diff --git a/bin/composer b/bin/composer
index 89bcdbfb5..2907c19de 100755
--- a/bin/composer
+++ b/bin/composer
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $rm->setLocalRepository(new Repository\FilesystemRepository(new JsonFile('.compo
 $rm->addRepository(new Repository\ComposerRepository('http://packagist.org'));
 $rm->setRepositoryClass('composer', 'Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository');
 $rm->setRepositoryClass('pear', 'Composer\Repository\PearRepository');
+$rm->setRepositoryClass('package', 'Composer\Repository\PackageRepository');
 
 // initialize download manager
 $dm = new Downloader\DownloadManager($preferSource = false);
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/PackageRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/PackageRepository.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5def69030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/PackageRepository.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Repository;
+
+use Composer\Json\JsonFile;
+use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
+use Composer\Package\Loader\ArrayLoader;
+use Composer\Package\Dumper\ArrayDumper;
+
+/**
+ * Package repository.
+ *
+ * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ */
+class PackageRepository extends ArrayRepository
+{
+    private $config;
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes filesystem repository.
+     *
+     * @param array $config package definition
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $config)
+    {
+        $this->config = $config;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes repository (reads file, or remote address).
+     */
+    protected function initialize()
+    {
+        parent::initialize();
+
+        if (!is_numeric(key($this->config))) {
+            $this->config = array($this->config);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->config as $package) {
+            $loader = new ArrayLoader($this->repositoryManager);
+            $package = $loader->load($package);
+            $this->addPackage($package);
+        }
+    }
+}