diff --git a/pkg/kube/client.go b/pkg/kube/client.go
index 2c8af05b0..53d087ffc 100644
--- a/pkg/kube/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kube/client.go
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ var ErrNoObjectsVisited = goerrors.New("no objects visited")
 // Client represents a client capable of communicating with the Kubernetes API.
 type Client struct {
 	cmdutil.Factory
-	// Validate idicates whether to load a schema for validation.
-	Validate bool
 	// SchemaCacheDir is the path for loading cached schema.
 	SchemaCacheDir string
 }
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ type Client struct {
 func New(config clientcmd.ClientConfig) *Client {
 	return &Client{
 		Factory:        cmdutil.NewFactory(config),
-		Validate:       true,
 		SchemaCacheDir: clientcmd.RecommendedSchemaFile,
 	}
 }
@@ -91,8 +88,8 @@ func (c *Client) Create(namespace string, reader io.Reader) error {
 	return perform(c, namespace, reader, createResource)
 }
 
-func (c *Client) newBuilder(namespace string, reader io.Reader) *resource.Builder {
-	schema, err := c.Validator(c.Validate, c.SchemaCacheDir)
+func (c *Client) newBuilder(namespace string, reader io.Reader) *resource.Result {
+	schema, err := c.Validator(true, c.SchemaCacheDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("warning: failed to load schema: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -102,7 +99,13 @@ func (c *Client) newBuilder(namespace string, reader io.Reader) *resource.Builde
 		NamespaceParam(namespace).
 		DefaultNamespace().
 		Stream(reader, "").
-		Flatten()
+		Flatten().
+		Do()
+}
+
+// Build validates for Kubernetes objects and returns resource Infos from a io.Reader.
+func (c *Client) Build(namespace string, reader io.Reader) ([]*resource.Info, error) {
+	return c.newBuilder(namespace, reader).Infos()
 }
 
 // Get gets kubernetes resources as pretty printed string
@@ -165,12 +168,12 @@ func (c *Client) Get(namespace string, reader io.Reader) (string, error) {
 //
 // Namespace will set the namespaces
 func (c *Client) Update(namespace string, currentReader, targetReader io.Reader, recreate bool) error {
-	currentInfos, err := c.newBuilder(namespace, currentReader).Do().Infos()
+	currentInfos, err := c.Build(namespace, currentReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed decoding reader into objects: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	target := c.newBuilder(namespace, targetReader).Do()
+	target := c.newBuilder(namespace, targetReader)
 	if target.Err() != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed decoding reader into objects: %s", target.Err())
 	}
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ func (c *Client) WatchUntilReady(namespace string, reader io.Reader, timeout int
 }
 
 func perform(c *Client, namespace string, reader io.Reader, fn ResourceActorFunc) error {
-	infos, err := c.newBuilder(namespace, reader).Do().Infos()
+	infos, err := c.Build(namespace, reader)
 	switch {
 	case err != nil:
 		return scrubValidationError(err)
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
index aefb7b80a..349d82a85 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/storage/driver"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 )
 
 // DefaultTillerNamespace is the default namespace for tiller.
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ type KubeClient interface {
 	// reader must contain a YAML stream (one or more YAML documents separated
 	// by "\n---\n").
 	Update(namespace string, originalReader, modifiedReader io.Reader, recreate bool) error
+
+	Build(namespace string, reader io.Reader) ([]*resource.Info, error)
 }
 
 // PrintingKubeClient implements KubeClient, but simply prints the reader to
@@ -172,6 +175,11 @@ func (p *PrintingKubeClient) Update(ns string, currentReader, modifiedReader io.
 	return err
 }
 
+// Build implements KubeClient Build.
+func (p *PrintingKubeClient) Build(ns string, reader io.Reader) ([]*resource.Info, error) {
+	return []*resource.Info{}, nil
+}
+
 // Environment provides the context for executing a client request.
 //
 // All services in a context are concurrency safe.
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
index edf708e9b..c3b85b778 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/environment/environment_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/chartutil"
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/resource"
 )
 
 type mockEngine struct {
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ func (k *mockKubeClient) Update(ns string, currentReader, modifiedReader io.Read
 func (k *mockKubeClient) WatchUntilReady(ns string, r io.Reader, t int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
+func (k *mockKubeClient) Build(ns string, reader io.Reader) ([]*resource.Info, error) {
+	return []*resource.Info{}, nil
+}
 
 var _ Engine = &mockEngine{}
 var _ KubeClient = &mockKubeClient{}
diff --git a/pkg/tiller/release_server.go b/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
index 275044e57..1c3c65efb 100644
--- a/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
+++ b/pkg/tiller/release_server.go
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) prepareUpdate(req *services.UpdateReleaseRequest) (*rele
 	if len(notesTxt) > 0 {
 		updatedRelease.Info.Status.Notes = notesTxt
 	}
-	return currentRelease, updatedRelease, nil
+	err = validateManifest(s.env.KubeClient, currentRelease.Namespace, manifestDoc.Bytes())
+	return currentRelease, updatedRelease, err
 }
 
 // RollbackRelease rolls back to a previous version of the given release.
@@ -706,7 +707,9 @@ func (s *ReleaseServer) prepareRelease(req *services.InstallReleaseRequest) (*re
 	if len(notesTxt) > 0 {
 		rel.Info.Status.Notes = notesTxt
 	}
-	return rel, nil
+
+	err = validateManifest(s.env.KubeClient, req.Namespace, manifestDoc.Bytes())
+	return rel, err
 }
 
 func getVersionSet(client discovery.ServerGroupsInterface) (versionSet, error) {
@@ -1048,3 +1051,9 @@ func splitManifests(bigfile string) map[string]string {
 	}
 	return res
 }
+
+func validateManifest(c environment.KubeClient, ns string, manifest []byte) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(manifest)
+	_, err := c.Build(ns, r)
+	return err
+}