diff --git a/scripts/get-helm-3 b/scripts/get-helm-3
index f2495e444..08d0e14ca 100755
--- a/scripts/get-helm-3
+++ b/scripts/get-helm-3
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
 
 : ${BINARY_NAME:="helm"}
 : ${USE_SUDO:="true"}
+: ${DEBUG:="false"}
+: ${VERIFY_CHECKSUM:="true"}
+: ${VERIFY_SIGNATURES:="false"}
 : ${HELM_INSTALL_DIR:="/usr/local/bin"}
 
+HAS_CURL="$(type "curl" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)"
+HAS_WGET="$(type "wget" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)"
+HAS_OPENSSL="$(type "openssl" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)"
+HAS_GPG="$(type "gpg" &> /dev/null && echo true || echo false)"
+
 # initArch discovers the architecture for this system.
 initArch() {
   ARCH=$(uname -m)
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ runAsRoot() {
 }
 
 # verifySupported checks that the os/arch combination is supported for
-# binary builds.
+# binary builds, as well whether or not necessary tools are present.
 verifySupported() {
   local supported="darwin-amd64\nlinux-386\nlinux-amd64\nlinux-arm\nlinux-arm64\nlinux-ppc64le\nlinux-s390x\nwindows-amd64"
   if ! echo "${supported}" | grep -q "${OS}-${ARCH}"; then
@@ -67,10 +75,29 @@ verifySupported() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  if ! type "curl" > /dev/null && ! type "wget" > /dev/null; then
+  if [ "${HAS_CURL}" != "true" ] && [ "${HAS_WGET}" != "true" ]; then
     echo "Either curl or wget is required"
     exit 1
   fi
+
+  if [ "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM}" == "true" ] && [ "${HAS_OPENSSL}" != "true" ]; then
+    echo "In order to verify checksum, openssl must first be installed."
+    echo "Please install openssl or set VERIFY_CHECKSUM=false in your environment."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  if [ "${VERIFY_SIGNATURES}" == "true" ]; then
+    if [ "${HAS_GPG}" != "true" ]; then
+      echo "In order to verify signatures, gpg must first be installed."
+      echo "Please install gpg or set VERIFY_SIGNATURES=false in your environment."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ "${OS}" != "linux" ]; then
+      echo "Signature verification is currently only supported on Linux."
+      echo "Please set VERIFY_SIGNATURES=false or verify the signatures manually."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 # checkDesiredVersion checks if the desired version is available.
@@ -78,9 +105,9 @@ checkDesiredVersion() {
   if [ "x$DESIRED_VERSION" == "x" ]; then
     # Get tag from release URL
     local latest_release_url="https://github.com/helm/helm/releases"
-    if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
+    if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then
       TAG=$(curl -Ls $latest_release_url | grep 'href="/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.[0-9]*.[0-9]*\"' | grep -v no-underline | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2 | awk '{n=split($NF,a,"/");print a[n]}' | awk 'a !~ $0{print}; {a=$0}')
-    elif type "wget" > /dev/null; then
+    elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then
       TAG=$(wget $latest_release_url -O - 2>&1 | grep 'href="/helm/helm/releases/tag/v3.[0-9]*.[0-9]*\"' | grep -v no-underline | head -n 1 | cut -d '"' -f 2 | awk '{n=split($NF,a,"/");print a[n]}' | awk 'a !~ $0{print}; {a=$0}')
     fi
   else
@@ -115,35 +142,94 @@ downloadFile() {
   HELM_TMP_FILE="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$HELM_DIST"
   HELM_SUM_FILE="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$HELM_DIST.sha256"
   echo "Downloading $DOWNLOAD_URL"
-  if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
+  if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then
     curl -SsL "$CHECKSUM_URL" -o "$HELM_SUM_FILE"
-  elif type "wget" > /dev/null; then
-    wget -q -O "$HELM_SUM_FILE" "$CHECKSUM_URL"
-  fi
-  if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
     curl -SsL "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$HELM_TMP_FILE"
-  elif type "wget" > /dev/null; then
+  elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "$HELM_SUM_FILE" "$CHECKSUM_URL"
     wget -q -O "$HELM_TMP_FILE" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
   fi
 }
 
-# installFile verifies the SHA256 for the file, then unpacks and
-# installs it.
+# verifyFile verifies the SHA256 checksum of the binary package
+# and the GPG signatures for both the package and checksum file
+# (depending on settings in environment).
+verifyFile() {
+  if [ "${VERIFY_CHECKSUM}" == "true" ]; then
+    verifyChecksum
+  fi
+  if [ "${VERIFY_SIGNATURES}" == "true" ]; then
+    verifySignatures
+  fi
+}
+
+# installFile installs the Helm binary.
 installFile() {
   HELM_TMP="$HELM_TMP_ROOT/$BINARY_NAME"
+  mkdir -p "$HELM_TMP"
+  tar xf "$HELM_TMP_FILE" -C "$HELM_TMP"
+  HELM_TMP_BIN="$HELM_TMP/$OS-$ARCH/helm"
+  echo "Preparing to install $BINARY_NAME into ${HELM_INSTALL_DIR}"
+  runAsRoot cp "$HELM_TMP_BIN" "$HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+  echo "$BINARY_NAME installed into $HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+}
+
+# verifyChecksum verifies the SHA256 checksum of the binary package.
+verifyChecksum() {
+  printf "Verifying checksum... "
   local sum=$(openssl sha1 -sha256 ${HELM_TMP_FILE} | awk '{print $2}')
   local expected_sum=$(cat ${HELM_SUM_FILE})
   if [ "$sum" != "$expected_sum" ]; then
     echo "SHA sum of ${HELM_TMP_FILE} does not match. Aborting."
     exit 1
   fi
+  echo "Done."
+}
 
-  mkdir -p "$HELM_TMP"
-  tar xf "$HELM_TMP_FILE" -C "$HELM_TMP"
-  HELM_TMP_BIN="$HELM_TMP/$OS-$ARCH/helm"
-  echo "Preparing to install $BINARY_NAME into ${HELM_INSTALL_DIR}"
-  runAsRoot cp "$HELM_TMP_BIN" "$HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
-  echo "$BINARY_NAME installed into $HELM_INSTALL_DIR/$BINARY_NAME"
+# verifySignatures obtains the latest KEYS file from GitHub master branch
+# as well as the signature .asc files from the specific GitHub release,
+# then verifies that the release artifacts were signed by a maintainer's key.
+verifySignatures() {
+  printf "Verifying signatures... "
+  local keys_filename="KEYS"
+  local github_keys_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/master/${keys_filename}"
+  if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then
+    curl -SsL "${github_keys_url}" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}"
+  elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}" "${github_keys_url}"
+  fi
+  local gpg_keyring="${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/keyring.gpg"
+  local gpg_homedir="${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/gnupg"
+  mkdir -p -m 0700 "${gpg_homedir}"
+  local gpg_stderr_device="/dev/null"
+  if [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then
+    gpg_stderr_device="/dev/stderr"
+  fi
+  gpg --batch --quiet --homedir="${gpg_homedir}" --import "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/${keys_filename}" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}"
+  gpg --batch --no-default-keyring --keyring "${gpg_homedir}/pubring.kbx" --export > "${gpg_keyring}"
+  local github_release_url="https://github.com/helm/helm/releases/download/${TAG}"
+  if [ "${HAS_CURL}" == "true" ]; then
+    curl -SsL "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc"
+    curl -SsL "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" -o "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc"
+  elif [ "${HAS_WGET}" == "true" ]; then
+    wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc"
+    wget -q -O "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" "${github_release_url}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc"
+  fi
+  local error_text="If you think this might be a potential security issue,"
+  error_text="${error_text}\nplease see here: https://github.com/helm/community/blob/master/SECURITY.md"
+  local num_goodlines_sha=$(gpg --verify --keyring="${gpg_keyring}" --status-fd=1 "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256.asc" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}" | grep -c -E '^\[GNUPG:\] (GOODSIG|VALIDSIG)')
+  if [[ ${num_goodlines_sha} -lt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Unable to verify the signature of helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256!"
+    echo -e "${error_text}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  local num_goodlines_tar=$(gpg --verify --keyring="${gpg_keyring}" --status-fd=1 "${HELM_TMP_ROOT}/helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz.asc" 2> "${gpg_stderr_device}" | grep -c -E '^\[GNUPG:\] (GOODSIG|VALIDSIG)')
+  if [[ ${num_goodlines_tar} -lt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Unable to verify the signature of helm-${TAG}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz!"
+    echo -e "${error_text}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Done."
 }
 
 # fail_trap is executed if an error occurs.
@@ -195,6 +281,11 @@ cleanup() {
 trap "fail_trap" EXIT
 set -e
 
+# Set debug if desired
+if [ "${DEBUG}" == "true" ]; then
+  set -x
+fi
+
 # Parsing input arguments (if any)
 export INPUT_ARGUMENTS="${@}"
 set -u
@@ -229,6 +320,7 @@ verifySupported
 checkDesiredVersion
 if ! checkHelmInstalledVersion; then
   downloadFile
+  verifyFile
   installFile
 fi
 testVersion