diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency.go b/cmd/helm/dependency.go
index 3de3ef014..6bb82e217 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func newDependencyCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyListCmd(out))
 	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyUpdateCmd(cfg, out))
-	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyBuildCmd(out))
+	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyBuildCmd(cfg, out))
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
index a0b63f038..1ee46d3d2 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If no lock file is found, 'helm dependency build' will mirror the behavior
 of 'helm dependency update'.
 `
 
-func newDependencyBuildCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+func newDependencyBuildCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	client := action.NewDependency()
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func newDependencyBuildCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				Keyring:          client.Keyring,
 				SkipUpdate:       client.SkipRefresh,
 				Getters:          getter.All(settings),
+				RegistryClient:   cfg.RegistryClient,
 				RepositoryConfig: settings.RepositoryConfig,
 				RepositoryCache:  settings.RepositoryCache,
 				Debug:            settings.Debug,
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
index 8e5f24af7..33198a9dd 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chartutil"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/provenance"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/repo"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/repo/repotest"
@@ -37,6 +38,27 @@ func TestDependencyBuildCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	rootDir := srv.Root()
 	srv.LinkIndices()
 
+	ociSrv, err := repotest.NewOCIServer(t, srv.Root())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ociChartName := "oci-depending-chart"
+	c := createTestingMetadataForOCI(ociChartName, ociSrv.RegistryURL)
+	if err := chartutil.SaveDir(c, ociSrv.Dir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ociSrv.Run(t, repotest.WithDependingChart(c))
+
+	err = os.Setenv("HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI", "1")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to set environment variable enabling OCI support")
+	}
+
+	dir := func(p ...string) string {
+		return filepath.Join(append([]string{srv.Root()}, p...)...)
+	}
+
 	chartname := "depbuild"
 	createTestingChart(t, rootDir, chartname, srv.URL())
 	repoFile := filepath.Join(rootDir, "repositories.yaml")
@@ -112,6 +134,22 @@ func TestDependencyBuildCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if strings.Contains(out, `update from the "test" chart repository`) {
 		t.Errorf("Repo did get updated\n%s", out)
 	}
+
+	// OCI dependencies
+	cmd = fmt.Sprintf("dependency build '%s' --repository-config %s --repository-cache %s --registry-config %s/config.json",
+		dir(ociChartName),
+		dir("repositories.yaml"),
+		dir(),
+		dir())
+	_, out, err = executeActionCommand(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Output: %s", out)
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	expect = dir(ociChartName, "charts/oci-dependent-chart-0.1.0.tgz")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(expect); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestDependencyBuildCmdWithHelmV2Hash(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index 38ed04279..d2d3e9f31 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ func (m *Manager) hasAllRepos(deps []*chart.Dependency) error {
 	missing := []string{}
 Loop:
 	for _, dd := range deps {
-		// If repo is from local path, continue
-		if strings.HasPrefix(dd.Repository, "file://") {
+		// If repo is from local path or OCI, continue
+		if strings.HasPrefix(dd.Repository, "file://") || strings.HasPrefix(dd.Repository, "oci://") {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -555,7 +555,8 @@ func (m *Manager) resolveRepoNames(deps []*chart.Dependency) (map[string]string,
 	missing := []string{}
 	for _, dd := range deps {
 		// Don't map the repository, we don't need to download chart from charts directory
-		if dd.Repository == "" {
+		// When OCI is used there is no Helm repository
+		if dd.Repository == "" || strings.HasPrefix(dd.Repository, "oci://") {
 			continue
 		}
 		// if dep chart is from local path, verify the path is valid