diff --git a/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-apply/main.tf b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-apply/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-apply/terragrunt.hcl b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-apply/terragrunt.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05678883b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-apply/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+exclude {
+  if = true
+  actions = ["apply"]
+  exclude_dependencies = true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-plan/main.tf b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-plan/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-plan/terragrunt.hcl b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-plan/terragrunt.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1204dc9383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action/exclude-plan/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+exclude {
+  if = true
+  actions = ["plan"]
+  exclude_dependencies = true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration_exclude_test.go b/test/integration_exclude_test.go
index d7ac41ac87..06f8a32f25 100644
--- a/test/integration_exclude_test.go
+++ b/test/integration_exclude_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	testExcludeByDefault = "fixtures/exclude/exclude-default"
 	testExcludeDisabled  = "fixtures/exclude/exclude-disabled"
+	testExcludeByAction  = "fixtures/exclude/exclude-by-action"
 )
 
 func TestExcludeByDefault(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,3 +44,26 @@ func TestExcludeDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "app1")
 	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "app2")
 }
+
+func TestExcludeApply(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cleanupTerraformFolder(t, testExcludeByAction)
+	tmpEnvPath := helpers.CopyEnvironment(t, testExcludeByAction)
+	rootPath := util.JoinPath(tmpEnvPath, testExcludeByAction)
+
+	_, stderr, err := helpers.RunTerragruntCommandWithOutput(t, "terragrunt run-all plan --terragrunt-non-interactive --terragrunt-working-dir "+rootPath)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "exclude-apply")
+	assert.NotContains(t, stderr, "exclude-plan")
+
+	_, stderr, err = helpers.RunTerragruntCommandWithOutput(t, "terragrunt run-all apply -auto-approve --terragrunt-non-interactive --terragrunt-working-dir "+rootPath)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// should be applied only exclude-plan
+	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "exclude-plan")
+	assert.NotContains(t, stderr, "exclude-apply")
+}