diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3476b0fc..a54dcee9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-# helmfile [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/roboll/helmfile.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/roboll/helmfile)
+# Helmfile [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/roboll/helmfile.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/roboll/helmfile)
 
 Deploy Kubernetes Helm Charts
 
 [![Docker Repository on Quay](https://quay.io/repository/roboll/helmfile/status "Docker Repository on Quay")](https://quay.io/repository/roboll/helmfile)
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-## status
+## Status
 
 Even though Helmfile is used in production environments [across multiple organizations](USERS.md), it is still in its early stage of development, hence versioned 0.x.
 
 Helmfile complies to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 in which v0.x means that there could be backward-incompatible changes for every release.
 
-Note that we will try our best to document any backward incompatibility.
+Note that we will try our best to document any backward incompatibility. And in reality, helmfile had no breaking change for a year or so.
 
-## about
+## About
 
 Helmfile is a declarative spec for deploying helm charts. It lets you...
 
@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@ Helmfile is a declarative spec for deploying helm charts. It lets you...
 
 To avoid upgrades for each iteration of `helm`, the `helmfile` executable delegates to `helm` - as a result, `helm` must be installed.
 
-## configuration syntax
+## Highlights
+
+**Declarative**: Write, version-control, apply the desired state file for visibility and reproducibility.
+
+**Modules**: Modularize common patterns of your infrastructure, distribute it via Git, S3, etc. to be reused across the entire company (See [#648](https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/pull/648))
+
+**Versatility**: Manage your cluster consisting of charts, [kustomizations](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize), and directories of Kubernetes resources, turning everything to Helm releases (See [#673](https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/pull/673))
+
+**Patch**: JSON/Strategic-Merge Patch Kubernetes resources before `helm-install`ing, without forking upstream charts (See [#673](https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/pull/673))
+
+## Configuration
 
 **CAUTION**: This documentation is for the development version of Helmfile. If you are looking for the documentation for any of releases, please switch to the corresponding release tag like [v0.31.0](https://github.com/roboll/helmfile/tree/v0.31.0).
 
diff --git a/pkg/state/helmx.go b/pkg/state/helmx.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8a73e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/state/helmx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package state
+
+type Dependency struct {
+	Chart   string `yaml:"chart"`
+	Version string `yaml:"version"`
+	Alias   string `yaml:"alias"`
+}
+
+func (st *HelmState) appendHelmXFlags(flags []string, release *ReleaseSpec) ([]string, error) {
+	for _, d := range release.Dependencies {
+		var dep string
+		if d.Alias != "" {
+			dep += d.Alias + "="
+		}
+		dep += d.Chart
+		if d.Version != "" {
+			dep += ":" + d.Version
+		}
+		flags = append(flags, "--dependency", dep)
+	}
+
+	jsonPatches := release.JSONPatches
+	if len(jsonPatches) > 0 {
+		generatedFiles, err := st.generateTemporaryValuesFiles(jsonPatches, release.MissingFileHandler)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, f := range generatedFiles {
+			flags = append(flags, "--json-patch", f)
+		}
+
+		release.generatedValues = append(release.generatedValues, generatedFiles...)
+	}
+
+	strategicMergePatches := release.StrategicMergePatches
+	if len(strategicMergePatches) > 0 {
+		generatedFiles, err := st.generateTemporaryValuesFiles(strategicMergePatches, release.MissingFileHandler)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, f := range generatedFiles {
+			flags = append(flags, "--strategic-merge-patch", f)
+		}
+
+		release.generatedValues = append(release.generatedValues, generatedFiles...)
+	}
+
+	return flags, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index a1304024..3bf450fa 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ type ReleaseSpec struct {
 	TLSKey    string `yaml:"tlsKey"`
 	TLSCert   string `yaml:"tlsCert"`
 
+	// These settings requires helm-x integration to work
+	Dependencies          []Dependency  `yaml:"dependencies"`
+	JSONPatches           []interface{} `yaml:"jsonPatches"`
+	StrategicMergePatches []interface{} `yaml:"strategicMergePatches"`
+
 	// generatedValues are values that need cleaned up on exit
 	generatedValues []string
 	//version of the chart that has really been installed cause desired version may be fuzzy (~2.0.0)
@@ -1198,6 +1203,12 @@ func (st *HelmState) flagsForUpgrade(helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseSp
 
 	flags = st.appendTillerFlags(flags, release)
 
+	var err error
+	flags, err = st.appendHelmXFlags(flags, release)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	common, err := st.namespaceAndValuesFlags(helm, release, workerIndex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1209,6 +1220,13 @@ func (st *HelmState) flagsForTemplate(helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseS
 	flags := []string{
 		"--name", release.Name,
 	}
+
+	var err error
+	flags, err = st.appendHelmXFlags(flags, release)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	common, err := st.namespaceAndValuesFlags(helm, release, workerIndex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1228,6 +1246,12 @@ func (st *HelmState) flagsForDiff(helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseSpec,
 
 	flags = st.appendTillerFlags(flags, release)
 
+	var err error
+	flags, err = st.appendHelmXFlags(flags, release)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	common, err := st.namespaceAndValuesFlags(helm, release, workerIndex)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1245,7 +1269,17 @@ func (st *HelmState) isDevelopment(release *ReleaseSpec) bool {
 }
 
 func (st *HelmState) flagsForLint(helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseSpec, workerIndex int) ([]string, error) {
-	return st.namespaceAndValuesFlags(helm, release, workerIndex)
+	flags, err := st.namespaceAndValuesFlags(helm, release, workerIndex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	flags, err = st.appendHelmXFlags(flags, release)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return flags, nil
 }
 
 func (st *HelmState) RenderValuesFileToBytes(path string) ([]byte, error) {