diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.cc b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.cc
index 5635e3a9420..51e2e7040f9 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.cc
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.cc
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ static bool export_object(const ExportSettings * const settings, const Base * co
 
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
-AbcExporter::AbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, Scene *scene, const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings)
+AbcExporter::AbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, Scene *scene, Depsgraph *depsgraph,
+                         const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings)
     : m_bmain(bmain)
     , m_settings(settings)
     , m_filename(filename)
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ AbcExporter::AbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, Scene *scene,
     , m_shape_sampling_index(0)
     , m_eval_ctx(eval_ctx)
     , m_scene(scene)
+    , m_depsgraph(depsgraph)
     , m_writer(NULL)
 {}
 
@@ -653,5 +655,5 @@ void AbcExporter::setCurrentFrame(Main *bmain, double t)
 {
 	m_scene->r.cfra = static_cast<int>(t);
 	m_scene->r.subframe = static_cast<float>(t) - m_scene->r.cfra;
-	BKE_scene_update_for_newframe(bmain->eval_ctx, bmain, m_scene);
+	BKE_scene_graph_update_for_newframe(bmain->eval_ctx, m_depsgraph, bmain, m_scene);
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.h b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.h
index 7e32178bc20..d0f3964abd5 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.h
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/abc_exporter.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class AbcTransformWriter;
 class ArchiveWriter;
 
 struct EvaluationContext;
+struct Depsgraph;
 struct Main;
 struct Object;
 struct Scene;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ struct ExportSettings {
 
 	Scene *scene;
 	SceneLayer *sl;  // Scene layer to export; all its objects will be exported, unless selected_only=true
+	Depsgraph *depsgraph;
 	SimpleLogger logger;
 
 	bool selected_only;
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ class AbcExporter {
 
 	EvaluationContext *m_eval_ctx;
 	Scene *m_scene;
+	Depsgraph *m_depsgraph;
 
 	ArchiveWriter *m_writer;
 
@@ -103,7 +106,8 @@ class AbcExporter {
 	std::vector<AbcObjectWriter *> m_shapes;
 
 public:
-	AbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, Scene *scene, const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings);
+	AbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx, Scene *scene, Depsgraph *depsgraph,
+	            const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings);
 	~AbcExporter();
 
 	void operator()(Main *bmain, float &progress, bool &was_canceled);
diff --git a/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc b/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
index 730a574e649..c8735df21d5 100644
--- a/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
+++ b/source/blender/alembic/intern/alembic_capi.cc
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static void find_iobject(const IObject &object, IObject &ret,
 struct ExportJobData {
 	EvaluationContext eval_ctx;
 	Scene *scene;
+	Depsgraph *depsgraph;
 	Main *bmain;
 
 	char filename[1024];
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ static void export_startjob(void *customdata, short *stop, short *do_update, flo
 
 	try {
 		Scene *scene = data->scene;
-		AbcExporter exporter(data->bmain, &data->eval_ctx, scene, data->filename, data->settings);
+		AbcExporter exporter(data->bmain, &data->eval_ctx, scene, data->depsgraph, data->filename, data->settings);
 
 		const int orig_frame = CFRA;
 
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ bool ABC_export(
 	CTX_data_eval_ctx(C, &job->eval_ctx);
 
 	job->scene = scene;
+	job->depsgraph = CTX_data_depsgraph(C);
 	job->bmain = CTX_data_main(C);
 	job->export_ok = false;
 	BLI_strncpy(job->filename, filepath, 1024);
@@ -336,6 +338,7 @@ bool ABC_export(
 	 * hardcore refactoring. */
 	new (&job->settings) ExportSettings();
 	job->settings.scene = job->scene;
+	job->settings.depsgraph = job->depsgraph;
 
 	/* Sybren: for now we only export the active scene layer.
 	 * Later in the 2.8 development process this may be replaced by using
diff --git a/tests/gtests/alembic/abc_export_test.cc b/tests/gtests/alembic/abc_export_test.cc
index 6fc976b8a55..b5ef1a194e9 100644
--- a/tests/gtests/alembic/abc_export_test.cc
+++ b/tests/gtests/alembic/abc_export_test.cc
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
 class TestableAbcExporter : public AbcExporter {
 public:
-	TestableAbcExporter(Main *bmain, Scene *scene, const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings)
-	    : AbcExporter(bmain, &eval_ctx, scene, filename, settings)
+	TestableAbcExporter(Main *bmain, EvaluationContext *eval_ctx,
+	                    Scene *scene, Depsgraph *depsgraph,
+	                    const char *filename, ExportSettings &settings)
+	    : AbcExporter(bmain, eval_ctx, scene, depsgraph, filename, settings)
 	{
-		/* TODO(sergey): Pass scene layer somehow? */
-		DEG_evaluation_context_init(&eval_ctx, DAG_EVAL_VIEWPORT);
 	}
 
 	void getShutterSamples(unsigned int nr_of_samples,
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ public:
 	                 std::set<double> &frames) {
 		AbcExporter::getFrameSet(nr_of_samples, frames);
 	}
-
-	EvaluationContext eval_ctx;
 };
 
 class AlembicExportTest : public testing::Test
@@ -42,8 +40,9 @@ class AlembicExportTest : public testing::Test
 protected:
 	ExportSettings settings;
 	Scene scene;
-	TestableAbcExporter *exporter;
 	EvaluationContext eval_ctx;
+	Depsgraph *depsgraph;
+	TestableAbcExporter *exporter;
 	Main *bmain;
 
 	virtual void SetUp()
@@ -57,19 +56,24 @@ protected:
 
 		bmain = BKE_main_new();
 
+		/* TODO(sergey): Pass scene layer somehow? */
+		DEG_evaluation_context_init(&eval_ctx, DAG_EVAL_VIEWPORT);
+		depsgraph = DEG_graph_new();
+
 		exporter = NULL;
 	}
 
 	virtual void TearDown()
 	{
 		BKE_main_free(bmain);
+		DEG_graph_free(depsgraph);
 		delete exporter;
 	}
 
 	// Call after setting up the settings.
 	void createExporter()
 	{
-		exporter = new TestableAbcExporter(bmain, &scene, "somefile.abc", settings);
+		exporter = new TestableAbcExporter(bmain, &eval_ctx, &scene, depsgraph, "somefile.abc", settings);
 	}
 };