diff --git a/projects/views.py b/projects/views.py
index 0d1be9f..daad7ad 100644
--- a/projects/views.py
+++ b/projects/views.py
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ class ProjectUpdateView(
     model = Project
     form_class = ProjectForm
 
+    def get_initial(self):
+        """
+        Add the auto_track value to form's initial values.
+        If any of the project's dependencies is set to auto_track, then
+        set auto_track to True (it will set all dependencies to auto_track).
+        If none of the dependencies are set to auto_track, then leave as
+        False (no change, no auto tracking)
+        """
+        initial = super(ProjectUpdateView, self).get_initial()
+        auto_tracked_project_deps = self.object.projectdependency_set.filter(
+            auto_track=True)
+        initial['auto_track'] = any(auto_tracked_project_deps)
+        return initial
+
     def get_success_url(self):
         return reverse("project_detail", kwargs={"pk": self.object.pk})