diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1540917..8347bf6 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 src/
-bin/
\ No newline at end of file
+bin/
+.dependencies
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openwrtbuilder b/openwrtbuilder
index 750d168..20d1430 100755
--- a/openwrtbuilder
+++ b/openwrtbuilder
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ installDependencies() {
     debug "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
 
     declare -a pkg_list
+    declare lock_file="$BUILDROOT/.dependencies"
 
     # TODO please contribute your platform here
     if (( FROM_SOURCE )); then
@@ -349,7 +350,11 @@ installDependencies() {
         esac
     fi
 
-    pkg_install "${pkg_list[@]}"
+    # Skip dependency installation if lock file is present
+    [[ -f $lock_file ]] && return
+        
+    pkg_install "${pkg_list[@]}" && echo "${pkg_list[@]}" > "$lock_file"
+    
 }