diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go b/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go
index fbd686b91..db77ecf50 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go
@@ -258,6 +258,24 @@ func ProcessRequirementsEnabled(c *chart.Chart, v *chart.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	var chartDependencies []*chart.Chart
+	// If any dependency is not a part of requirements.yaml
+	// then this should be added to chartDependencies.
+	// However, if the dependency is already specified in requirements.yaml
+	// we should not add it, as it would be anyways processed from requirements.yaml
+
+	for _, existingDependency := range c.Dependencies {
+		var dependencyFound bool
+		for _, req := range reqs.Dependencies {
+			if existingDependency.Metadata.Name == req.Name && existingDependency.Metadata.Version == req.Version {
+				dependencyFound = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !dependencyFound {
+			chartDependencies = append(chartDependencies, existingDependency)
+		}
+	}
+
 	for _, req := range reqs.Dependencies {
 		if chartDependency := getAliasDependency(c.Dependencies, req); chartDependency != nil {
 			chartDependencies = append(chartDependencies, chartDependency)
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go
index 65d59e52f..8e25504c4 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go
@@ -378,13 +378,6 @@ func TestDependentChartAliases(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot load requirements for test chart, %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// var expectedDependencyCharts int
-	// for _, reqmt := range reqmts.Dependencies {
-	// 	expectedDependencyCharts++
-	// 	if len(reqmt.Alias) >= 0 {
-	// 		expectedDependencyCharts += len(reqmt.Alias)
-	// 	}
-	// }
 	if len(c.Dependencies) != len(reqmts.Dependencies) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected number of chart dependencies %d, but got %d", len(reqmts.Dependencies), len(c.Dependencies))
 	}