @group config
- */
-class ConfigDependencyTest extends KernelTestBase {
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
-  public static $modules = ['config_test'];
-
-  /*
-   * Tests reactions on dependency updating.
-   */
-  public function testOnDependencyUpdating() {
-    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorageInterface $storage */
-    $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('config_test');
-
-    /** @var \Drupal\config_test\Entity\DependentConfigTest $dependency */
-    $dependency = $storage->create(['id' => 'dependency', 'label' => 'Dependency']);
-    $dependency->save();
-
-    // Create a new 'dependent_config_test' config entity that has $dependency
-    // entity as dependency.
-    $config = DependentConfigTest::create([
-      'id' => 'config',
-      // The $config entity label reflects the dependency entity label.
-      'label' => "Config of '{$dependency->label()}'",
-      'targetConfigId' => 'dependency',
-    ]);
-    $config->save();
-
-    // Modify the dependency by setting a new label.
-    $dependency->set('label', 'Overridden')->save();
-
-    // Check that $config has automatically changed its label.
-    $this->assertSame("Config of 'Overridden'", DependentConfigTest::load('config')->label());
-
-    // Delete the dependency.
-    $dependency->delete();
-
-    // Check that $config has been deleted too.
-    $this->assertNull(DependentConfigTest::load('config'));
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigEntityResolveDependencyTest.php b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigEntityResolveDependencyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a9dd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/config/tests/src/Kernel/ConfigEntityResolveDependencyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\config\Kernel\ConfigEntityDependencyTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\config\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\config_test\Entity\DependentConfigTest;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests configuration entities dependencies.
+ *
+ * @group config
+ */
+class ConfigEntityResolveDependencyTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['config_test'];
+
+  /*
+   * Tests cascade updates and removals on dependency update or delete.
+   */
+  public function testOnDependencyUpdating() {
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityStorageInterface $storage */
+    $storage = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('config_test');
+
+    // This is the last entity in the dependency chain.
+    /** @var \Drupal\config_test\Entity\DependentConfigTest $last_dependency */
+    $last_dependency = $storage->create(['id' => 'last_dependency', 'label' => 'Last dependency']);
+    $last_dependency->save();
+
+    // Create a new 'dependent_config_test' config entity that has
+    // $last_dependency entity as dependency.
+    $middle_dependency = DependentConfigTest::create([
+      'id' => 'middle_dependency',
+      // The $middle_dependency label reflects the last dependency entity label.
+      'label' => "Config of '{$last_dependency->label()}'",
+      'targetConfigId' => 'last_dependency',
+    ]);
+    $middle_dependency->save();
+
+    // Create a new 'dependent_config_test' that depends on $middle_dependency.
+    $config = DependentConfigTest::create([
+      'id' => 'config',
+      // The $config label reflects the middle dependency entity label.
+      'description' => "Description for: {$middle_dependency->label()}",
+      'targetConfig2Id' => 'middle_dependency',
+    ]);
+    $config->save();
+
+    // Check that initial values are correct set.
+    $this->assertSame('Last dependency', $last_dependency->label());
+    $this->assertSame("Config of 'Last dependency'", $middle_dependency->label());
+    $this->assertSame("Description for: Config of 'Last dependency'", $config->get('description'));
+
+    // Modify the last dependency by setting a new label.
+    $last_dependency->set('label', 'Overridden')->save();
+
+    // Check that dependant entities were automatically updated.
+    $this->assertSame('Overridden', $last_dependency->label());
+    $this->assertSame("Config of 'Overridden'", DependentConfigTest::load('middle_dependency')->label());
+    $this->assertSame("Description for: Config of 'Overridden'", DependentConfigTest::load('config')->get('description'));
+
+    // Delete the last dependency in chain.
+    $last_dependency->delete();
+
+    // Check that dependant entities were removed too.
+    $this->assertNull(DependentConfigTest::load('middle_dependency'));
+    $this->assertNull(DependentConfigTest::load('config'));
+  }
+
+}