diff --git a/.delivery/build-cookbook/Berksfile b/.delivery/build-cookbook/Berksfile
index 80ee05020..39f8f2f50 100644
--- a/.delivery/build-cookbook/Berksfile
+++ b/.delivery/build-cookbook/Berksfile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ source 'https://supermarket.chef.io'
 metadata
 
 group :delivery do
+  cookbook 'delivery-sugar-extras', git: 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/delivery-sugar-extras.git'
+  cookbook 'delivery-sugar', git: 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/delivery-sugar.git'
   cookbook 'delivery_build', git: 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/delivery_build'
-  cookbook 'test', path: './test/fixtures/cookbooks/test'
+  cookbook 'delivery-truck', git: 'https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/delivery-truck.git'
 end
diff --git a/.delivery/build-cookbook/metadata.rb b/.delivery/build-cookbook/metadata.rb
index 534ed0f15..f0aaf855c 100644
--- a/.delivery/build-cookbook/metadata.rb
+++ b/.delivery/build-cookbook/metadata.rb
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ version '0.1.0'
 
 depends 'docker', '~> 1.0'
 depends 'fancy_execute'
+depends 'delivery-truck'
+depends 'delivery-sugar-extras'
diff --git a/.delivery/build-cookbook/recipes/default.rb b/.delivery/build-cookbook/recipes/default.rb
index 8aba0cf52..2b1e483bc 100644
--- a/.delivery/build-cookbook/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/.delivery/build-cookbook/recipes/default.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,26 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Chef Software Inc., All Rights Reserved.
 
+include_recipe 'delivery-truck::default'
+
+# create a persistant gem cache per builder for the entire project
+gem_cache = File.join(node['delivery']['workspace']['root'], "../../../project_gem_cache")
+directory gem_cache do
+  # set the owner to the dbuild so that the other recipes can write to here
+  owner node['delivery_builder']['build_user']
+  mode "0755"
+  recursive true
+  action :create
+end
+
+# ensure we always have a docker group with the build user as a member
 group 'docker' do
   members [node['delivery_builder']['build_user']]
 end
 
 package 'build-essential'
 
+# get docker
 docker_service 'dockerd' do
   action [:delete, :create, :start]
   host 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
diff --git a/.delivery/config.json b/.delivery/config.json
index ce6450834..91a479edc 100644
--- a/.delivery/config.json
+++ b/.delivery/config.json
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
     "name": "build-cookbook",
     "path": ".delivery/build-cookbook"
   },
+  "delivery-truck": {
+    "publish": {
+      "github": "chef/vulcanosec"
+    }
+  },
   "skip_phases": [
     "syntax",
     "security",