diff --git a/examples/BUILD b/examples/BUILD
index 1d4cf71..131da59 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD
+++ b/examples/BUILD
@@ -120,14 +120,15 @@ jsonnet_to_json_test(
 jsonnet_library(
     name = "code_library_lib",
     srcs = ["code_library.libsonnet"],
-    deps = [":workflow"]
+    data = [":test_str_files"],
+    deps = [":workflow"],
 )
 
 jsonnet_to_json_test(
     name = "extvar_code_library_test",
     size = "small",
     src = "extvar_code_library.jsonnet",
-    ext_code_libraries = { ":code_library_lib": "codefile" },
+    ext_code_libraries = {":code_library_lib": "codefile"},
     golden = "extvar_files_library_golden.json",
 )
 
@@ -135,8 +136,8 @@ jsonnet_to_json_test(
     name = "tla_code_library_test",
     size = "small",
     src = "tla_code_library.jsonnet",
-    tla_code_libraries = { ":code_library_lib": "tla_code" },
     golden = "tla_code_library_golden.json",
+    tla_code_libraries = {":code_library_lib": "tla_code"},
 )
 
 jsonnet_to_json_test(
diff --git a/examples/extvar_code_library.jsonnet b/examples/extvar_code_library.jsonnet
index 159e903..d3c9829 100644
--- a/examples/extvar_code_library.jsonnet
+++ b/examples/extvar_code_library.jsonnet
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 local codefile = std.extVar('codefile');
+local data = importstr 'file.txt';
 
 {
   job: codefile.workflow.Job,
   shJob: codefile.workflow.ShJob,
+  data: data,
 }
diff --git a/examples/extvar_files_library_golden.json b/examples/extvar_files_library_golden.json
index e4da3ff..e6cd247 100644
--- a/examples/extvar_files_library_golden.json
+++ b/examples/extvar_files_library_golden.json
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 {
-   "job": {
-      "deps": [ ],
-      "inputs": [ ],
-      "outputs": [ ],
-      "type": "base"
-   },
-   "shJob": {
-      "command": "",
-      "deps": [ ],
-      "inputs": [ ],
-      "outputs": [ ],
-      "type": "sh",
-      "vars": { }
-   }
+  "job": {
+    "deps": [],
+    "inputs": [],
+    "outputs": [],
+    "type": "base"
+  },
+  "shJob": {
+    "command": "",
+    "deps": [],
+    "inputs": [],
+    "outputs": [],
+    "type": "sh",
+    "vars": {}
+  },
+  "data": "this is great\n"
 }
diff --git a/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl b/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
index 5b8c632..4544071 100644
--- a/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
+++ b/jsonnet/jsonnet.bzl
@@ -297,9 +297,15 @@ def _jsonnet_to_json_impl(ctx):
         outputs.append(compiled_json)
         command += [ctx.file.src.path, "-o", compiled_json.path]
 
-    transitive_data = depset(transitive = [dep.data_runfiles.files for dep in ctx.attr.deps] +
-                                          [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_code_files.keys()] +
-                                          [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_str_files.keys()])
+    transitive_data = depset(
+        transitive =
+            [dep.data_runfiles.files for dep in ctx.attr.deps] +
+            [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_code_files.keys()] +
+            [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_str_files.keys()] +
+            [l[DefaultInfo].data_runfiles.files for l in jsonnet_tla_code_libraries.keys()] +
+            [l[DefaultInfo].data_runfiles.files for l in jsonnet_ext_code_libraries.keys()],
+    )
+
     # NB(sparkprime): (1) transitive_data is never used, since runfiles is only
     # used when .files is pulled from it.  (2) This makes sense - jsonnet does
     # not need transitive dependencies to be passed on the commandline. It
@@ -502,7 +508,9 @@ def _jsonnet_to_json_test_impl(ctx):
     transitive_data = depset(
         transitive = [dep.data_runfiles.files for dep in ctx.attr.deps] +
                      [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_code_files.keys()] +
-                     [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_str_files.keys()],
+                     [l.files for l in jsonnet_tla_str_files.keys()] +
+                     [l[DefaultInfo].data_runfiles.files for l in jsonnet_tla_code_libraries.keys()] +
+                     [l[DefaultInfo].data_runfiles.files for l in jsonnet_ext_code_libraries.keys()],
     )
 
     test_inputs = (