diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/dep_cache.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/dep_cache.rs
index 4fd27538555..54b0ce97ff2 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/dep_cache.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/dep_cache.rs
@@ -455,7 +455,12 @@ impl Requirements<'_> {
                 .iter()
                 .any(|dep| dep.name_in_toml() == package && dep.is_optional())
         {
-            self.require_feature(package)?;
+            // This optional dependency may not have an implicit feature of
+            // the same name if the `dep:` syntax is used to avoid creating
+            // that implicit feature.
+            if self.summary.features().contains_key(&package) {
+                self.require_feature(package)?;
+            }
         }
         self.deps.entry(package).or_default().insert(feat);
         Ok(())
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
index e2f2bd5c50c..6b79722caed 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/features.rs
@@ -717,7 +717,15 @@ impl<'a, 'cfg> FeatureResolver<'a, 'cfg> {
                         // The old behavior before weak dependencies were
                         // added is to also enables a feature of the same
                         // name.
-                        self.activate_rec(pkg_id, fk, dep_name)?;
+                        //
+                        // Don't enable if the implicit optional dependency
+                        // feature wasn't created due to `dep:` hiding.
+                        // See rust-lang/cargo#10788 and rust-lang/cargo#12130
+                        let summary = self.resolve.summary(pkg_id);
+                        let feature_map = summary.features();
+                        if feature_map.contains_key(&dep_name) {
+                            self.activate_rec(pkg_id, fk, dep_name)?;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 // Activate the feature on the dependency.
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/features_namespaced.rs b/tests/testsuite/features_namespaced.rs
index a6047231beb..f24186c1591 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/features_namespaced.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/features_namespaced.rs
@@ -1216,3 +1216,81 @@ Caused by:
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn dep_feature_when_hidden() {
+    // Checks for behavior with dep:bar and bar/feat syntax when there is no
+    // `bar` feature.
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.1.0"
+
+                [dependencies]
+                bar = { path = "bar", optional = true }
+
+                [features]
+                f1 = ["dep:bar"]
+                f2 = ["bar/bar_feat"]
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file(
+            "bar/Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "bar"
+                version = "0.1.0"
+
+                [features]
+                bar_feat = []
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file("bar/src/lib.rs", "")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("tree -f")
+        .arg("{p} features={f}")
+        .with_stdout(
+            "\
+foo v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo) features=",
+        )
+        .with_stderr("")
+        .run();
+
+    p.cargo("tree -F f1 -f")
+        .arg("{p} features={f}")
+        .with_stdout(
+            "\
+foo v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo) features=f1
+└── bar v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo/bar) features=
+",
+        )
+        .with_stderr("")
+        .run();
+
+    p.cargo("tree -F f2 -f")
+        .arg("{p} features={f}")
+        .with_stdout(
+            "\
+foo v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo) features=f2
+└── bar v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo/bar) features=bar_feat
+",
+        )
+        .with_stderr("")
+        .run();
+
+    p.cargo("tree --all-features -f")
+        .arg("{p} features={f}")
+        .with_stdout(
+            "\
+foo v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo) features=f1,f2
+└── bar v0.1.0 ([ROOT]/foo/bar) features=bar_feat
+",
+        )
+        .with_stderr("")
+        .run();
+}