diff --git a/src/uml/class_diagram_visitor.cc b/src/uml/class_diagram_visitor.cc
index 69d0ff12..151c56aa 100644
--- a/src/uml/class_diagram_visitor.cc
+++ b/src/uml/class_diagram_visitor.cc
@@ -1265,6 +1265,25 @@ class_ tu_visitor::build_template_instantiation(
                     const cppast::cpp_template_instantiation_type &>(
                     targ.type().value()));
 
+                auto fn = cx::util::full_name(
+                    cppast::remove_cv(
+                        cx::util::unreferenced(targ.type().value())),
+                    ctx.entity_index, false);
+                fn = util::split(fn, "<")[0];
+
+                class_relationship tinst_dependency;
+                tinst_dependency.type = relationship_t::kDependency;
+                tinst_dependency.label = "";
+
+                tinst_dependency.destination =
+                    nested_tinst.full_name(ctx.config.using_namespace);
+
+                LOG_DBG("Creating nested template dependency {} -> {}",
+                    tinst.full_name(ctx.config.using_namespace),
+                    tinst_dependency.destination);
+
+                tinst.add_relationship(std::move(tinst_dependency));
+
                 ctx.d.add_class(std::move(nested_tinst));
             }
         }