diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency.go b/cmd/helm/dependency.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2da344052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency.go
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/gosuri/uitable"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
+)
+
+const dependencyDesc = `
+Manage the dependencies of a chart.
+
+Helm charts store their dependencies in 'charts/'. For chart developers, it is
+often easier to manage a single dependency file ('requirements.yaml')
+which declares all dependencies.
+
+The dependency commands operate on that file, making it easy to synchronize
+between the desired dependencies and the actual dependencies stored in the
+'charts/' directory.
+
+A 'requirements.yaml' file is a YAML file in which developers can declare chart
+dependencies, along with the location of the chart and the desired version.
+For example, this requirements file declares two dependencies:
+
+    # requirements.yaml
+    dependencies:
+	  - name: nginx
+	    version: "1.2.3"
+		repository: "https://example.com/charts"
+	  - name: memcached
+	    version: "3.2.1"
+		repository: "https://another.example.com/charts"
+
+The 'name' should be the name of a chart, where that name must match the name
+in that chart's 'Chart.yaml' file.
+
+The 'version' field should contain a semantic version or version range.
+
+The 'repository' URL should point to a Chart Repository. Helm expects that by
+appending '/index.yaml' to the URL, it should be able to retrieve the chart
+repository's index. Note: 'repository' cannot be a repository alias. It must be
+a URL.
+`
+
+const dependencyListDesc = `
+List all of the dependencies declared in a chart.
+
+This can take chart archives and chart directories as input. It will not alter
+the contents of a chart.
+
+This will produce an error if the chart cannot be loaded. It will emit a warning
+if it cannot find a requirements.yaml.
+`
+
+func newDependencyCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "dependency update|list",
+		Aliases: []string{"dep", "dependencies"},
+		Short:   "manage a chart's dependencies",
+		Long:    dependencyDesc,
+	}
+
+	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyListCmd(out))
+	cmd.AddCommand(newDependencyUpdateCmd(out))
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+type dependencyListCmd struct {
+	out       io.Writer
+	chartpath string
+}
+
+func newDependencyListCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+	dlc := &dependencyListCmd{
+		out: out,
+	}
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "list [flags] CHART",
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		Short:   "list the dependencies for the given chart",
+		Long:    dependencyListDesc,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cp := "."
+			if len(args) > 0 {
+				cp = args[0]
+			}
+
+			var err error
+			dlc.chartpath, err = filepath.Abs(cp)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return dlc.run()
+		},
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func (l *dependencyListCmd) run() error {
+	c, err := chartutil.Load(l.chartpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	r, err := chartutil.LoadRequirements(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == chartutil.ErrRequirementsNotFound {
+			fmt.Fprintf(l.out, "WARNING: no requirements at %s/charts", l.chartpath)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	l.printRequirements(r, l.out)
+	fmt.Fprintln(l.out)
+	l.printMissing(r, l.out)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *dependencyListCmd) dependencyStatus(dep *chartutil.Dependency) string {
+	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.tgz", dep.Name, dep.Version)
+	archive := filepath.Join(l.chartpath, "charts", filename)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(archive); err == nil {
+		c, err := chartutil.Load(archive)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "corrupt"
+		}
+		if c.Metadata.Name == dep.Name && c.Metadata.Version == dep.Version {
+			return "ok"
+		}
+		return "mismatch"
+	}
+
+	folder := filepath.Join(l.chartpath, "charts", dep.Name)
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(folder); err != nil {
+		return "missing"
+	} else if !fi.IsDir() {
+		return "mispackaged"
+	}
+
+	c, err := chartutil.Load(folder)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "corrupt"
+	}
+
+	if c.Metadata.Name != dep.Name {
+		return "misnamed"
+	}
+
+	if c.Metadata.Version != dep.Version {
+		return "wrong version"
+	}
+
+	return "unpacked"
+}
+
+// printRequirements prints all of the requirements in the yaml file.
+func (l *dependencyListCmd) printRequirements(reqs *chartutil.Requirements, out io.Writer) {
+	table := uitable.New()
+	table.MaxColWidth = 80
+	table.AddRow("NAME", "VERSION", "REPOSITORY", "STATUS")
+	for _, row := range reqs.Dependencies {
+		table.AddRow(row.Name, row.Version, row.Repository, l.dependencyStatus(row))
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(out, table)
+}
+
+// printMissing prints warnings about charts that are present on disk, but are not in the requirements.
+func (l *dependencyListCmd) printMissing(reqs *chartutil.Requirements, out io.Writer) {
+	folder := filepath.Join(l.chartpath, "charts/*")
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(folder)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(l.out, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, f := range files {
+		c, err := chartutil.Load(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(l.out, "WARNING: %q is not a chart.\n", f)
+			continue
+		}
+		found := false
+		for _, d := range reqs.Dependencies {
+			if d.Name == c.Metadata.Name {
+				found = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			fmt.Fprintf(l.out, "WARNING: %q is not in requirements.yaml.\n", f)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_test.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..749d490cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDependencyListCmd(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		args   []string
+		expect string
+		err    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "No such chart",
+			args: []string{"/no/such/chart"},
+			err:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "No requirements.yaml",
+			args:   []string{"testdata/testcharts/alpine"},
+			expect: "WARNING: no requirements at ",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "Requirements in chart dir",
+			args:   []string{"testdata/testcharts/reqtest"},
+			expect: "NAME        \tVERSION\tREPOSITORY                \tSTATUS  \nreqsubchart \t0.1.0  \thttps://example.com/charts\tunpacked\nreqsubchart2\t0.2.0  \thttps://example.com/charts\tunpacked\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "Requirements in chart archive",
+			args:   []string{"testdata/testcharts/reqtest-0.1.0.tgz"},
+			expect: "NAME        \tVERSION\tREPOSITORY                \tSTATUS \nreqsubchart \t0.1.0  \thttps://example.com/charts\tmissing\nreqsubchart2\t0.2.0  \thttps://example.com/charts\tmissing\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+		dlc := newDependencyListCmd(buf)
+		if err := dlc.RunE(dlc, tt.args); err != nil {
+			if tt.err {
+				continue
+			}
+			t.Errorf("Test %q: %s", tt.name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		got := buf.String()
+		if !strings.Contains(got, tt.expect) {
+			t.Errorf("Test: %q, Expected:\n%q\nGot:\n%q", tt.name, tt.expect, got)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_update.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_update.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b9eb1d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_update.go
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/cmd/helm/resolver"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/repo"
+)
+
+const dependencyUpDesc = `
+Update the on-disk dependencies to mirror the requirements.yaml file.
+
+This command verifies that the required charts, as expressed in 'requirements.yaml',
+are present in 'charts/' and are at an acceptable version.
+`
+
+// dependencyUpdateCmd describes a 'helm dependency update'
+type dependencyUpdateCmd struct {
+	out       io.Writer
+	chartpath string
+	repoFile  string
+	repopath  string
+	helmhome  string
+	verify    bool
+	keyring   string
+}
+
+// newDependencyUpdateCmd creates a new dependency update command.
+func newDependencyUpdateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
+	duc := &dependencyUpdateCmd{
+		out: out,
+	}
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "update [flags] CHART",
+		Aliases: []string{"up"},
+		Short:   "update charts/ based on the contents of requirements.yaml",
+		Long:    dependencyUpDesc,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cp := "."
+			if len(args) > 0 {
+				cp = args[0]
+			}
+
+			var err error
+			duc.chartpath, err = filepath.Abs(cp)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			duc.helmhome = homePath()
+			duc.repoFile = repositoriesFile()
+			duc.repopath = repositoryDirectory()
+
+			return duc.run()
+		},
+	}
+
+	f := cmd.Flags()
+	f.BoolVar(&duc.verify, "verify", false, "Verify the package against its signature.")
+	f.StringVar(&duc.keyring, "keyring", defaultKeyring(), "The keyring containing public keys.")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+// run runs the full dependency update process.
+func (d *dependencyUpdateCmd) run() error {
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(d.chartpath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not find %s: %s", d.chartpath, err)
+	} else if !fi.IsDir() {
+		return errors.New("only unpacked charts can be updated")
+	}
+	c, err := chartutil.LoadDir(d.chartpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req, err := chartutil.LoadRequirements(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err == chartutil.ErrRequirementsNotFound {
+			fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "No requirements found in %s/charts.\n", d.chartpath)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// For each repo in the file, update the cached copy of that repo
+	if _, err := d.updateRepos(req.Dependencies); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Now we need to find out which version of a chart best satisfies the
+	// requirements the requirements.yaml
+	lock, err := d.resolve(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Now we need to fetch every package here into charts/
+	if err := d.downloadAll(lock.Dependencies); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Finally, we need to write the lockfile.
+	return writeLock(d.chartpath, lock)
+}
+
+// resolve takes a list of requirements and translates them into an exact version to download.
+//
+// This returns a lock file, which has all of the requirements normalized to a specific version.
+func (d *dependencyUpdateCmd) resolve(req *chartutil.Requirements) (*chartutil.RequirementsLock, error) {
+	res := resolver.New(d.chartpath, d.helmhome)
+	return res.Resolve(req)
+}
+
+// downloadAll takes a list of dependencies and downloads them into charts/
+func (d *dependencyUpdateCmd) downloadAll(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) error {
+	repos, err := loadChartRepositories(d.repopath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "Saving %d charts\n", len(deps))
+	for _, dep := range deps {
+		fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "Downloading %s from repo %s\n", dep.Name, dep.Repository)
+
+		target := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", dep.Name, dep.Version)
+		churl, err := findChartURL(target, dep.Repository, repos)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "WARNING: %s (skipped)", err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		dest := filepath.Join(d.chartpath, "charts", target+".tgz")
+		data, err := downloadChart(churl, d.verify, d.keyring)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "WARNING: Could not download %s: %s (skipped)", churl, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(dest, data.Bytes(), 0655); err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(d.out, "WARNING: %s (skipped)", err)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// updateRepos updates all of the local repos to their latest.
+//
+// If one of the dependencies present is not in the cached repos, this will error out. The
+// consequence of that is that every repository referenced in a requirements.yaml file
+// must also be added with 'helm repo add'.
+func (d *dependencyUpdateCmd) updateRepos(deps []*chartutil.Dependency) (*repo.RepoFile, error) {
+	// TODO: In the future, we could make it so that only the repositories that
+	// are used by this chart are updated. As it is, we're mainly doing some sanity
+	// checking here.
+	rf, err := repo.LoadRepositoriesFile(d.repoFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rf, err
+	}
+	repos := rf.Repositories
+
+	// Verify that all repositories referenced in the deps are actually known
+	// by Helm.
+	missing := []string{}
+	for _, dd := range deps {
+		found := false
+		if dd.Repository == "" {
+			found = true
+		} else {
+			for _, repo := range repos {
+				if urlsAreEqual(repo, dd.Repository) {
+					found = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if !found {
+			missing = append(missing, dd.Repository)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(missing) > 0 {
+		return rf, fmt.Errorf("no repository definition for %s. Try 'helm repo add'", strings.Join(missing, ", "))
+	}
+
+	if len(repos) > 0 {
+		// This prints errors straight to out.
+		updateCharts(repos, flagDebug, d.out)
+	}
+	return rf, nil
+}
+
+// urlsAreEqual normalizes two URLs and then compares for equality.
+func urlsAreEqual(a, b string) bool {
+	au, err := url.Parse(a)
+	if err != nil {
+		return a == b
+	}
+	bu, err := url.Parse(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return au.String() == bu.String()
+}
+
+// findChartURL searches the cache of repo data for a chart that has the name and the repourl specified.
+//
+// In this current version, name is of the form 'foo-1.2.3'. This will change when
+// the repository index stucture changes.
+func findChartURL(name, repourl string, repos map[string]*repo.ChartRepository) (string, error) {
+	for _, cr := range repos {
+		if urlsAreEqual(repourl, cr.URL) {
+			for ename, entry := range cr.IndexFile.Entries {
+				if ename == name {
+					return entry.URL, nil
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("chart %s not found in %s", name, repourl)
+}
+
+// loadChartRepositories reads the repositories.yaml, and then builds a map of
+// ChartRepositories.
+//
+// The key is the local name (which is only present in the repositories.yaml).
+func loadChartRepositories(repodir string) (map[string]*repo.ChartRepository, error) {
+	indices := map[string]*repo.ChartRepository{}
+	repoyaml := repositoriesFile()
+
+	// Load repositories.yaml file
+	rf, err := repo.LoadRepositoriesFile(repoyaml)
+	if err != nil {
+		return indices, fmt.Errorf("failed to load %s: %s", repoyaml, err)
+	}
+
+	// localName: chartRepo
+	for lname, url := range rf.Repositories {
+		index, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(cacheIndexFile(lname))
+		if err != nil {
+			return indices, err
+		}
+
+		cr := &repo.ChartRepository{
+			URL:       url,
+			IndexFile: index,
+		}
+		indices[lname] = cr
+	}
+	return indices, nil
+}
+
+// writeLock writes a lockfile to disk
+func writeLock(chartpath string, lock *chartutil.RequirementsLock) error {
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(lock)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dest := filepath.Join(chartpath, "requirements.lock")
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(dest, data, 0755)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b38b90a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_update_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/provenance"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/repo"
+)
+
+func TestDependencyUpdateCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	// Set up a testing helm home
+	oldhome := helmHome
+	hh, err := tempHelmHome()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	helmHome = hh // Shoot me now.
+	defer func() {
+		os.RemoveAll(hh)
+		helmHome = oldhome
+	}()
+
+	srv := newTestingRepositoryServer(hh)
+	defer srv.stop()
+	copied, err := srv.copyCharts("testdata/testcharts/*.tgz")
+	t.Logf("Copied charts %s", strings.Join(copied, "\n"))
+	t.Logf("Listening for directory %s", srv.docroot)
+
+	chartname := "depup"
+	if err := createTestingChart(hh, chartname, srv.url()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	out := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	duc := &dependencyUpdateCmd{out: out}
+	duc.helmhome = hh
+	duc.chartpath = filepath.Join(hh, chartname)
+	duc.repoFile = filepath.Join(duc.helmhome, "repository/repositories.yaml")
+	duc.repopath = filepath.Join(duc.helmhome, "repository")
+
+	if err := duc.run(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	output := out.String()
+	t.Logf("Output: %s", output)
+	// This is written directly to stdout, so we have to capture as is.
+	if !strings.Contains(output, `update from the "test" chart repository`) {
+		t.Errorf("Repo did not get updated\n%s", output)
+	}
+
+	// Make sure the actual file got downloaded.
+	expect := filepath.Join(hh, chartname, "charts/reqtest-0.1.0.tgz")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(expect); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	hash, err := provenance.DigestFile(expect)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	i, err := repo.LoadIndexFile(cacheIndexFile("test"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if h := i.Entries["reqtest-0.1.0"].Digest; h != hash {
+		t.Errorf("Failed hash match: expected %s, got %s", hash, h)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Results: %s", out.String())
+}
+
+// newTestingRepositoryServer creates a repository server for testing.
+//
+// docroot should be a temp dir managed by the caller.
+//
+// This will start the server, serving files off of the docroot.
+//
+// Use copyCharts to move charts into the repository and then index them
+// for service.
+func newTestingRepositoryServer(docroot string) *testingRepositoryServer {
+	root, err := filepath.Abs(docroot)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	srv := &testingRepositoryServer{
+		docroot: root,
+	}
+	srv.start()
+	// Add the testing repository as the only repo.
+	if err := setTestingRepository(docroot, "test", srv.url()); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return srv
+}
+
+type testingRepositoryServer struct {
+	docroot string
+	srv     *httptest.Server
+}
+
+// copyCharts takes a glob expression and copies those charts to the server root.
+func (s *testingRepositoryServer) copyCharts(origin string) ([]string, error) {
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(origin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{}, err
+	}
+	copied := make([]string, len(files))
+	for i, f := range files {
+		base := filepath.Base(f)
+		newname := filepath.Join(s.docroot, base)
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return []string{}, err
+		}
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(newname, data, 0755); err != nil {
+			return []string{}, err
+		}
+		copied[i] = newname
+	}
+
+	// generate the index
+	index, err := repo.IndexDirectory(s.docroot, s.url())
+	if err != nil {
+		return copied, err
+	}
+
+	d, err := yaml.Marshal(index.Entries)
+	if err != nil {
+		return copied, err
+	}
+
+	ifile := filepath.Join(s.docroot, "index.yaml")
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(ifile, d, 0755)
+	return copied, err
+}
+
+func (s *testingRepositoryServer) start() {
+	s.srv = httptest.NewServer(http.FileServer(http.Dir(s.docroot)))
+}
+
+func (s *testingRepositoryServer) stop() {
+	s.srv.Close()
+}
+
+func (s *testingRepositoryServer) url() string {
+	return s.srv.URL
+}
+
+// setTestingRepository sets up a testing repository.yaml with only the given name/URL.
+func setTestingRepository(helmhome, name, url string) error {
+	// Oddly, there is no repo.Save function for this.
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(&map[string]string{name: url})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(helmhome, "repository", name), 0755)
+	dest := filepath.Join(helmhome, "repository/repositories.yaml")
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(dest, data, 0666)
+}
+
+// createTestingChart creates a basic chart that depends on reqtest-0.1.0
+//
+// The baseURL can be used to point to a particular repository server.
+func createTestingChart(dest, name, baseURL string) error {
+	cfile := &chart.Metadata{
+		Name:    name,
+		Version: "1.2.3",
+	}
+	dir := filepath.Join(dest, name)
+	_, err := chartutil.Create(cfile, dest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req := &chartutil.Requirements{
+		Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+			{Name: "reqtest", Version: "0.1.0", Repository: baseURL},
+		},
+	}
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "requirements.yaml"), data, 0655)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/fetch.go b/cmd/helm/fetch.go
index 395fef175..e174bcdac 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/fetch.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/fetch.go
@@ -96,28 +96,36 @@ func (f *fetchCmd) run() error {
 		pname += ".tgz"
 	}
 
-	return downloadChart(pname, f.untar, f.untardir, f.verify, f.keyring)
+	return downloadAndSaveChart(pname, f.untar, f.untardir, f.verify, f.keyring)
 }
 
-// downloadChart fetches a chart over HTTP, and then (if verify is true) verifies it.
+// downloadAndSaveChart fetches a chart over HTTP, and then (if verify is true) verifies it.
 //
 // If untar is true, it also unpacks the file into untardir.
-func downloadChart(pname string, untar bool, untardir string, verify bool, keyring string) error {
-	r, err := repo.LoadRepositoriesFile(repositoriesFile())
+func downloadAndSaveChart(pname string, untar bool, untardir string, verify bool, keyring string) error {
+	buf, err := downloadChart(pname, verify, keyring)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	return saveChart(pname, buf, untar, untardir)
+}
+
+func downloadChart(pname string, verify bool, keyring string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
+	r, err := repo.LoadRepositoriesFile(repositoriesFile())
+	if err != nil {
+		return bytes.NewBuffer(nil), err
+	}
 
 	// get download url
 	u, err := mapRepoArg(pname, r.Repositories)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return bytes.NewBuffer(nil), err
 	}
 
 	href := u.String()
 	buf, err := fetchChart(href)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return buf, err
 	}
 
 	if verify {
@@ -125,17 +133,17 @@ func downloadChart(pname string, untar bool, untardir string, verify bool, keyri
 		sigref := href + ".prov"
 		sig, err := fetchChart(sigref)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("provenance data not downloaded from %s: %s", sigref, err)
+			return buf, fmt.Errorf("provenance data not downloaded from %s: %s", sigref, err)
 		}
 		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(basename+".prov", sig.Bytes(), 0755); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("provenance data not saved: %s", err)
+			return buf, fmt.Errorf("provenance data not saved: %s", err)
 		}
 		if err := verifyChart(basename, keyring); err != nil {
-			return err
+			return buf, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	return saveChart(pname, buf, untar, untardir)
+	return buf, nil
 }
 
 // verifyChart takes a path to a chart archive and a keyring, and verifies the chart.
diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm.go b/cmd/helm/helm.go
index 78e058b02..76d53ca21 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm.go
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ func newRootCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		newVerifyCmd(out),
 		newUpdateCmd(out),
 		newVersionCmd(nil, out),
+		newDependencyCmd(out),
 	)
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm_test.go b/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
index 68c3ccc98..e0ce52c74 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
@@ -205,3 +206,22 @@ type releaseCase struct {
 	err      bool
 	resp     *release.Release
 }
+
+// tmpHelmHome sets up a Helm Home in a temp dir.
+//
+// This does not clean up the directory. You must do that yourself.
+// You  must also set helmHome yourself.
+func tempHelmHome() (string, error) {
+	oldhome := helmHome
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "helm_home-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "n/", err
+	}
+
+	helmHome = dir
+	if err := ensureHome(); err != nil {
+		return "n/", err
+	}
+	helmHome = oldhome
+	return dir, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/init_test.go b/cmd/helm/init_test.go
index 44bcafce2..df20e3786 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/init_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/init_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 func TestEnsureHome(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, "OK")
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
 	}))
 	defaultRepositoryURL = ts.URL
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index ced11eb9c..3fab2c7fd 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func locateChartPath(name string, verify bool, keyring string) (string, error) {
 	if filepath.Ext(name) != ".tgz" {
 		name += ".tgz"
 	}
-	if err := downloadChart(name, false, ".", verify, keyring); err == nil {
+	if err := downloadAndSaveChart(name, false, ".", verify, keyring); err == nil {
 		lname, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Base(name))
 		if err != nil {
 			return lname, err
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_test.go b/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
index d24f6f594..1e64719e6 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 func TestRepoAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, "OK")
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "")
 	}))
 
 	helmHome, _ = ioutil.TempDir("", "helm_home")
diff --git a/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver.go b/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34854b538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package resolver
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/provenance"
+)
+
+// Resolver resolves dependencies from semantic version ranges to a particular version.
+type Resolver struct {
+	chartpath string
+	helmhome  string
+}
+
+// New creates a new resolver for a given chart and a given helm home.
+func New(chartpath string, helmhome string) *Resolver {
+	return &Resolver{
+		chartpath: chartpath,
+		helmhome:  helmhome,
+	}
+}
+
+// Resolve resolves dependencies and returns a lock file with the resolution.
+func (r *Resolver) Resolve(reqs *chartutil.Requirements) (*chartutil.RequirementsLock, error) {
+	d, err := hashReq(reqs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Now we clone the dependencies, locking as we go.
+	locked := make([]*chartutil.Dependency, len(reqs.Dependencies))
+	for i, d := range reqs.Dependencies {
+		// Right now, we're just copying one entry to another. What we need to
+		// do here is parse the requirement as a SemVer range, and then look up
+		// whether a version in index.yaml satisfies this constraint. If so,
+		// we need to clone the dep, settinv Version appropriately.
+		// If not, we need to error out.
+		if _, err := semver.NewVersion(d.Version); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("dependency %q has an invalid version: %s", d.Name, err)
+		}
+		locked[i] = &chartutil.Dependency{
+			Name:       d.Name,
+			Repository: d.Repository,
+			Version:    d.Version,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &chartutil.RequirementsLock{
+		Generated:    time.Now(),
+		Digest:       d,
+		Dependencies: locked,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// hashReq generates a hash of the requirements.
+//
+// This should be used only to compare against another hash generated by this
+// function.
+func hashReq(req *chartutil.Requirements) (string, error) {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	s, err := provenance.Digest(bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	return "sha256:" + s, err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver_test.go b/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0212757b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/resolver/resolver_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package resolver
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
+)
+
+func TestResolve(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		req    *chartutil.Requirements
+		expect *chartutil.RequirementsLock
+		err    bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "version failure",
+			req: &chartutil.Requirements{
+				Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+					{Name: "oedipus-rex", Repository: "http://example.com", Version: ">1"},
+				},
+			},
+			err: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid lock",
+			req: &chartutil.Requirements{
+				Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+					{Name: "antigone", Repository: "http://example.com", Version: "1.0.0"},
+				},
+			},
+			expect: &chartutil.RequirementsLock{
+				Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+					{Name: "antigone", Repository: "http://example.com", Version: "1.0.0"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	r := New("testdata/chartpath", "testdata/helmhome")
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		l, err := r.Resolve(tt.req)
+		if err != nil {
+			if tt.err {
+				continue
+			}
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if tt.err {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected error in test %q", tt.name)
+		}
+
+		if h, err := hashReq(tt.req); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		} else if h != l.Digest {
+			t.Errorf("%q: hashes don't match.", tt.name)
+		}
+
+		// Check fields.
+		if len(l.Dependencies) != len(tt.req.Dependencies) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: wrong number of dependencies in lock", tt.name)
+		}
+		d0 := l.Dependencies[0]
+		e0 := tt.expect.Dependencies[0]
+		if d0.Name != e0.Name {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected name %s, got %s", tt.name, e0.Name, d0.Name)
+		}
+		if d0.Repository != e0.Repository {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected repo %s, got %s", tt.name, e0.Repository, d0.Repository)
+		}
+		if d0.Version != e0.Version {
+			t.Errorf("%s: expected version %s, got %s", tt.name, e0.Version, d0.Version)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHashReq(t *testing.T) {
+	expect := "sha256:e70e41f8922e19558a8bf62f591a8b70c8e4622e3c03e5415f09aba881f13885"
+	req := &chartutil.Requirements{
+		Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{
+			{Name: "alpine", Version: "0.1.0", Repository: "http://localhost:8879/charts"},
+		},
+	}
+	h, err := hashReq(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if expect != h {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q", expect, h)
+	}
+
+	req = &chartutil.Requirements{Dependencies: []*chartutil.Dependency{}}
+	h, err = hashReq(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if expect == h {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q !=  %q", expect, h)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/search.go b/cmd/helm/search.go
index 3c06aec47..e1a465c99 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func search(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errors.New("This command needs at least one argument (search string)")
 	}
 
+	// TODO: This needs to be refactored to use loadChartRepositories
 	results, err := searchCacheForPattern(cacheDirectory(), args[0])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest-0.1.0.tgz b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest-0.1.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..356bc9303
Binary files /dev/null and b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest-0.1.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/.helmignore b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c131944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/Chart.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e2fbe4b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+name: reqtest
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/.helmignore b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c131944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/Chart.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c3813bc8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+name: reqsubchart
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0b63f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default values for reqsubchart.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name: value
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/.helmignore b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c131944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/Chart.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9f7c22a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+name: reqsubchart2
+version: 0.2.0
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/values.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0b63f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default values for reqsubchart.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name: value
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.lock b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.lock
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ab1ae8cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies: []
+digest: Not implemented
+generated: 2016-09-13T17:25:17.593788787-06:00
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b0b8c2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dependencies:
+  - name: reqsubchart
+    version: 0.1.0
+    repository: "https://example.com/charts"
+  - name: reqsubchart2
+    version: 0.2.0
+    repository: "https://example.com/charts"
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/values.yaml b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d57f76b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Default values for reqtest.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare name/value pairs to be passed into your templates.
+# name: value
diff --git a/docs/charts.md b/docs/charts.md
index 104c3ad18..7b5e1ee67 100644
--- a/docs/charts.md
+++ b/docs/charts.md
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ chart's `charts/` directory:
 ```
 wordpress:
   Chart.yaml
+  requirements.yaml
   # ...
   charts/
     apache/
@@ -142,6 +143,61 @@ directory.
 **TIP:** _To drop a dependency into your `charts/` directory, use the
 `helm fetch` command._
 
+### Managing Dependencies with `requirements.yaml`
+
+While Helm will allow you to manually manage your dependencies, the
+preferred method of declaring dependencies is by using a
+`requirements.yaml` file inside of your chart.
+
+A `requirements.yaml` file is a simple file for listing your
+dependencies.
+
+```yaml
+dependencies:
+  - name: apache
+    version: 1.2.3
+    repository: http://example.com/charts
+  - name: mysql
+    version: 3.2.1
+    repository: http://another.example.com/charts
+```
+
+- The `name` field is the name of the chart you want.
+- The `version` field is the version of the chart you want.
+- The `repository` field is the full URL to the chart repository. Note
+  that you must also use `helm repo add` to add that repo locally.
+
+Once you have a dependencies file, you can run `helm dependency update`
+and it will use your dependency file to download all of the specified
+charts into your `charts/` directory for you.
+
+```console
+$ helm dep up foochart
+Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
+...Successfully got an update from the "local" chart repository
+...Successfully got an update from the "stable" chart repository
+...Successfully got an update from the "example" chart repository
+...Successfully got an update from the "another" chart repository
+Update Complete. Happy Helming!
+Saving 2 charts
+Downloading apache from repo http://example.com/charts
+Downloading mysql from repo http://another.example.com/charts
+```
+
+When `helm dependency update` retrieves charts, it will store them as
+chart archives in the `charts/` directory. So for the example above, one
+would expect to see the following files in the charts directory:
+
+```
+charts/
+  apache-1.2.3.tgz
+  mysql-3.2.1.tgz
+```
+
+Manging charts with `requirements.yaml` is a good way to easily keep
+charts updated, and also share requirements information throughout a
+team.
+
 ## Templates and Values
 
 By default, Helm Chart templates are written in the Go template language, with the
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go
index 822e8d078..3b785d20b 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/load_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func TestLoadDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	verifyFrobnitz(t, c)
 	verifyChart(t, c)
+	verifyRequirements(t, c)
 }
 
 func TestLoadFile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func TestLoadFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	verifyFrobnitz(t, c)
 	verifyChart(t, c)
+	verifyRequirements(t, c)
 }
 
 func verifyChart(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ func verifyChart(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 1 template, got %d", len(c.Templates))
 	}
 
-	numfiles := 6
+	numfiles := 7
 	if len(c.Files) != numfiles {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d extra files, got %d", numfiles, len(c.Files))
 		for _, n := range c.Files {
@@ -88,6 +90,32 @@ func verifyChart(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
 
 }
 
+func verifyRequirements(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
+	r, err := LoadRequirements(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(r.Dependencies) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 2 requirements, got %d", len(r.Dependencies))
+	}
+	tests := []*Dependency{
+		{Name: "alpine", Version: "0.1.0", Repository: "https://example.com/charts"},
+		{Name: "mariner", Version: "4.3.2", Repository: "https://example.com/charts"},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		d := r.Dependencies[i]
+		if d.Name != tt.Name {
+			t.Errorf("Expected dependency named %q, got %q", tt.Name, d.Name)
+		}
+		if d.Version != tt.Version {
+			t.Errorf("Expected dependency named %q to have version %q, got %q", tt.Name, tt.Version, d.Version)
+		}
+		if d.Repository != tt.Repository {
+			t.Errorf("Expected dependency named %q to have repository %q, got %q", tt.Name, tt.Repository, d.Repository)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func verifyFrobnitz(t *testing.T, c *chart.Chart) {
 	verifyChartfile(t, c.Metadata)
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go b/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a452f64c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/requirements.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
+
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+)
+
+// Dependency describes a chart upon which another chart depends.
+//
+// Dependencies can be used to express developer intent, or to capture the state
+// of a chart.
+type Dependency struct {
+	// Name is the name of the dependency.
+	//
+	// This must mach the name in the dependency's Chart.yaml.
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	// Version is the version (range) of this chart.
+	//
+	// A lock file will always produce a single version, while a dependency
+	// may contain a semantic version range.
+	Version string `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	// The URL to the repository.
+	//
+	// Appending `index.yaml` to this string should result in a URL that can be
+	// used to fetch the repository index.
+	Repository string `json:"repository"`
+}
+
+// Requirements is a list of requirements for a chart.
+//
+// Requirements are charts upon which this chart depends. This expresses
+// developer intent.
+type Requirements struct {
+	Dependencies []*Dependency `json:"dependencies"`
+}
+
+// RequirementsLock is a lock file for requirements.
+//
+// It represents the state that the dependencies should be in.
+type RequirementsLock struct {
+	// Genderated is the date the lock file was last generated.
+	Generated time.Time `json:"generated"`
+	// Digest is a hash of the requirements file used to generate it.
+	Digest string `json:"digest"`
+	// Dependencies is the list of dependencies that this lock file has locked.
+	Dependencies []*Dependency `json:"dependencies"`
+}
+
+// ErrRequirementsNotFound indicates that a requirements.yaml is not found.
+var ErrRequirementsNotFound = errors.New("requirements.yaml not found")
+
+// LoadRequirements loads a requirements file from an in-memory chart.
+func LoadRequirements(c *chart.Chart) (*Requirements, error) {
+	var data []byte
+	for _, f := range c.Files {
+		if f.TypeUrl == "requirements.yaml" {
+			data = f.Value
+		}
+	}
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrRequirementsNotFound
+	}
+	r := &Requirements{}
+	return r, yaml.Unmarshal(data, r)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04f1bd4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/requirements_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+package chartutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadRequirements(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := Load("testdata/frobnitz")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to load testdata: %s", err)
+	}
+	verifyRequirements(t, c)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz
index 8055a0094..27bec72bd 100644
Binary files a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz and b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz
index 03de29d68..408f3bd5c 100644
Binary files a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz and b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner-4.3.2.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/requirements.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eb0bc98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/frobnitz/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dependencies:
+  - name: alpine
+    version: "0.1.0"
+    repository: https://example.com/charts
+  - name: mariner
+    version: "4.3.2"
+    repository: https://example.com/charts
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz
index 8b1b19dce..97e0b2eb8 100644
Binary files a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz and b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/charts/albatross-0.1.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/requirements.yaml b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b21d15b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/testdata/mariner/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+dependencies:
+  - name: albatross
+    repository: https://example.com/mariner/charts
+    version: "0.1.0"
diff --git a/pkg/provenance/sign.go b/pkg/provenance/sign.go
index ab0fa6ebe..ae4c6d2b6 100644
--- a/pkg/provenance/sign.go
+++ b/pkg/provenance/sign.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (s *Signatory) Verify(chartpath, sigpath string) (*Verification, error) {
 	ver.SignedBy = by
 
 	// Second, verify the hash of the tarball.
-	sum, err := sumArchive(chartpath)
+	sum, err := DigestFile(chartpath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ver, err
 	}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (s *Signatory) verifySignature(block *clearsign.Block) (*openpgp.Entity, er
 func messageBlock(chartpath string) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	var b *bytes.Buffer
 	// Checksum the archive
-	chash, err := sumArchive(chartpath)
+	chash, err := DigestFile(chartpath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return b, err
 	}
@@ -332,20 +332,26 @@ func loadKeyRing(ringpath string) (openpgp.EntityList, error) {
 	return openpgp.ReadKeyRing(f)
 }
 
-// sumArchive calculates a SHA256 hash (like Docker) for a given file.
+// DigestFile calculates a SHA256 hash (like Docker) for a given file.
 //
 // It takes the path to the archive file, and returns a string representation of
 // the SHA256 sum.
 //
 // The intended use of this function is to generate a sum of a chart TGZ file.
-func sumArchive(filename string) (string, error) {
+func DigestFile(filename string) (string, error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
+	return Digest(f)
+}
 
+// Digest hashes a reader and returns a SHA256 digest.
+//
+// Helm uses SHA256 as its default hash for all non-cryptographic applications.
+func Digest(in io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	hash := crypto.SHA256.New()
-	io.Copy(hash, f)
+	io.Copy(hash, in)
 	return hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil)), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/provenance/sign_test.go b/pkg/provenance/sign_test.go
index 2f66748c1..00bc5aced 100644
--- a/pkg/provenance/sign_test.go
+++ b/pkg/provenance/sign_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,28 @@ func TestLoadKeyRing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDigest(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open(testChartfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	hash, err := Digest(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	sig, err := readSumFile(testSumfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(sig, hash) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s to be in %s", hash, sig)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestNewFromFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	s, err := NewFromFiles(testKeyfile, testPubfile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -138,8 +160,8 @@ func TestNewFromFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSumArchive(t *testing.T) {
-	hash, err := sumArchive(testChartfile)
+func TestDigestFile(t *testing.T) {
+	hash, err := DigestFile(testChartfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index.go b/pkg/repo/index.go
index 5e9a08837..b7aade1dc 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index.go
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ package repo
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/provenance"
 )
 
 var indexPath = "index.yaml"
@@ -33,14 +36,61 @@ type IndexFile struct {
 	Entries map[string]*ChartRef
 }
 
+// NewIndexFile initializes an index.
+func NewIndexFile() *IndexFile {
+	return &IndexFile{Entries: map[string]*ChartRef{}}
+}
+
+// Add adds a file to the index
+func (i IndexFile) Add(md *chart.Metadata, filename, baseURL, digest string) {
+	name := strings.TrimSuffix(filename, ".tgz")
+	cr := &ChartRef{
+		Name:      name,
+		URL:       baseURL + "/" + filename,
+		Chartfile: md,
+		Digest:    digest,
+		// FIXME: Need to add Created
+	}
+	i.Entries[name] = cr
+}
+
+// Need both JSON and YAML annotations until we get rid of gopkg.in/yaml.v2
+
 // ChartRef represents a chart entry in the IndexFile
 type ChartRef struct {
-	Name      string          `yaml:"name"`
-	URL       string          `yaml:"url"`
-	Created   string          `yaml:"created,omitempty"`
-	Removed   bool            `yaml:"removed,omitempty"`
-	Digest    string          `yaml:"digest,omitempty"`
-	Chartfile *chart.Metadata `yaml:"chartfile"`
+	Name      string          `yaml:"name" json:"name"`
+	URL       string          `yaml:"url" json:"url"`
+	Created   string          `yaml:"created,omitempty" json:"created,omitempty"`
+	Removed   bool            `yaml:"removed,omitempty" json:"removed,omitempty"`
+	Digest    string          `yaml:"digest,omitempty" json:"digest,omitempty"`
+	Chartfile *chart.Metadata `yaml:"chartfile" json:"chartfile"`
+}
+
+// IndexDirectory reads a (flat) directory and generates an index.
+//
+// It indexes only charts that have been packaged (*.tgz).
+//
+// It writes the results to dir/index.yaml.
+func IndexDirectory(dir, baseURL string) (*IndexFile, error) {
+	archives, err := filepath.Glob(filepath.Join(dir, "*.tgz"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	index := NewIndexFile()
+	for _, arch := range archives {
+		fname := filepath.Base(arch)
+		c, err := chartutil.Load(arch)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Assume this is not a chart.
+			continue
+		}
+		hash, err := provenance.DigestFile(arch)
+		if err != nil {
+			return index, err
+		}
+		index.Add(c.Metadata, fname, baseURL, hash)
+	}
+	return index, nil
 }
 
 // DownloadIndexFile uses
@@ -72,9 +122,7 @@ func DownloadIndexFile(repoName, url, indexFilePath string) error {
 func (i *IndexFile) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	var refs map[string]*ChartRef
 	if err := unmarshal(&refs); err != nil {
-		if _, ok := err.(*yaml.TypeError); !ok {
-			return err
-		}
+		return err
 	}
 	i.Entries = refs
 	return nil
@@ -101,11 +149,11 @@ func LoadIndexFile(path string) (*IndexFile, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var indexfile IndexFile
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, &indexfile)
+	indexfile := NewIndexFile()
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, indexfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return &indexfile, nil
+	return indexfile, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/repo/index_test.go b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
index 4fd4c255b..3b248fb19 100644
--- a/pkg/repo/index_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repo/index_test.go
@@ -110,3 +110,35 @@ func TestLoadIndexFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("alpine entry was not decoded properly")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIndexDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := "testdata/repository"
+	index, err := IndexDirectory(dir, "http://localhost:8080")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if l := len(index.Entries); l != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 2 entries, got %d", l)
+	}
+
+	// Other things test the entry generation more thoroughly. We just test a
+	// few fields.
+	cname := "frobnitz-1.2.3"
+	frob, ok := index.Entries[cname]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not read chart %s", cname)
+	}
+	if len(frob.Digest) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Missing digest of file %s.", frob.Name)
+	}
+	if frob.Chartfile == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Chartfile %s not added to index.", cname)
+	}
+	if frob.URL != "http://localhost:8080/frobnitz-1.2.3.tgz" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected URL: %s", frob.URL)
+	}
+	if frob.Chartfile.Name != "frobnitz" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected frobnitz, got %q", frob.Chartfile.Name)
+	}
+}