diff --git a/kubernetes/setup/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/setup/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56029ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/setup/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dependencies:
+  - name: common
+    version: ~2.0.0
+    # local reference to common chart, as it is
+    # a part of this chart's package and will not
+    # be published independently to a repo (at this point)
+    repository: '@local'
\ No newline at end of file