diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/legendWidget.js b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/legendWidget.js
index f0aa5aaa86..17320818ed 100644
--- a/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/legendWidget.js
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/enhancers/legendWidget.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const {getScales} = require('../../../utils/MapUtils');
  * Add also base tools and menu to the widget
  */
 module.exports = compose(
-    withProps(({ dependencies = {} }) => ({
-        layers: dependencies.layers || [],
+    withProps(({ dependencies = {}, dependenciesMap = {} }) => ({
+        layers: dependencies[dependenciesMap.layers] || dependencies.layers || [],
         scales: getScales(
             // TODO: this is a fallback that checks the viewport if projection is not defined. We should use only projection
             dependencies.projection || dependencies.viewport && dependencies.viewport.crs || 'EPSG:3857',
diff --git a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/__tests__/LegendWidget-test.jsx b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/__tests__/LegendWidget-test.jsx
index 9d44501a8e..05c776205b 100644
--- a/web/client/components/widgets/widget/__tests__/LegendWidget-test.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/widgets/widget/__tests__/LegendWidget-test.jsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const LegendWidget = compose(
     defaultProps({canEdit: true}),
     legendWidget
 )(require('../LegendWidget'));
+
 describe('LegendWidget component', () => {
     beforeEach((done) => {
         document.body.innerHTML = '<div id="container"></div>';
@@ -73,4 +74,41 @@ describe('LegendWidget component', () => {
         expect(el).toExist();
         expect(container.querySelector('.compact-legend-grid')).toExist();
     });
+    it('LegendWidget rendering with layers specified in dependenciesMap', () => {
+        const layers = [
+                {
+                  type: 'wms',
+                  url: 'https://gs-stable.geo-solutions.it/geoserver/wms',
+                  visibility: true,
+                  dimensions: [],
+                  name: 'gs:us_states',
+                  title: 'States of US',
+                  description: '',
+                  bbox: {
+                    crs: 'EPSG:4326',
+                    bounds: {
+                      minx: -124.73142200000001,
+                      miny: 24.955967,
+                      maxx: -66.969849,
+                      maxy: 49.371735
+                    }
+                  },
+                  links: [],
+                  params: {},
+                  allowedSRS: {},
+                  search: {
+                    type: 'wfs',
+                    url: 'https://gs-stable.geo-solutions.it/geoserver/wfs'
+                  },
+                  id: 'gs:us_states__qxhbmc4jmko'
+                }
+              ];
+        ReactDOM.render(<LegendWidget
+            dependencies={{"widgets[3fe79110-ac81-11e9-9a66-39723a13a30f].map.layers": layers}}
+            dependenciesMap={{layers: "widgets[3fe79110-ac81-11e9-9a66-39723a13a30f].map.layers" }} />, document.getElementById("container"));
+        const container = document.getElementById('container');
+        const el = container.querySelector('.mapstore-widget-card');
+        expect(el).toExist();
+        expect(container.querySelector('.compact-legend-grid')).toExist();
+    });
 });