diff --git a/manager/runner_test.go b/manager/runner_test.go
index 7ba249a3d..42dbe500f 100644
--- a/manager/runner_test.go
+++ b/manager/runner_test.go
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ package manager
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1023,6 +1027,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal("expected parse only to stop runner")
 		}
 	})
+
 }
 
 func TestRunner_quiescence(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1278,3 +1283,95 @@ func TestRunner_commandPath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected shell: %#v\n", cmd)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestRunner_stoppedWatcher verifies that dependencies can't be added to a
+// watcher that's been stopped after the first template rendering
+func TestRunner_stoppedWatcher(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	stopCtx, stopNow := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	t.Cleanup(stopNow)
+
+	// Test server to simulate Vault cluster responses.
+	reqNum := atomic.Uint64{}
+	vaultServer := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+			t.Logf("GET %q", req.URL.Path)
+			if req.URL.Path == "/v1/secret/data/test1" {
+				if reqNum.Add(1) > 1 {
+					stopNow()
+				}
+
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+				// We can't configure the default lease in tests because the
+				// field is global, so ensure there's a rotation_period and ttl
+				// that causes the runner to make multiple requests
+				w.Write([]byte(`{
+  "data": {
+    "data": {
+      "secret": "foo"
+    },
+    "rotation_period": "10ms",
+    "ttl": 1
+  }
+}`))
+			} else {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			}
+
+		}))
+
+	t.Cleanup(vaultServer.Close)
+
+	out, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(out.Name())
+
+	c := config.DefaultConfig().Merge(&config.Config{
+		Vault: &config.VaultConfig{
+			Address: &vaultServer.URL,
+		},
+		Templates: &config.TemplateConfigs{
+			&config.TemplateConfig{
+				Contents: config.String(
+					`{{with secret "secret/data/test1"}}{{ if .Data}}{{.Data.data.secret}}{{end}}{{end}}`),
+				Destination: config.String(out.Name()),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	c.Finalize()
+
+	r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(r.Stop)
+
+	go r.Start()
+
+	// the mock vault server controls the stopCtx so that we can be sure we've
+	// rendered the empty template, set up the watcher, and have started the
+	// next poll
+	select {
+	case <-stopCtx.Done():
+		r.Stop()
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		t.Fatal("test timed out")
+	}
+
+	// there's no way for us to control whether the Start goroutine's select
+	// takes the watcher's DataCh or the runner's doneCh. So once the runner has
+	// been stopped, we fake that we've received on the DataCh so that we hit
+	// the code path that calls Run. This should never add a dependency to the
+	// watcher.
+	r.Run()
+
+	if r.watcher.Size() != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("watcher had dependencies added after stop")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/watch/watcher.go b/watch/watcher.go
index 571e43fcf..ea362e70d 100644
--- a/watch/watcher.go
+++ b/watch/watcher.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ type Watcher struct {
 	// one time instead of polling infinitely.
 	once bool
 
+	// stopped signals if this watcher should stop adding any new dependencies
+	stopped bool
+
 	// retryFuncs specifies the different ways to retry based on the upstream.
 	retryFuncConsul  RetryFunc
 	retryFuncDefault RetryFunc
@@ -138,13 +141,18 @@ func (w *Watcher) ServerErrCh() <-chan error {
 // and start the associated view. If the dependency already exists, no action is
 // taken.
 //
-// If the Dependency already existed, it this function will return false. If the
-// view was successfully created, it will return true. If an error occurs while
-// creating the view, it will be returned here (but future errors returned by
-// the view will happen on the channel).
+// If the Dependency already existed or the watcher was concurrently stopped, it
+// this function will return false. If the view was successfully created, it
+// will return true. If an error occurs while creating the view, it will be
+// returned here (but future errors returned by the view will happen on the
+// channel).
 func (w *Watcher) Add(d dep.Dependency) (bool, error) {
 	w.Lock()
 	defer w.Unlock()
+	if w.stopped {
+		log.Printf("[TRACE] (watcher) did not add %s because watcher is stopped", d)
+		return false, nil
+	}
 
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] (watcher) adding %s", d)
 
@@ -261,4 +269,5 @@ func (w *Watcher) Stop() {
 
 	// Close any idle TCP connections
 	w.clients.Stop()
+	w.stopped = true
 }
diff --git a/watch/watcher_test.go b/watch/watcher_test.go
index c0fee4219..bda76c443 100644
--- a/watch/watcher_test.go
+++ b/watch/watcher_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,29 @@ func TestAdd_exists(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAdd_stopped(t *testing.T) {
+	w := NewWatcher(&NewWatcherInput{
+		Clients: dep.NewClientSet(),
+		Once:    true,
+	})
+
+	w.Stop()
+
+	d := &TestDep{}
+	added, err := w.Add(d)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if added != false {
+		t.Errorf("expected Add to return false when watcher is stopped")
+	}
+
+	if w.Watching(d) {
+		t.Errorf("expected Add not to add dependency when watcher is stopped")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAdd_startsViewPoll(t *testing.T) {
 	w := NewWatcher(&NewWatcherInput{
 		Clients: dep.NewClientSet(),