diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 02883ef..ee3b1e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .tools/
 website/site/
 /kyverno-envoy-plugin
+/charts/*/charts
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.lock b/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dbd5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+- name: kyverno-lib
+  repository: file://../kyverno-lib
+  version: 0.1.0
+digest: sha256:6d7c461dd41b61e7062e79587c46c54b4a301b58f3e5c34f0ac9626e6ba3d4ce
+generated: "2024-10-25T19:52:44.757128+02:00"
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.yaml b/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.yaml
index ccd0dd1..f057189 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/Chart.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ maintainers:
   - name: Kyverno
     url: https://kyverno.io/
 kubeVersion: ">=1.25.0-0"
+dependencies:
+- name: kyverno-lib
+  version: 0.1.0
+  repository: file://../kyverno-lib
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-lib/.helmignore b/charts/kyverno-lib/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85df807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kyverno-lib/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.helmignore
+ci/
+README.md.gotmpl
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-lib/Chart.yaml b/charts/kyverno-lib/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdd76d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/kyverno-lib/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: kyverno-lib
+description: Kyverno policies based authorization plugin for Envoy ❤️
+icon: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/raw/main/img/logo.png
+home: https://kyverno.github.io/kyverno-envoy-plugin
+
+type: library
+version: 0.1.0
+appVersion: latest
+kubeVersion: ">=1.25.0-0"
+
+keywords:
+  - kubernetes
+  - kyverno
+  - authz
+  - policy
+  - envoy
+  - istio
+  - security
+
+sources:
+  - https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno-envoy-plugin
+
+maintainers:
+  - name: Kyverno
+    url: https://kyverno.io/
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_chart.tpl b/charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_chart.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_chart.tpl
rename to charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_chart.tpl
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_deployment.tpl b/charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_deployment.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_deployment.tpl
rename to charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_deployment.tpl
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_labels.tpl b/charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_labels.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_labels.tpl
rename to charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_labels.tpl
diff --git a/charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_names.tpl b/charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_names.tpl
similarity index 100%
rename from charts/kyverno-envoy-plugin/templates/_helpers/_names.tpl
rename to charts/kyverno-lib/templates/_names.tpl