diff --git a/openstack-helm-infra/centos/openstack-helm-infra.spec b/openstack-helm-infra/centos/openstack-helm-infra.spec
index abd9c952..70fe4584 100644
--- a/openstack-helm-infra/centos/openstack-helm-infra.spec
+++ b/openstack-helm-infra/centos/openstack-helm-infra.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Packager: Wind River <info@windriver.com>
 URL: https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm-infra
 
 Source0: %{name}-%{sha}.tar.gz
+Source1: repositories.yaml
 
 BuildArch:     noarch
 
@@ -31,8 +32,20 @@ Openstack Helm Infra charts
 
 %build
 # initialize helm and build the toolkit
-helm init --client-only
-make helm-toolkit
+# helm init --client-only does not work if there is no networking
+# The following commands do essentially the same as: helm init
+%define helm_home %{getenv:HOME}/.helm
+mkdir %{helm_home}
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository/cache
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository/local
+mkdir %{helm_home}/plugins
+mkdir %{helm_home}/starters
+mkdir %{helm_home}/cache
+mkdir %{helm_home}/cache/archive
+
+# Stage a repository file that only has a local repo
+cp %{SOURCE1} %{helm_home}/repository/repositories.yaml
 
 # Host a server for the charts
 helm serve /tmp/charts --address localhost:8879 --url http://localhost:8879/charts &
@@ -40,6 +53,7 @@ helm repo rm local
 helm repo add local http://localhost:8879/charts
 
 # Make the charts. These produce tgz files
+make helm-toolkit
 make gnocchi
 make ingress
 make libvirt
@@ -48,6 +62,9 @@ make memcached
 make openvswitch
 make rabbitmq
 
+# terminate helm server (the last backgrounded task)
+kill %1
+
 %install
 install -d -m 755 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{helm_folder}
 install -p -D -m 755 *.tgz ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{helm_folder}
diff --git a/openstack-helm-infra/files/repositories.yaml b/openstack-helm-infra/files/repositories.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fbaebd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack-helm-infra/files/repositories.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+generated: 2019-01-02T15:19:36.215111369-06:00
+repositories:
+  - caFile: ""
+    cache: /builddir/.helm/repository/cache/local-index.yaml
+    certFile: ""
+    keyFile: ""
+    name: local
+    password: ""
+    url: http://127.0.0.1:8879/charts
+    username: ""
diff --git a/openstack-helm/centos/openstack-helm.spec b/openstack-helm/centos/openstack-helm.spec
index 9c408130..95b6d0c5 100644
--- a/openstack-helm/centos/openstack-helm.spec
+++ b/openstack-helm/centos/openstack-helm.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Packager: Wind River <info@windriver.com>
 URL: https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm
 
 Source0: %{name}-%{sha}.tar.gz
+Source1: repositories.yaml
+Source2: index.yaml
 
 BuildArch:     noarch
 
@@ -38,10 +40,29 @@ Openstack Helm charts
 %patch05 -p1
 
 %build
-# initialize helm and stage the toolkit
-helm init --client-only
+# initialize helm and build the toolkit
+# helm init --client-only does not work if there is no networking
+# The following commands do essentially the same as: helm init
+%define helm_home %{getenv:HOME}/.helm
+mkdir %{helm_home}
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository/cache
+mkdir %{helm_home}/repository/local
+mkdir %{helm_home}/plugins
+mkdir %{helm_home}/starters
+mkdir %{helm_home}/cache
+mkdir %{helm_home}/cache/archive
+
+# Stage a repository file that only has a local repo
+cp %{SOURCE1} %{helm_home}/repository/repositories.yaml
+
+# Stage a local repo index that can be updated by the build
+cp %{SOURCE2} %{helm_home}/repository/local/index.yaml
+
+# Stage helm-toolkit in the local repo
+cp %{helm_folder}/helm-toolkit-%{toolkit_version}.tgz .
+
 # Host a server for the charts
-cp  %{helm_folder}/helm-toolkit-%{toolkit_version}.tgz .
 helm serve --repo-path . &
 helm repo rm local
 helm repo add local http://localhost:8879/charts
@@ -61,8 +82,11 @@ make neutron
 make nova
 make panko
 
+# terminate helm server (the last backgrounded task)
+kill %1
+
 # Remove the helm-toolkit tarball
-rm  helm-toolkit-%{toolkit_version}.tgz
+rm helm-toolkit-%{toolkit_version}.tgz
 
 %install
 # helm_folder is created by openstack-helm-infra
diff --git a/openstack-helm/files/index.yaml b/openstack-helm/files/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..166dfefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack-helm/files/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+entries: {}
+generated: 2019-01-07T12:33:46.098166523-06:00
diff --git a/openstack-helm/files/repositories.yaml b/openstack-helm/files/repositories.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fbaebd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack-helm/files/repositories.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+generated: 2019-01-02T15:19:36.215111369-06:00
+repositories:
+  - caFile: ""
+    cache: /builddir/.helm/repository/cache/local-index.yaml
+    certFile: ""
+    keyFile: ""
+    name: local
+    password: ""
+    url: http://127.0.0.1:8879/charts
+    username: ""