diff --git a/internal/importers/gvt/importer.go b/internal/importers/gvt/importer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8c966875a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/importers/gvt/importer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gvt
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/golang/dep"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/gps"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/base"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+const gvtPath = "vendor" + string(os.PathSeparator) + "manifest"
+
+// Importer imports gvt configuration into the dep configuration format.
+type Importer struct {
+	*base.Importer
+	gvtConfig gvtManifest
+}
+
+// NewImporter for gvt.
+func NewImporter(logger *log.Logger, verbose bool, sm gps.SourceManager) *Importer {
+	return &Importer{Importer: base.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm)}
+}
+
+type gvtManifest struct {
+	Deps []gvtPkg `json:"dependencies"`
+}
+
+type gvtPkg struct {
+	ImportPath string
+	Repository string
+	Revision   string
+	Branch     string
+}
+
+// Name of the importer.
+func (g *Importer) Name() string {
+	return "gvt"
+}
+
+// HasDepMetadata checks if a directory contains config that the importer can handle.
+func (g *Importer) HasDepMetadata(dir string) bool {
+	y := filepath.Join(dir, gvtPath)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(y); err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// Import the config found in the directory.
+func (g *Importer) Import(dir string, pr gps.ProjectRoot) (*dep.Manifest, *dep.Lock, error) {
+	err := g.load(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return g.convert(pr)
+}
+
+func (g *Importer) load(projectDir string) error {
+	g.Logger.Println("Detected gvt configuration files...")
+	j := filepath.Join(projectDir, gvtPath)
+	if g.Verbose {
+		g.Logger.Printf("  Loading %s", j)
+	}
+	jb, err := ioutil.ReadFile(j)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to read %s", j)
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jb, &g.gvtConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to parse %s", j)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (g *Importer) convert(pr gps.ProjectRoot) (*dep.Manifest, *dep.Lock, error) {
+	g.Logger.Println("Converting from vendor/manifest ...")
+
+	packages := make([]base.ImportedPackage, 0, len(g.gvtConfig.Deps))
+	for _, pkg := range g.gvtConfig.Deps {
+		// Validate
+		if pkg.ImportPath == "" {
+			err := errors.New("invalid gvt configuration, ImportPath is required")
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		if pkg.Revision == "" {
+			err := errors.New("invalid gvt configuration, Revision is required")
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		var contstraintHint = ""
+		if pkg.Branch != "master" {
+			contstraintHint = pkg.Branch
+		}
+
+		ip := base.ImportedPackage{
+			Name: pkg.ImportPath,
+			//TODO: temporarly ignore .Repository. see https://github.com/golang/dep/pull/1166
+			// Source:         pkg.Repository,
+			LockHint:       pkg.Revision,
+			ConstraintHint: contstraintHint,
+		}
+		packages = append(packages, ip)
+	}
+
+	err := g.ImportPackages(packages, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return g.Manifest, g.Lock, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/importers/gvt/importer_test.go b/internal/importers/gvt/importer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9d5a12e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/importers/gvt/importer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gvt
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/golang/dep"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/gps"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/importertest"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/test"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func TestGvtConfig_Convert(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		importertest.TestCase
+		gvtConfig gvtManifest
+	}{
+		"package with master branch": {
+			importertest.TestCase{
+				WantConstraint: importertest.V1Constraint,
+				WantRevision:   importertest.V1Rev,
+				WantVersion:    importertest.V1Tag,
+			},
+			gvtManifest{
+				Deps: []gvtPkg{
+					{
+						ImportPath: importertest.Project,
+						Revision:   importertest.V1Rev,
+						Branch:     "master",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"package with non-master branch": {
+			importertest.TestCase{
+				WantConstraint: importertest.V2Branch,
+				WantRevision:   importertest.V2PatchRev,
+				WantVersion:    importertest.V2PatchTag,
+			},
+			gvtManifest{
+				Deps: []gvtPkg{
+					{
+						ImportPath: importertest.Project,
+						Revision:   importertest.V2PatchRev,
+						Branch:     importertest.V2Branch,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		"missing package name": {
+			importertest.TestCase{
+				WantConvertErr: true,
+			},
+			gvtManifest{
+				Deps: []gvtPkg{{ImportPath: ""}},
+			},
+		},
+		"missing revision": {
+			importertest.TestCase{
+				WantConvertErr: true,
+			},
+			gvtManifest{
+				Deps: []gvtPkg{
+					{
+						ImportPath: importertest.Project,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, testCase := range testCases {
+		name := name
+		testCase := testCase
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := testCase.Execute(t, func(logger *log.Logger, sm gps.SourceManager) (*dep.Manifest, *dep.Lock, error) {
+				g := NewImporter(logger, true, sm)
+				g.gvtConfig = testCase.gvtConfig
+				return g.convert(importertest.RootProject)
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("%#v", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGvtConfig_Import(t *testing.T) {
+	h := test.NewHelper(t)
+	defer h.Cleanup()
+
+	cacheDir := "gps-repocache"
+	h.TempDir(cacheDir)
+	h.TempDir("src")
+	h.TempDir(filepath.Join("src", importertest.RootProject))
+	h.TempCopy(filepath.Join(importertest.RootProject, gvtPath), "manifest")
+
+	projectRoot := h.Path(importertest.RootProject)
+	sm, err := gps.NewSourceManager(gps.SourceManagerConfig{
+		Cachedir: h.Path(cacheDir),
+		Logger:   log.New(test.Writer{TB: t}, "", 0),
+	})
+	h.Must(err)
+	defer sm.Release()
+
+	// Capture stderr so we can verify output
+	verboseOutput := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	logger := log.New(verboseOutput, "", 0)
+
+	g := NewImporter(logger, false, sm) // Disable verbose so that we don't print values that change each test run
+	if !g.HasDepMetadata(projectRoot) {
+		t.Fatal("Expected the importer to detect gvt configuration file")
+	}
+
+	m, l, err := g.Import(projectRoot, importertest.RootProject)
+	h.Must(err)
+
+	if m == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected the manifest to be generated")
+	}
+
+	if l == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected the lock to be generated")
+	}
+
+	goldenFile := "golden.txt"
+	got := verboseOutput.String()
+	want := h.GetTestFileString(goldenFile)
+	if want != got {
+		if *test.UpdateGolden {
+			if err := h.WriteTestFile(goldenFile, got); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("%+v", errors.Wrapf(err, "Unable to write updated golden file %s", goldenFile))
+			}
+		} else {
+			t.Fatalf("want %s, got %s", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGvtConfig_JsonLoad(t *testing.T) {
+	// This is same as testdata/manifest
+	wantConfig := gvtManifest{
+		Deps: []gvtPkg{
+			{
+				ImportPath: "github.com/sdboyer/deptest",
+				Revision:   "3f4c3bea144e112a69bbe5d8d01c1b09a544253f",
+			},
+			{
+				ImportPath: "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos",
+				Revision:   "5c607206be5decd28e6263ffffdcee067266015e",
+			},
+			{
+				ImportPath: "github.com/carolynvs/deptest-importers",
+				Revision:   "b79bc9482da8bb7402cdc3e3fd984db250718dd7",
+				Branch:     "v2",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	h := test.NewHelper(t)
+	defer h.Cleanup()
+
+	ctx := importertest.NewTestContext(h)
+
+	h.TempCopy(filepath.Join(importertest.RootProject, gvtPath), "manifest")
+
+	projectRoot := h.Path(importertest.RootProject)
+
+	g := NewImporter(ctx.Err, true, nil)
+	err := g.load(projectRoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error while loading... %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !equalImports(g.gvtConfig.Deps, wantConfig.Deps) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected imports to be equal. \n\t(GOT): %v\n\t(WNT): %v", g.gvtConfig.Deps, wantConfig.Deps)
+	}
+}
+
+// equalImports compares two slices of gvtPkg and checks if they are
+// equal.
+func equalImports(a, b []gvtPkg) bool {
+	if a == nil && b == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if a == nil || b == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for i := range a {
+		if a[i] != b[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/golden.txt b/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/golden.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7541aa9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/golden.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Detected gvt configuration files...
+Converting from vendor/manifest ...
+  Using ^0.8.1 as initial constraint for imported dep github.com/sdboyer/deptest
+  Trying v0.8.1 (3f4c3be) as initial lock for imported dep github.com/sdboyer/deptest
+  Using ^2.0.0 as initial constraint for imported dep github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos
+  Trying v2.0.0 (5c60720) as initial lock for imported dep github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos
+  Using v2 as initial constraint for imported dep github.com/carolynvs/deptest-importers
+  Trying v2 (b79bc94) as initial lock for imported dep github.com/carolynvs/deptest-importers
diff --git a/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/manifest b/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61ff49a8f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/importers/gvt/testdata/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "importpath": "github.com/sdboyer/deptest",
+      "revision": "3f4c3bea144e112a69bbe5d8d01c1b09a544253f"
+    },
+    {
+      "importpath": "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos",
+      "revision": "5c607206be5decd28e6263ffffdcee067266015e"
+    },
+    {
+      "importpath": "github.com/carolynvs/deptest-importers",
+      "revision": "b79bc9482da8bb7402cdc3e3fd984db250718dd7",
+      "branch": "v2" 
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/internal/importers/importers.go b/internal/importers/importers.go
index 7cc7cfac78..ad669b55bd 100644
--- a/internal/importers/importers.go
+++ b/internal/importers/importers.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/glide"
 	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/godep"
 	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/govend"
+	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/gvt"
 	"github.com/golang/dep/internal/importers/vndr"
 )
 
@@ -35,5 +36,6 @@ func BuildAll(logger *log.Logger, verbose bool, sm gps.SourceManager) []Importer
 		godep.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
 		vndr.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
 		govend.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
+		gvt.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
 	}
 }