diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
index f0ba166d9..169ae2753 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func getAliasDependency(charts []*chart.Chart, dep *chart.Dependency) *chart.Cha
 
 // processDependencyEnabled removes disabled charts from dependencies
 func processDependencyEnabled(c *chart.Chart, v map[string]interface{}, path string) error {
-	if c.Metadata.Dependencies == nil {
+	if c.Metadata.Dependencies == nil && len(c.Dependencies()) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
index ac8e4d76e..47cf6e1fb 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/dependencies_test.go
@@ -366,6 +366,63 @@ func TestProcessDependencyImportValuesForEnabledCharts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProcessDependencyEnabledRespectsChildConditionsWhenParentLacksDependenciesBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	c := loadChart(t, "testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart")
+
+	if err := processDependencyImportValues(c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("processing import values dependencies %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 dependency for this chart, but got %d", len(c.Dependencies()))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Metadata.Dependencies) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 dependencies specified in parent chart's Chart.yaml, got %d", len(c.Metadata.Dependencies))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()[0].Dependencies()) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 dependencies for the subchart, but got %d", len(c.Dependencies()))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()[0].Metadata.Dependencies) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 dependencies specified in subchart's Chart.yaml, got %d", len(c.Dependencies()[0].Metadata.Dependencies))
+	}
+
+	if err := processDependencyEnabled(c, c.Values, ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no errors but got %q", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 dependency for this chart, but got %d", len(c.Dependencies()))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()[0].Dependencies()) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 dependencies for this chart, but got %d", len(c.Dependencies()[0].Dependencies()))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Metadata.Dependencies) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 dependencies specified in Chart.yaml, got %d", len(c.Metadata.Dependencies))
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Dependencies()[0].Metadata.Dependencies) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 dependencies specified in subchart's Chart.yaml, got %d", len(c.Dependencies()[0].Metadata.Dependencies))
+	}
+
+	subChartDependencyChart0Name := c.Dependencies()[0].Dependencies()[0].Name()
+	subChartDependencyChart1Name := c.Dependencies()[0].Dependencies()[1].Name()
+	devChartName := "dev"
+	prodChartName := "prod"
+
+	if subChartDependencyChart0Name != devChartName {
+		t.Fatalf("subchart's dependency chart name should be %s but got %s", devChartName, subChartDependencyChart1Name)
+	}
+
+	if subChartDependencyChart1Name != prodChartName {
+		t.Fatalf("subchart's dependency chart name should be %s but got %s", prodChartName, subChartDependencyChart1Name)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetAliasDependency(t *testing.T) {
 	c := loadChart(t, "testdata/frobnitz")
 	req := c.Metadata.Dependencies
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5718cdc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: parent-chart
+version: v0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8676c715a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: daughter-chart
+version: v0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0
+dependencies:
+  - name: dev
+    repository: "file://charts/dev"
+    version: ">= 0.0.1"
+    condition: global.dev.enabled,dev.enabled
+  - name: staging
+    repository: "file://charts/staging"
+    version: ">= 0.0.1"
+    condition: staging.enabled,global.staging.enabled
+  - name: prod
+    repository: "file://charts/prod"
+    version: ">= 0.0.1"
+    condition: global.prod.enabled,prod.enabled
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80a52f538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: dev
+version: v0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/templates/secret.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5af83dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/dev/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: dev-test
+stringData:
+  key: value
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bda4be458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: prod
+version: v0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/templates/secret.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4852225d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/prod/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: prod-test
+stringData:
+  key: value
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/Chart.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9054a80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: staging
+version: v0.1.0
+appVersion: v0.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/templates/secret.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..475c543ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/charts/staging/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: staging-test
+stringData:
+  key: value
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/values.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951f93242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/charts/daughter-chart/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Default values for daughter-chart.
+dev:
+  enabled: false
+staging:
+  enabled: false
+prod:
+  enabled: true
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/values.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b616913cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/respect-conditions-without-dependencies-block/parent-chart/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Default values for parent-chart.
+global:
+  dev:
+    enabled: true
+  staging:
+    enabled: true