diff --git a/cmd/helm/create.go b/cmd/helm/create.go
index 0d6e9f100..d4efcde1b 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/create.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/create.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 	"io"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@ will be overwritten, but other files will be left alone.
 `
 
 type createOptions struct {
-	starter    string // --starter
-	name       string
-	starterDir string
+	starter      string // --starter
+	name         string
+	starterDir   string
+	originalMeta bool
 }
 
 func newCreateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ func newCreateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&o.starter, "starter", "p", "", "the name or absolute path to Helm starter scaffold")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.originalMeta, "original-meta", false, "use Chart.yaml from the starter template")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -87,18 +90,37 @@ func (o *createOptions) run(out io.Writer) error {
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Creating %s\n", o.name)
 
 	chartname := filepath.Base(o.name)
+	// No starter chart path is given, creating from default template
+	if o.starter == "" {
+		chartutil.Stderr = out
+		_, err := chartutil.Create(chartname, filepath.Dir(o.name))
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create from the starter
+	lstarter := filepath.Join(o.starterDir, o.starter)
+	// If path is absolute, we don't want to prefix it with helm starters folder
+	if filepath.IsAbs(o.starter) {
+		lstarter = o.starter
+	}
 
-	if o.starter != "" {
-		// Create from the starter
-		lstarter := filepath.Join(o.starterDir, o.starter)
-		// If path is absolute, we don't want to prefix it with helm starters folder
-		if filepath.IsAbs(o.starter) {
-			lstarter = o.starter
+	cfile := &chart.Metadata{
+		Name:        chartname,
+		Description: "A Helm chart for Kubernetes",
+		Type:        "application",
+		Version:     "0.1.0",
+		AppVersion:  "0.1.0",
+		APIVersion:  chart.APIVersionV2,
+	}
+	if o.originalMeta {
+		chartYamlPath := filepath.Join(lstarter, "Chart.yaml")
+		originalChartfile, err := chartutil.LoadChartfile(chartYamlPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-		return chartutil.CreateFrom(chartname, filepath.Dir(o.name), lstarter)
+		originalChartfile.Name = chartname
+		cfile = originalChartfile
 	}
 
-	chartutil.Stderr = out
-	_, err := chartutil.Create(chartname, filepath.Dir(o.name))
-	return err
+	return chartutil.CreateFrom(cfile, filepath.Dir(o.name), lstarter)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/create_test.go b/cmd/helm/create_test.go
index 1db6bed52..cbf03d095 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/create_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/create_test.go
@@ -193,6 +193,76 @@ func TestCreateStarterAbsoluteCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCreateStarterAbsoluteCmdOriginalMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	defer resetEnv()()
+	defer ensure.HelmHome(t)()
+	cname := "testchart"
+
+	// Create a starter.
+	starterchart := helmpath.DataPath("starters")
+	os.MkdirAll(starterchart, 0755)
+	starterChartPath, err := chartutil.Create("starterchart", starterchart)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not create chart: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		t.Logf("Created %s", starterChartPath)
+	}
+
+	chartYamlPath := filepath.Join(starterChartPath, "Chart.yaml")
+	meta, err := chartutil.LoadChartfile(chartYamlPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not read Chart.yaml of the template: %s", err)
+	}
+	meta.Dependencies = []*chart.Dependency{
+		{
+			Name:       "some-dependency",
+			Version:    "1.0.1",
+			Repository: "@repo",
+		},
+	}
+	err = chartutil.SaveChartfile(chartYamlPath, meta)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Could not save Chart.yaml of the template: %s", err)
+	}
+	os.MkdirAll(helmpath.CachePath(), 0755)
+	defer testChdir(t, helmpath.CachePath())()
+
+	// Run a create
+	if _, _, err := executeActionCommand(fmt.Sprintf("create --starter=%s %s --original-meta", starterChartPath, cname)); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to run create: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Test that the chart is there
+	if fi, err := os.Stat(cname); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("no chart directory: %s", err)
+	} else if !fi.IsDir() {
+		t.Fatalf("chart is not directory")
+	}
+
+	c, err := loader.LoadDir(cname)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if c.Name() != cname {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q name, got %q", cname, c.Name())
+	}
+	if c.Metadata.APIVersion != chart.APIVersionV2 {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong API version: %q", c.Metadata.APIVersion)
+	}
+
+	if len(c.Metadata.Dependencies) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Chart.yaml of the created chart does not match the template")
+	}
+
+	expectedNumberOfTemplates := 8
+	if l := len(c.Templates); l != expectedNumberOfTemplates {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d templates, got %d", expectedNumberOfTemplates, l)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestCreateFileCompletion(t *testing.T) {
 	checkFileCompletion(t, "create", true)
 	checkFileCompletion(t, "create myname", false)
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/create.go b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
index ce6724348..ca79e7ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/create.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/create.go
@@ -511,12 +511,13 @@ spec:
 var Stderr io.Writer = os.Stderr
 
 // CreateFrom creates a new chart, but scaffolds it from the src chart.
-func CreateFrom(chartname, dest, src string) error {
+func CreateFrom(chartfile *chart.Metadata, dest, src string) error {
 	schart, err := loader.Load(src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not load %s", src)
 	}
-	schart.Metadata.Name = chartname
+
+	schart.Metadata = chartfile
 
 	var updatedTemplates []*chart.File
 
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/create_test.go b/pkg/chartutil/create_test.go
index e2edd1a56..9a473fc59 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/create_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/create_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
 	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart/loader"
 )
 
@@ -75,21 +76,25 @@ func TestCreateFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tdir)
 
-	chartname := "foo"
+	cf := &chart.Metadata{
+		APIVersion: chart.APIVersionV1,
+		Name:       "foo",
+		Version:    "0.1.0",
+	}
 	srcdir := "./testdata/frobnitz/charts/mariner"
 
-	if err := CreateFrom(chartname, tdir, srcdir); err != nil {
+	if err := CreateFrom(cf, tdir, srcdir); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	dir := filepath.Join(tdir, chartname)
-	c := filepath.Join(tdir, chartname)
+	dir := filepath.Join(tdir, "foo")
+	c := filepath.Join(tdir, cf.Name)
 	mychart, err := loader.LoadDir(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to load newly created chart %q: %s", c, err)
 	}
 
-	if mychart.Name() != chartname {
+	if mychart.Name() != "foo" {
 		t.Errorf("Expected name to be 'foo', got %q", mychart.Name())
 	}