diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adef125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Strainer CHANGELOG
+==================
+
+v0.1.0
+------
+- enable loading of cookbook dependencies
+
+v0.0.4
+------
+- added `--fail-fast` option
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 763b42d..4f06466 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ To strain, simply run the `strain` command and pass in the cookbooks to strain:
     # strains phantomjs and tmux
     $ bundle exec strain phantomjs tmux
 
-This will run `knife test` and `foodcritic` against both of the cookbooks. You can pass in as many cookbooks are you'd like.
+This will first detect the cookbook dependencies, copy the cookbook and all dependencies into a sandbox. Then `knife test` and `foodcritic` will be run against both of the cookbooks. You can pass in as many cookbooks as you'd like.
 
-As of `v0.0.3`, there's an option for `--fail-fast` that will fail immediately when any strain command returns a non-zero exit code:
+Failing Quickly
+---------------
+As of `v0.0.4`, there's an option for `--fail-fast` that will fail immediately when any strain command returns a non-zero exit code:
 
     $ bundle exec strain phantomjs --fail-fast
 
+This can save time, especially when running tests locally. This is *not* recommended on continuous integration.
+
 Custom Foodcritic Rules
 -----------------------
 I always advocate using both [Etsy Foodcritic Rules](https://github.com/etsy/foodcritic-rules) and [CustomInk Foodcritic Rules](https://github.com/customink/foodcritic-rules) in all your projects. I also advocate keeping them all as submodules in `[Chef Repo]/foodcritic/...`. This makes strainer unhappy...
@@ -50,4 +54,3 @@ Needs Your Help
 This is a list of features or problem *you* can help solve! Fork and submit a pull request to make Strain even better!
 
 - **Threading** - Run each cookbook's tests (or each cookbook tests test) in a separate thread
-- **Dependencies** - Auto-detect dependent cookbooks and copy them over
diff --git a/lib/strainer/runner.rb b/lib/strainer/runner.rb
index 5656f6d..779c8fd 100644
--- a/lib/strainer/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/strainer/runner.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ def initialize(sandbox, options = {})
 
       @cookbooks.each do |cookbook|
         $stdout.puts
-        $stdout.puts Color.negative{ "# Straining '#{cookbook}'" }.to_s
+        $stdout.puts Color.negative{ "# Straining '#{cookbook.name}'" }
 
-        commands_for(cookbook).collect do |command|
+        commands_for(cookbook.name.to_s).collect do |command|
           success &= run(command)
 
           if fail_fast? && !success
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ def initialize(sandbox, options = {})
     end
 
     private
-    def commands_for(cookbook)
-      file = File.read( colanderfile_for(cookbook) )
+    def commands_for(cookbook_name)
+      file = File.read( colanderfile_for(cookbook_name) )
 
       file = file.strip
-      file = file.gsub('$COOKBOOK', cookbook)
+      file = file.gsub('$COOKBOOK', cookbook_name)
       file = file.gsub('$SANDBOX', @sandbox.sandbox_path)
 
       lines = file.split("\n").reject{|c| c.strip.empty?}.compact
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def commands_for(cookbook)
       end || []
     end
 
-    def colanderfile_for(cookbook)
-      cookbook_level = File.join(@sandbox.sandbox_path(cookbook), 'Colanderfile')
+    def colanderfile_for(cookbook_name)
+      cookbook_level = File.join(@sandbox.sandbox_path(cookbook_name), 'Colanderfile')
       root_level = File.expand_path('Colanderfile')
 
       if File.exists?(cookbook_level)
diff --git a/lib/strainer/sandbox.rb b/lib/strainer/sandbox.rb
index 56aebab..b4cbc4d 100644
--- a/lib/strainer/sandbox.rb
+++ b/lib/strainer/sandbox.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'chef'
 require 'fileutils'
 
 module Strainer
@@ -5,24 +6,37 @@ class Sandbox
     attr_reader :cookbooks
 
     def initialize(cookbooks = [], options = {})
-      @cookbooks = [cookbooks].flatten
       @options = options
+      @cookbooks = load_cookbooks([cookbooks].flatten)
 
       clear_sandbox
       create_sandbox
     end
 
     def cookbook_path(cookbook)
-      path = File.join(cookbooks_path, cookbook)
+      path = File.join(cookbooks_path, cookbook.name.to_s)
       raise "cookbook '#{cookbook}' was not found in #{cookbooks_path}" unless File.exists?(path)
       return path
     end
 
     def sandbox_path(cookbook = nil)
-      File.expand_path( File.join(%W(colander cookbooks #{cookbook})) )
+      File.expand_path( File.join(%W(colander cookbooks #{cookbook.is_a?(::Chef::CookbookVersion) ? cookbook.name : cookbook})) )
     end
 
     private
+    # Load a specific cookbook by name
+    def load_cookbook(cookbook_name)
+      return cookbook_name if cookbook_name.is_a?(::Chef::CookbookVersion)
+      loader = ::Chef::CookbookLoader.new(cookbooks_path)
+      loader[cookbook_name]
+    end
+
+    # Load an array of cookbooks by name
+    def load_cookbooks(cookbook_names)
+      cookbook_names = [cookbook_names].flatten
+      cookbook_names.collect{ |cookbook_name| load_cookbook(cookbook_name) }
+    end
+
     def cookbooks_path
       @cookbooks_path ||= (@options[:cookbooks_path] || File.expand_path('cookbooks'))
     end
@@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ def copy_globals
     end
 
     def copy_cookbooks
-      @cookbooks.each do |cookbook|
+      (cookbooks + cookbooks_dependencies).each do |cookbook|
         FileUtils.cp_r(cookbook_path(cookbook), sandbox_path)
       end
     end
@@ -64,5 +78,29 @@ def place_knife_rb
       # create knife.rb
       File.open("#{chef_path}/knife.rb", 'w+'){ |f| f.write(contents) }
     end
+
+    # Iterate over the cookbook's dependencies and ensure those cookbooks are
+    # also included in our sandbox by adding them to the @cookbooks instance
+    # variable. This method is actually semi-recursive because we append to the
+    # end of the array on which we are iterating, ensuring we load all dependencies
+    # dependencies.
+    def cookbooks_dependencies
+      @cookbooks_dependencies ||= begin
+        $stdout.puts 'Loading cookbook dependencies...'
+
+        loaded_dependencies = Hash.new(false)
+
+        dependencies = @cookbooks.dup
+
+        dependencies.each do |cookbook|
+          cookbook.metadata.dependencies.keys.each do |dependency_name|
+            unless loaded_dependencies[dependency_name]
+              dependencies << load_cookbook(dependency_name)
+              loaded_dependencies[dependency_name] = true
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/strainer.gemspec b/strainer.gemspec
index 95b5c21..9185fa5 100644
--- a/strainer.gemspec
+++ b/strainer.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
-  gem.version       = '0.0.4'
+  gem.version       = '0.1.0'
   gem.authors       = ['Seth Vargo']
   gem.email         = ['sethvargo@gmail.com']
   gem.description   = %q{Run isolated cookbook tests against your chef repository with Strainer.}
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name          = 'strainer'
   gem.require_paths = ['lib']
 
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency 'chef', '~> 10.12.0'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'term-ansicolor', '~> 1.0.7'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.8.2'