diff --git a/congress/datalog/compile.py b/congress/datalog/compile.py
index f42eb3194..6ed6923fa 100644
--- a/congress/datalog/compile.py
+++ b/congress/datalog/compile.py
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ class RuleDependencyGraph(utility.BagGraph):
         # TODO(thinrichs): should be able to have global_tablename
         #   return a Tablename object and therefore build a graph
         #   of Tablename objects instead of strings.
-        if is_atom(formula):
+        if is_atom_like(formula):
             if include_atoms:
                 table = formula.table.global_tablename(theory)
                 nodes.add(table)
@@ -1804,6 +1804,22 @@ def is_regular_rule(x):
     return (is_rule(x) and len(x.heads) == 1)
 
 
+def is_atom_rule(x):
+    return is_regular_rule(x) and len(x.body) == 0 and is_literal(x.heads[0])
+
+
+def is_literal_rule(x):
+    return is_regular_rule(x) and len(x.body) == 0 and is_literal(x.heads[0])
+
+
+def is_atom_like(x):
+    return is_atom(x) or is_atom_rule(x)
+
+
+def is_literal_like(x):
+    return is_literal(x) or is_literal_rule(x)
+
+
 def is_multi_rule(x):
     """Returns True if X is a rule with multiple heads."""
     return (is_rule(x) and len(x.heads) != 1)
diff --git a/congress/tests/policy_engines/test_agnostic.py b/congress/tests/policy_engines/test_agnostic.py
index 198d9b78e..4d94d7237 100644
--- a/congress/tests/policy_engines/test_agnostic.py
+++ b/congress/tests/policy_engines/test_agnostic.py
@@ -919,6 +919,26 @@ class TestMultipolicyRules(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
         self.assertIn("Rules are recursive", str(errors[0]))
 
+    def test_dependency_graph_policy_deletion(self):
+        run = agnostic.Runtime()
+        g = run.global_dependency_graph
+        run.create_policy('test')
+        rule = 'execute[nova:flavors.delete(id)] :- nova:flavors(id)'
+        permitted, changes = run.insert(rule, target='test')
+        self.assertTrue(permitted)
+        run.create_policy('nova')
+        run.insert('flavors(1)', target="nova")
+        run.insert('flavors(2)', target="nova")
+        run.insert('flavors(3)', target="nova")
+        run.insert('flavors(4)', target="nova")
+
+        self.assertEqual(g.dependencies('test:nova:flavors.delete'),
+                         set(['nova:flavors', 'test:nova:flavors.delete']))
+        run.delete_policy('nova')
+        self.assertTrue(g.node_in('nova:flavors'))
+        self.assertEqual(g.dependencies('test:nova:flavors.delete'),
+                         set(['nova:flavors', 'test:nova:flavors.delete']))
+
     def test_dependency_graph(self):
         """Test that dependency graph gets updated correctly."""
         run = agnostic.Runtime()