diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/ICUResourceBundle.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/ICUResourceBundle.java
index 761fd0e01e..5cc12fecb0 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/ICUResourceBundle.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/ICUResourceBundle.java
@@ -881,12 +881,10 @@ public  class ICUResourceBundle extends UResourceBundle {
 
                 b = (ICUResourceBundle)addToCache(root, fullName, defaultLocale, b);
 
-                boolean ParentIsRoot = false;
-                if (b.getTableResource("%%ParentIsRoot") != RES_BOGUS) {
-                    ParentIsRoot = true;
-                }
-
-                if (i != -1 && !ParentIsRoot) {
+                if (b.getTableResource("%%Parent") != RES_BOGUS) {
+                    String parentLocaleName = b.getString("%%Parent");
+                    parent = instantiateBundle(baseName, parentLocaleName, root, disableFallback);
+                } else if (i != -1) {
                     parent = instantiateBundle(baseName, localeName.substring(0, i), root, disableFallback);
                 } else if (!localeName.equals(rootLocale)){
                     parent = instantiateBundle(baseName, rootLocale, root, true);
diff --git a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
index 6fef87de24..3ca9efd086 100755
--- a/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
+++ b/icu4j/main/shared/data/icudata.jar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ce8367c713b49eb76fed06f2e755bc8d314a02ecd7c34e26faa6661300338c28
-size 6738590
+oid sha256:c320693dbba59f308a1de06b1af4ac31ea1df95349473ce174183a3378c5c9ec
+size 6739289
diff --git a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
index 0e6953d795..ed46962eaa 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/tests/core/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
@@ -2714,4 +2714,30 @@ public class NumberFormatTest extends com.ibm.icu.dev.test.TestFmwk {
             errln("Comparison should return false.");
         }
     }
+    public void TestExplicitParents() {
+        // We use these for testing because decimal and grouping separators will be inherited from es_419
+        // starting with CLDR 2.0
+        String[] DATA = {
+                "es", "CO", "", "1.250,75",
+                "es", "CR", "", "1.250,75",
+                "es", "ES", "", "1.250,75",
+                "es", "GQ", "", "1.250,75",
+                "es", "MX", "", "1,250.75",
+                "es", "US", "", "1,250.75",
+                "es", "VE", "", "1.250,75",
+
+        };
+
+        for (int i=0; i<DATA.length; i+=4) {
+            Locale locale = new Locale(DATA[i], DATA[i+1], DATA[i+2]);
+            NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getInstance(locale);
+            String s = fmt.format(1250.75);
+            if (s.equals(DATA[i+3])) {
+                logln("Ok: 1250.75 x " + locale + " => " + s);
+            } else {
+                errln("FAIL: 1250.75 x " + locale + " => " + s +
+                      ", expected " + DATA[i+3]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }