diff --git a/internal/datasources/deps/deps.go b/internal/datasources/deps/deps.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6026da4ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/datasources/deps/deps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2024 The Minder Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package deps implements a data source that extracts dependencies from
+// a filesystem or file.
+package deps
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	minderv1 "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1"
+	v1datasources "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/datasources/v1"
+)
+
+type depsDataSource struct {
+	handlers map[v1datasources.DataSourceFuncKey]v1datasources.DataSourceFuncDef
+}
+
+// GetFuncs implements the v1datasources.DataSource interface.
+func (r *depsDataSource) GetFuncs() map[v1datasources.DataSourceFuncKey]v1datasources.DataSourceFuncDef {
+	return r.handlers
+}
+
+// NewDepsDataSource returns a new dependencies datasource
+func NewDepsDataSource(ds *minderv1.DepsDataSource) (v1datasources.DataSource, error) {
+	if ds == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("rest data source is nil")
+	}
+
+	if ds.GetDef() == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("rest data source definition is nil")
+	}
+
+	out := &depsDataSource{
+		handlers: make(map[v1datasources.DataSourceFuncKey]v1datasources.DataSourceFuncDef, len(ds.GetDef())),
+	}
+
+	for key, handlerCfg := range ds.GetDef() {
+		handler, err := newHandlerFromDef(handlerCfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		out.handlers[v1datasources.DataSourceFuncKey(key)] = handler
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/datasources/deps/handler.go b/internal/datasources/deps/handler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4be8837702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/datasources/deps/handler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2024 The Minder Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package deps implements a data source that extracts dependencies from
+// a filesystem or file.
+package deps
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/helper/iofs"
+
+	mdeps "github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/deps"
+	minderv1 "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1"
+	v1datasources "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/datasources/v1"
+)
+
+type depsDataSourceHandler struct {
+	extractor mdeps.Extractor
+}
+
+func newHandlerFromDef(def *minderv1.DepsDataSource_Def) (*depsDataSourceHandler, error) {
+	if def == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("rest data source handler definition is nil")
+	}
+
+	return &depsDataSourceHandler{}, nil
+}
+
+func (_ *depsDataSourceHandler) ValidateArgs(_ any) error { return nil }
+
+func (_ *depsDataSourceHandler) ValidateUpdate(_ any) error { return nil }
+
+func (h *depsDataSourceHandler) Call(ctx context.Context, _ any) (any, error) {
+	// Extract the ingestion results from the context
+	var ctxData v1datasources.Context
+	var ok bool
+	if ctxData, ok = ctx.Value(v1datasources.ContextKey{}).(v1datasources.Context); !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read execution context")
+	}
+
+	if ctxData.Ingest.Fs == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("filesystem not found in execution context")
+	}
+
+	nl, err := h.extractor.ScanFilesystem(ctx, iofs.New(ctxData.Ingest.Fs))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("scanning filesystem for dependencies: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nl, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/validators.go b/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/validators.go
index 1e6bf50aa4..6940b32425 100644
--- a/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/validators.go
+++ b/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/validators.go
@@ -591,3 +591,8 @@ func (rest *RestDataSource_Def) Validate() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// Validate checks the state of the dependencies driver
+func (driver *DataSource_Deps) Validate() error {
+	return nil
+}