diff --git a/e2e/helm_test.go b/e2e/helm_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acfbfcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/helm_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//go:build e2e
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-e2e-framework/shared"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/e2e-framework/pkg/features"
+
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm-e2e-framework/shared/steps/setup"
+)
+
+func TestHelmChartResource(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log("running e2e helm chart test")
+
+	charts, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", testHelmChartBasedResource, "podinfo-6.3.5.tgz"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	setupComponent := features.New("Add components to component-version").
+		Setup(setup.AddComponentVersions(setup.Component{
+			Component: shared.Component{
+				Name:    "github.com/open-component-model/helm-test",
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+			},
+			ComponentVersionModifications: []shared.ComponentModification{
+				shared.BlobResource(shared.Resource{
+					Name:    "charts",
+					Data:    string(charts),
+					Type:    "helmChart",
+					Version: "6.3.5",
+				}),
+			},
+		}))
+
+	management := features.New("Configure Management Repository").
+		Setup(setup.AddScheme(v1alpha1.AddToScheme)).
+		Setup(setup.AddScheme(sourcev1.AddToScheme)).
+		Setup(setup.AddScheme(kustomizev1.AddToScheme)).
+		Setup(setup.AddGitRepository(testRepoName)).
+		Setup(setup.AddFluxSyncForRepo(testRepoName, destinationPrefix, ocmNamespace))
+
+	componentVersion := features.New("Create Manifests").
+		Setup(setup.AddFilesToGitRepository(getHelmManifests(testHelmChartBasedResource, testRepoName)...)).
+		Assess("check that component version is ready and valid", checkIsComponentVersionReady("ocm-with-helm", ocmNamespace))
+
+	validationDeploymentBackend := checkDeploymentReadiness("fluxdeployer-podinfo-pipeline-backend", "ghcr.io/stefanprodan/podinfo")
+
+	testEnv.Test(t,
+		setupComponent.Feature(),
+		management.Feature(),
+		componentVersion.Feature(),
+		validationDeploymentBackend.Feature(),
+	)
+}
+
+func getHelmManifests(testName string, gitRepositoryName string) []setup.File {
+	cvManifest := setup.File{
+		RepoName:       gitRepositoryName,
+		SourceFilepath: filepath.Join(testName, cvFile),
+		DestFilepath:   destinationPrefix + testName + cvFile,
+	}
+	resourceManifest := setup.File{
+		RepoName:       gitRepositoryName,
+		SourceFilepath: filepath.Join(testName, resourceFile),
+		DestFilepath:   destinationPrefix + testName + resourceFile,
+	}
+	deployerManifestBackend := setup.File{
+		RepoName:       gitRepositoryName,
+		SourceFilepath: filepath.Join(testName, deployerFile),
+		DestFilepath:   destinationPrefix + deployerFile,
+	}
+
+	return []setup.File{
+		cvManifest,
+		resourceManifest,
+		deployerManifestBackend,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/e2e/main_test.go b/e2e/main_test.go
index edbc9f23..e92cf000 100644
--- a/e2e/main_test.go
+++ b/e2e/main_test.go
@@ -43,20 +43,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	timeoutDuration          = time.Minute * 2
-	testRepoName             = "ocm-controller-test"
-	testRepoSignedName       = "ocm-controller-signed-test"
-	testOCMControllerPath    = "testOCMController"
-	testSignedComponentsPath = "testSignedOCIRegistryComponents"
-	keyName                  = "rsa"
-	cvFile                   = "component_version.yaml"
-	localizationFile         = "localization.yaml"
-	resourceFile             = "resource.yaml"
-	configurationFile        = "configuration.yaml"
-	deployerFile             = "deployer.yaml"
-	destinationPrefix        = "apps/"
-	identifier               = "metadata.name"
-	version1                 = "1.0.0"
+	timeoutDuration            = time.Minute * 2
+	testRepoName               = "ocm-controller-test"
+	testRepoSignedName         = "ocm-controller-signed-test"
+	testHelmChartBasedResource = "testHelmChartResource"
+	testOCMControllerPath      = "testOCMController"
+	testSignedComponentsPath   = "testSignedOCIRegistryComponents"
+	keyName                    = "rsa"
+	cvFile                     = "component_version.yaml"
+	localizationFile           = "localization.yaml"
+	resourceFile               = "resource.yaml"
+	configurationFile          = "configuration.yaml"
+	deployerFile               = "deployer.yaml"
+	destinationPrefix          = "apps/"
+	identifier                 = "metadata.name"
+	version1                   = "1.0.0"
 )
 
 func TestOCMController(t *testing.T) {
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ func checkCustomResourcesReadiness(path string) *features.FeatureBuilder {
 
 func checkDeploymentReadiness(deploymentName string, imageName string) *features.FeatureBuilder {
 	return features.New("Validate OCM Pipeline: Deployment").
-		Assess("check that deployment "+deploymentName+" was localized",
+		Assess("check that deployment "+deploymentName+" is ready",
 			func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *envconf.Config) context.Context {
 				client, err := cfg.NewClient()
 				if err != nil {
@@ -535,4 +536,4 @@ func reasonMatches(from fconditions.Getter, reason string) bool {
 		}
 	}
 	return false
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/component_version.yaml b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/component_version.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..124179c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/component_version.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: delivery.ocm.software/v1alpha1
+kind: ComponentVersion
+metadata:
+  name: ocm-with-helm
+  namespace: ocm-system
+spec:
+  interval: 10m0s
+  component: github.com/skarlso/podinfo-helm
+  version:
+    semver: 1.0.0
+  repository:
+    url: ghcr.io/skarlso
+    secretRef:
+      name: creds
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/deployer.yaml b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/deployer.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c81a3128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/deployer.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+apiVersion: delivery.ocm.software/v1alpha1
+kind: FluxDeployer
+metadata:
+  name: fluxdeployer-podinfo-pipeline-backend
+  namespace: ocm-system
+spec:
+  interval: 1m0s
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: Resource
+    name: ocm-with-helm-deployment
+  helmReleaseTemplate:
+    chart:
+      spec:
+        chart: podinfo
+        version: 6.3.5
+    interval: 5m
+
diff --git a/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/podinfo-6.3.5.tgz b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/podinfo-6.3.5.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df0424f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/podinfo-6.3.5.tgz differ
diff --git a/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/resource.yaml b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/resource.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9c2050b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/testdata/testHelmChartResource/resource.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: delivery.ocm.software/v1alpha1
+kind: Resource
+metadata:
+  name: ocm-with-helm-deployment
+  namespace: ocm-system
+spec:
+  interval: 10m
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: ComponentVersion
+    name: ocm-with-helm
+    namespace: ocm-system
+    resourceRef:
+      name: charts
+      version: 6.3.5
+      extraIdentity:
+        helmChart: podinfo
diff --git a/pkg/ocm/ocm_test.go b/pkg/ocm/ocm_test.go
index a43582ff..a084aaa1 100644
--- a/pkg/ocm/ocm_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ocm/ocm_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package ocm
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/containers/image/v5/pkg/compression"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/inmemory"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	ocmcontext "github.com/open-component-model/ocm-controller/pkg/fakes"
@@ -120,6 +122,103 @@ func TestClient_GetResource(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, resourceRef.Version, args.Version)
 }
 
+func TestClient_GetHelmResource(t *testing.T) {
+	component := "github.com/skarlso/ocm-demo-index"
+	resource := "remote-controller-demo"
+	resourceVersion := "v0.0.1"
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "podinfo-6.3.5.tgz"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	octx := ocmcontext.NewFakeOCMContext()
+
+	comp := &ocmcontext.Component{
+		Name:    component,
+		Version: "v0.0.1",
+	}
+	res := &ocmcontext.Resource{
+		Name:      resource,
+		Version:   resourceVersion,
+		Data:      data,
+		Component: comp,
+		Kind:      "helmChart",
+		Type:      "helm",
+	}
+	comp.Resources = append(comp.Resources, res)
+
+	_ = octx.AddComponent(comp)
+
+	cd := &v1alpha1.ComponentDescriptor{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Name:      "github.com-skarlso-ocm-demo-index-v0.0.1-12345",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ComponentDescriptorSpec{
+			Version: "v0.0.1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeKubeClient := env.FakeKubeClient(WithObjects(cd))
+	cache := &fakes.FakeCache{}
+	cache.IsCachedReturns(false, nil)
+	cache.FetchDataByDigestReturns(io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("mockdata")), nil)
+	cache.PushDataReturns("sha256:8fa155245ea8d3f2ea3add7d090d42dfb0e22799018fded6aae24f0c1a1c3f38", nil)
+
+	ocmClient := NewClient(fakeKubeClient, cache)
+
+	cv := &v1alpha1.ComponentVersion{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "test-name",
+			Namespace: "default",
+		},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ComponentVersionSpec{
+			Component: component,
+			Version: v1alpha1.Version{
+				Semver: "v0.0.1",
+			},
+			Repository: v1alpha1.Repository{
+				URL: "localhost",
+			},
+		},
+		Status: v1alpha1.ComponentVersionStatus{
+			ReconciledVersion: "v0.0.1",
+			ComponentDescriptor: v1alpha1.Reference{
+				Name:    component,
+				Version: "v0.0.1",
+				ComponentDescriptorRef: meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
+					Name:      "github.com-skarlso-ocm-demo-index-v0.0.1-12345",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	resourceRef := &v1alpha1.ResourceReference{
+		ElementMeta: v3alpha1.ElementMeta{
+			Name:    "remote-controller-demo",
+			Version: "v0.0.1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	reader, digest, err := ocmClient.GetResource(context.Background(), octx, cv, resourceRef)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	content, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "mockdata", string(content))
+	assert.Equal(t, "sha256:8fa155245ea8d3f2ea3add7d090d42dfb0e22799018fded6aae24f0c1a1c3f38", digest)
+
+	// verify that the cache has been called with the right resource data to cache.
+	args := cache.PushDataCallingArgumentsOnCall(0)
+
+	decompressedDataReader, _, err := compression.AutoDecompress(bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	decompressedData, err := io.ReadAll(decompressedDataReader)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, string(decompressedData), args.Content)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "sha-2705577397727487661", args.Name, "pushed name did not match constructed name from identity of the resource")
+	assert.Equal(t, resourceRef.Version, args.Version)
+}
+
 func TestClient_GetComponentVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	component := "github.com/skarlso/ocm-demo-index"
 	octx := ocmcontext.NewFakeOCMContext()
diff --git a/pkg/ocm/testdata/podinfo-6.3.5.tgz b/pkg/ocm/testdata/podinfo-6.3.5.tgz
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