diff --git a/common/build-style/go.sh b/common/build-style/go.sh
index 3a8187c11fe..a8728683ad8 100644
--- a/common/build-style/go.sh
+++ b/common/build-style/go.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@
 #
 
 do_build() {
+	local path="${GOPATH}/src/${go_import_path}"
 	if [[ "${go_get}" != "yes" ]]; then
-		local path="${GOPATH}/src/${go_import_path}"
 		mkdir -p "$(dirname ${path})"
 		ln -fs $PWD "${path}"
 	fi
 
+	if [[ -x /usr/bin/dep ]]; then
+		cd "${path}"
+		dep ensure
+	fi
+
 	go_package=${go_package:-$go_import_path}
 	go get -x -tags "${go_build_tags}" -ldflags "${go_ldflags}" ${go_package}
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dep/template b/srcpkgs/dep/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e9bd64de1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dep/template
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Template file for 'dep'
+pkgname=dep
+version=0.3.0
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+hostmakedepends="git"
+depends="git go"
+short_desc="Go dependency management tool"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
+license="Apache"
+go_import_path="github.com/golang/dep"
+go_package="$go_import_path/cmd/dep"
+homepage="https://$go_import_path"
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=7d816ffb14f57c4b01352676998a8cda9e4fb24eaec92bd79526e1045c5a0c83
+
+pre_build() {
+	git config --global http.https://gopkg.in.followRedirects true
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}