diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
index 501830eaa758..6c1d93a89183 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static void __kmp_init_node(kmp_depnode_t *node) {
 #ifdef KMP_SUPPORT_GRAPH_OUTPUT
   node->dn.id = KMP_ATOMIC_INC(&kmp_node_id_seed);
 #endif
+#if USE_ITT_BUILD && USE_ITT_NOTIFY
+  __itt_sync_create(node, "OMP task dep node", NULL, 0);
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline kmp_depnode_t *__kmp_node_ref(kmp_depnode_t *node) {
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.h b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.h
index 99f182bbd050..ac6174afd3f5 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.h
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_taskdeps.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ static inline void __kmp_node_deref(kmp_info_t *thread, kmp_depnode_t *node) {
   kmp_int32 n = KMP_ATOMIC_DEC(&node->dn.nrefs) - 1;
   KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(n >= 0);
   if (n == 0) {
+#if USE_ITT_BUILD && USE_ITT_NOTIFY
+    __itt_sync_destroy(node);
+#endif
     KMP_ASSERT(node->dn.nrefs == 0);
 #if USE_FAST_MEMORY
     __kmp_fast_free(thread, node);
@@ -125,11 +128,17 @@ static inline void __kmp_release_deps(kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_taskdata_t *task) {
   kmp_taskdata_t *next_taskdata;
   for (kmp_depnode_list_t *p = node->dn.successors; p; p = next) {
     kmp_depnode_t *successor = p->node;
+#if USE_ITT_BUILD && USE_ITT_NOTIFY
+    __itt_sync_releasing(successor);
+#endif
     kmp_int32 npredecessors = KMP_ATOMIC_DEC(&successor->dn.npredecessors) - 1;
 
     // successor task can be NULL for wait_depends or because deps are still
     // being processed
     if (npredecessors == 0) {
+#if USE_ITT_BUILD && USE_ITT_NOTIFY
+      __itt_sync_acquired(successor);
+#endif
       KMP_MB();
       if (successor->dn.task) {
         KA_TRACE(20, ("__kmp_release_deps: T#%d successor %p of %p scheduled "