diff --git a/pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go b/pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go
index 563188ec3..c2e9f6dc1 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/chart_downloader.go
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ func (c *ChartDownloader) ResolveChartVersion(ref, version string) (*url.URL, ge
 	}
 	c.setCredentials(r)
 
+	// Skip if dependency not contain name
+	if len(r.Config.Name) == 0 {
+		return u, r.Client, nil
+	}
+
 	// Next, we need to load the index, and actually look up the chart.
 	i, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(c.HelmHome.CacheIndex(r.Config.Name))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager.go b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
index cca198916..6c6886e8a 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (m *Manager) downloadAll(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) error {
 
 		// Any failure to resolve/download a chart should fail:
 		// https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/issues/1439
-		churl, username, password, err := findChartURL(dep.Name, dep.Version, dep.Repository, repos)
+		churl, username, password, err := m.findChartURL(dep.Name, dep.Version, dep.Repository, repos)
 		if err != nil {
 			saveError = fmt.Errorf("could not find %s: %s", churl, err)
 			break
@@ -403,9 +403,17 @@ func (m *Manager) getRepoNames(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) (map[string]string,
 			}
 		}
 		if !found {
-			missing = append(missing, dd.Repository)
+			repository := dd.Repository
+			// Add if URL
+			_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(repository)
+			if err == nil {
+				reposMap[repository] = repository
+				continue
+			}
+			missing = append(missing, repository)
 		}
 	}
+
 	if len(missing) > 0 {
 		errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("no repository definition for %s. Please add them via 'helm repo add'", strings.Join(missing, ", "))
 		// It is common for people to try to enter "stable" as a repository instead of the actual URL.
@@ -424,6 +432,7 @@ repository, use "https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com/" or "@stable"
 		}
 		return nil, errors.New(errorMessage)
 	}
+
 	return reposMap, nil
 }
 
@@ -475,7 +484,7 @@ func (m *Manager) parallelRepoUpdate(repos []*repo.Entry) error {
 // repoURL is the repository to search
 //
 // If it finds a URL that is "relative", it will prepend the repoURL.
-func findChartURL(name, version, repoURL string, repos map[string]*repo.ChartRepository) (url, username, password string, err error) {
+func (m *Manager) findChartURL(name, version, repoURL string, repos map[string]*repo.ChartRepository) (url, username, password string, err error) {
 	for _, cr := range repos {
 		if urlutil.Equal(repoURL, cr.Config.URL) {
 			var entry repo.ChartVersions
@@ -497,6 +506,10 @@ func findChartURL(name, version, repoURL string, repos map[string]*repo.ChartRep
 			return
 		}
 	}
+	url, err = repo.FindChartInRepoURL(repoURL, name, version, "", "", "", m.Getters)
+	if err == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	err = fmt.Errorf("chart %s not found in %s", name, repoURL)
 	return
 }
diff --git a/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go b/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
index cb588394a..ef8b95071 100644
--- a/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/downloader/manager_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestFindChartURL(t *testing.T) {
 	version := "0.1.0"
 	repoURL := "http://example.com/charts"
 
-	churl, username, password, err := findChartURL(name, version, repoURL, repos)
+	churl, username, password, err := m.findChartURL(name, version, repoURL, repos)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ func TestGetRepoNames(t *testing.T) {
 		err         bool
 		expectedErr string
 	}{
-		{
-			name: "no repo definition failure",
-			req: []*chartutil.Dependency{
-				{Name: "oedipus-rex", Repository: "http://example.com/test"},
-			},
-			err: true,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "no repo definition failure -- stable repo",
 			req: []*chartutil.Dependency{
@@ -128,6 +121,13 @@ func TestGetRepoNames(t *testing.T) {
 			err:         true,
 			expectedErr: "no 'repository' field specified for dependency: \"dependency-missing-repository-field\"",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "dependency repository is url but not exist in repos",
+			req: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+				{Name: "oedipus-rex", Repository: "http://example.com/test"},
+			},
+			expect: map[string]string{"http://example.com/test": "http://example.com/test"},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "no repo definition failure",
 			req: []*chartutil.Dependency{
diff --git a/pkg/resolver/resolver.go b/pkg/resolver/resolver.go
index 8177df2d3..516e9260f 100644
--- a/pkg/resolver/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/resolver/resolver.go
@@ -71,7 +71,18 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(reqs *chartutil.Requirements, repoNames map[string]st
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("dependency %q has an invalid version/constraint format: %s", d.Name, err)
 		}
 
-		repoIndex, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(r.helmhome.CacheIndex(repoNames[d.Name]))
+		// repo does not exist in cache but has url info
+		cacheRepoName := repoNames[d.Name]
+		if cacheRepoName == "" && d.Repository != "" {
+			locked[i] = &chartutil.Dependency{
+				Name:       d.Name,
+				Repository: d.Repository,
+				Version:    d.Version,
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		repoIndex, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(r.helmhome.CacheIndex(cacheRepoName))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no cached repo found. (try 'helm repo update'). %s", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/resolver/resolver_test.go b/pkg/resolver/resolver_test.go
index 689ffbc32..f35e051fa 100644
--- a/pkg/resolver/resolver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resolver/resolver_test.go
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ func TestResolve(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			err: true,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "cache index failure",
-			req: &chartutil.Requirements{
-				Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
-					{Name: "oedipus-rex", Repository: "http://example.com", Version: "1.0.0"},
-				},
-			},
-			err: true,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "chart not found failure",
 			req: &chartutil.Requirements{