diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
index 4e87684ce..a0b63f038 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_build.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func newDependencyBuildCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 				Out:              out,
 				ChartPath:        chartpath,
 				Keyring:          client.Keyring,
+				SkipUpdate:       client.SkipRefresh,
 				Getters:          getter.All(settings),
 				RepositoryConfig: settings.RepositoryConfig,
 				RepositoryCache:  settings.RepositoryCache,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func newDependencyBuildCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolVar(&client.Verify, "verify", false, "verify the packages against signatures")
 	f.StringVar(&client.Keyring, "keyring", defaultKeyring(), "keyring containing public keys")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.SkipRefresh, "skip-refresh", false, "do not refresh the local repository cache")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go b/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
index d6dfdabcb..8e5f24af7 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/dependency_build_test.go
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ func TestDependencyBuildCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	if v := reqver.Version; v != "0.1.0" {
 		t.Errorf("mismatched versions. Expected %q, got %q", "0.1.0", v)
 	}
+
+	skipRefreshCmd := fmt.Sprintf("dependency build '%s' --skip-refresh --repository-config %s --repository-cache %s", filepath.Join(rootDir, chartname), repoFile, rootDir)
+	_, out, err = executeActionCommand(skipRefreshCmd)
+
+	// In this pass, we check --skip-refresh option becomes effective.
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Output: %s", out)
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(out, `update from the "test" chart repository`) {
+		t.Errorf("Repo did get updated\n%s", out)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestDependencyBuildCmdWithHelmV2Hash(t *testing.T) {