diff --git a/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
index 7328efd17b6..e81494b9134 100644
--- a/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/android/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Mapbox welcomes participation and contributions from everyone.  If you'd like to do so please see the [`Contributing Guide`](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first to get started.
 
+## master
+- Don't default-show text/icons that depend on the placement of a paired icon/text [#12483](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12483)
+
 ## 6.4.0-alpha.1 - July 25, 2018
  - Validate if gesture detector is able to handle gesture [#12375](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12375)
  - Add a convenience method to check whether the map is in a destroyed state, MapView#isDestroyed [#12373](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12373)
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ Mapbox welcomes participation and contributions from everyone.  If you'd like to
  - Add LatLngForScreenCoordinate to MapSnapshotter API, This allows to convert a LatLng value to the x,y position on the MapSnasphot image [#12221](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12221)
  - Expose multiple getCameraFor equivalent methods to convert a geometry or a bounds to a camera position with taking in account padding, tilt and bearing [#12290](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12290)
  - Avoid race condition when calling getMapAsync from a non-UI thread when running instrumentation tests [#12308](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12308)
- 
+
 ## 6.2.1 -  June 27, 2018
  - Backport range alpha values from 0 to 1 with int color conversion [#12235](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/12235)
 
diff --git a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e606702c35..35d3fde6807 100644
--- a/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/ios/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Mapbox welcomes participation and contributions from everyone. Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.
 
+## master
+- Don't default-show text/icons that depend on the placement of a paired icon/text [#12483](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12483)
+
 ## 4.3.0
 
 ### Styles and rendering
diff --git a/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
index 001b3792d55..4cc0b910db6 100644
--- a/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/macos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # master
 
+- Don't default-show text/icons that depend on the placement of a paired icon/text [#12483](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12483)
+
 ## Styles and rendering
 
 * Token string syntax (`"{token}"`) in `MGLSymbolStyleLayer` `text` and `iconImageName` properties is now correctly converted to the appropriate `NSExpression` equivalent. ([#11659](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/11659))
diff --git a/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
index d2b6c76ab1f..fee1ed8a51a 100644
--- a/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # master
+- Don't default-show text/icons that depend on the placement of a paired icon/text [#12483](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12483)
 - The `Map` constructor now accepts a `mode` option which can be either `"static"` (default) or `"tile"`. It must be set to `"tile"` when rendering individual tiles in order for the symbols to match across tiles.
 - Remove unnecessary memory use when collision debug mode is not enabled ([#12294](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12294))
 
diff --git a/src/mbgl/text/placement.cpp b/src/mbgl/text/placement.cpp
index 16dd94b3743..39b2584ef9b 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/text/placement.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/text/placement.cpp
@@ -254,9 +254,16 @@ void Placement::updateBucketOpacities(SymbolBucket& bucket, std::set<uint32_t>&
 
     JointOpacityState duplicateOpacityState(false, false, true);
 
+    const bool textAllowOverlap = bucket.layout.get<style::TextAllowOverlap>();
+    const bool iconAllowOverlap = bucket.layout.get<style::IconAllowOverlap>();
+    
+    // If allow-overlap is true, we can show symbols before placement runs on them
+    // But we have to wait for placement if we potentially depend on a paired icon/text
+    // with allow-overlap: false.
+    // See https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/issues/12483
     JointOpacityState defaultOpacityState(
-            bucket.layout.get<style::TextAllowOverlap>(),
-            bucket.layout.get<style::IconAllowOverlap>(),
+            textAllowOverlap && (iconAllowOverlap || !bucket.hasIconData() || bucket.layout.get<style::IconOptional>()),
+            iconAllowOverlap && (textAllowOverlap || !bucket.hasTextData() || bucket.layout.get<style::TextOptional>()),
             true);
 
     for (SymbolInstance& symbolInstance : bucket.symbolInstances) {