diff --git a/centos_pkg_dirs b/centos_pkg_dirs
index 499c18faa1..cd8273d09c 100644
--- a/centos_pkg_dirs
+++ b/centos_pkg_dirs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm
 worker-utils
 workerconfig
 configutilities
diff --git a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/centos/stx-openstack-helm.spec b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/centos/stx-openstack-helm.spec
index 2a7eaa0568..c613ebfd66 100644
--- a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/centos/stx-openstack-helm.spec
+++ b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/centos/stx-openstack-helm.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Packager: Wind River <info@windriver.com>
 URL: unknown
 
 Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 BuildRequires: helm
@@ -26,10 +27,29 @@ StarlingX Openstack Application Helm charts
 %setup
 
 %build
-# initialize helm and stage the toolkit
-helm init --client-only
-# Host a server for the charts
+# 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 files/repositories.yaml %{helm_home}/repository/repositories.yaml
+
+# Stage a local repo index that can be updated by the build
+cp files/index.yaml %{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
 helm serve --repo-path . &
 helm repo rm local
 helm repo add local http://localhost:8879/charts
@@ -38,6 +58,9 @@ helm repo add local http://localhost:8879/charts
 make nova-api-proxy
 make rbd-provisioner
 
+# terminate helm server (the last backgrounded task)
+kill %1
+
 # remove helm-toolkit. This will be packaged with openstack-helm-infra
 rm  ./helm-toolkit-%{toolkit_version}.tgz
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/files/index.yaml b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/files/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36db709b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/files/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+entries: {}
+generated: 2019-01-07T12:33:46.098166523-06:00
diff --git a/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/files/repositories.yaml b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-openstack-helm/files/repositories.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e613b63b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/applications/stx-openstack/stx-openstack-helm/stx-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: ""
+