> --git a/pts-core/functions/pts-functions-install.php b/pts-core/functions/pts-functions-install.php
index fea9e57..d7bbd8b 100644
--- a/pts-core/functions/pts-functions-install.php
+++ b/pts-core/functions/pts-functions-install.php
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 <?php

-function pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL)
+function pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL, &$INSTALL_OBJ)
 {
     $type = pts_benchmark_type($TO_INSTALL);

     if($type == "BENCHMARK")
     {
-        pts_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL);
+        if(is_array($INSTALL_OBJ))
+            pts_install_external_dependencies($TO_INSTALL, $INSTALL_OBJ);
+        else
+            pts_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL);
     }
     else if($type == "TEST_SUITE")
     {
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ function pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL)
         $suite_benchmarks = $xml_parser->getXMLArrayValues("PTSuite/PTSBenchmark/Benchmark");

         foreach($suite_benchmarks as $benchmark)
-            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark);
+            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark, $INSTALL_OBJ);
     }
     else if(is_file(pts_input_correct_results_path($TO_INSTALL)))
     {
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ function pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL)

         foreach($suite_benchmarks as $benchmark)
         {
-            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark);
+            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark, $INSTALL_OBJ);
         }
     }
     else if(trim(file_get_contents("http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/global/profile-check.php?id=$TO_INSTALL")) == "REMOTE_FILE")
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ function pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL)

         foreach($suite_benchmarks as $benchmark)
         {
-            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark);
+            pts_recurse_install_benchmark($benchmark, $INSTALL_OBJ);
         }
     }
     else
@@ -79,4 +82,40 @@ function pts_install_benchmark($Benchmark)
     }
 }

+function pts_install_external_dependencies($Benchmark, &$INSTALL_OBJ)
+{
+    if(pts_benchmark_type($Benchmark) != "BENCHMARK")
+        return;
+
+    $xml_parser = new tandem_XmlReader(file_get_contents(XML_PROFILE_LOCATION . $Benchmark . ".xml"));
+    $title = $xml_parser->getXMLValue("PTSBenchmark/Information/Title");
+    $dependencies = $xml_parser->getXMLValue("PTSBenchmark/Information/ExternalDependencies");
+
+    if(empty($dependencies))
+        return;
+
+    $dependencies = explode(", ", $dependencies);
+
+    $dep_match_count = 0;
+    if(is_file(XML_DEPENDENCY_LOCATION . os_vendor() . "-packages.xml"))
+    {
+        $xml_parser = new tandem_XmlReader(file_get_contents(XML_DEPENDENCY_LOCATION . os_vendor() . "-packages.xml"));
+        $generic_package = $xml_parser->getXMLArrayValues("Distribution/Package/GenericName");
+        $distro_package = $xml_parser->getXMLArrayValues("Distribution/Package/PackageName");
+
+        for($i = 0; $i < count($generic_package); $i++)
+            if(in_array($generic_package[$i], $dependencies))
+                if(!in_array($distro_package[$i], $INSTALL_OBJ))
+                {
+                    array_push($INSTALL_OBJ, $distro_package[$i]);
+                    $dep_match_count++;
+                }
+    }
+
+    if($dep_match_count == 0)
+    {
+        echo "No packages found for your distribution";
+    }
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/pts-core/functions/pts-functions.php b/pts-core/functions/pts-functions.php
index 1a92b7e..50a3d0d 100644
--- a/pts-core/functions/pts-functions.php
+++ b/pts-core/functions/pts-functions.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ define("THIS_RUN_TIME", time());

 define("XML_PROFILE_LOCATION", "pts/benchmark-profiles/");
 define("XML_SUITE_LOCATION", "pts/benchmark-suites/");
+define("XML_DEPENDENCY_LOCATION", "pts/distribution-dependencies/");
 define("BENCHMARK_RESOURCE_LOCATION", "pts/benchmark-resources/");
 define("PTS_USER_DIR", pts_find_home("~/.phoronix-test-suite/"));

diff --git a/pts-core/pts-install-benchmark.php b/pts-core/pts-install-benchmark.php
index 5b7bf6f..3ab748f 100644
--- a/pts-core/pts-install-benchmark.php
+++ b/pts-core/pts-install-benchmark.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if(empty($TO_INSTALL))
     exit;
 }

-pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL);
+$install_objects = "";
+pts_recurse_install_benchmark($TO_INSTALL, $install_ob