diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
index 8b42617..50b54b1 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/config.lua
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ M.defaults = {
     -- Track each new require in the Lazy profiling tab
     require = false,
   },
+  packspec = {
+    enabled = true,
+    versions = true, -- Honor dependency versions in packspecs
+    path = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/packspec.lua",
+  },
   debug = false,
 }
 
@@ -281,6 +286,14 @@ function M.setup(opts)
           require("lazy.manage.checker").start()
         end, 10)
       end
+
+      -- useful for plugin developers when making changes to a packspec file
+      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufWritePost", {
+        pattern = "package.lua",
+        callback = function()
+          require("lazy.view.commands").cmd("packspec")
+        end,
+      })
     end,
   })
 
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/packspec.lua b/lua/lazy/core/packspec.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75217d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/packspec.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
+local Util = require("lazy.util")
+
+---@class PackSpec
+---@field dependencies? table<string, string>
+---@field lazy? LazyPluginSpec
+local M = {}
+
+M.lazy_file = "lazy.lua"
+M.pkg_file = "pkg.json"
+M.enable_lazy_file = false
+
+---@alias LazyPkg {lazy?:(fun():LazySpec), pkg?:PackSpec}
+
+---@type table<string, LazyPkg>
+M.packspecs = nil
+---@type table<string, LazySpec>
+M.specs = {}
+
+---@param spec LazyPkg
+---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+---@return LazySpec?
+local function convert(plugin, spec)
+  ---@type LazySpec
+  local ret = {}
+
+  local pkg = spec.pkg
+  if pkg then
+    if pkg.dependencies then
+      for url, version in pairs(pkg.dependencies) do
+        if (not Config.options.packspec.versions) or version == "*" or version == "" then
+          version = nil
+        end
+        -- HACK: Add `.git` to github urls
+        if url:find("github") and not url:match("%.git$") then
+          url = url .. ".git"
+        end
+        ret[#ret + 1] = { url = url, version = version }
+      end
+    end
+    local p = pkg.lazy
+    if p then
+      p.url = p.url or plugin.url
+      p.dir = p.dir or plugin.dir
+      ret[#ret + 1] = p
+    end
+  end
+
+  if spec.lazy then
+    ret[#ret + 1] = spec.lazy()
+  end
+
+  return ret
+end
+
+local function load()
+  Util.track("packspec")
+  M.packspecs = {}
+  if vim.loop.fs_stat(Config.options.packspec.path) then
+    Util.try(function()
+      M.packspecs = loadfile(Config.options.packspec.path)()
+    end, "Error loading packspecs:")
+  end
+  Util.track()
+end
+
+---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+---@return LazySpec?
+function M.get(plugin)
+  if not M.packspecs then
+    load()
+  end
+
+  if not M.packspecs[plugin.dir] then
+    return
+  end
+  M.specs[plugin.dir] = M.specs[plugin.dir] or convert(plugin, M.packspecs[plugin.dir])
+  return vim.deepcopy(M.specs[plugin.dir])
+end
+
+function M.update()
+  local ret = {}
+  for _, plugin in pairs(Config.plugins) do
+    local spec = {
+      pkg = M.pkg(plugin),
+      lazy = M.enable_lazy_file and M.lazy_pkg(plugin) or nil,
+    }
+    if not vim.tbl_isempty(spec) then
+      ret[plugin.dir] = spec
+    end
+  end
+  local code = "return " .. Util.dump(ret)
+  Util.write_file(Config.options.packspec.path, code)
+  M.packspecs = nil
+  M.specs = {}
+end
+
+---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+function M.lazy_pkg(plugin)
+  local file = Util.norm(plugin.dir .. "/" .. M.lazy_file)
+  if Util.file_exists(file) then
+    ---@type LazySpec
+    local chunk = Util.try(function()
+      return loadfile(file)
+    end, "`" .. M.lazy_file .. "` for **" .. plugin.name .. "** has errors:")
+    if chunk then
+      return { _raw = ([[function() %s end]]):format(Util.read_file(file)) }
+    else
+      Util.error("Invalid `package.lua` for **" .. plugin.name .. "**")
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+---@param plugin LazyPlugin
+function M.pkg(plugin)
+  local file = Util.norm(plugin.dir .. "/" .. M.pkg_file)
+  if Util.file_exists(file) then
+    ---@type PackSpec
+    return Util.try(function()
+      return vim.json.decode(Util.read_file(file))
+    end, "`" .. M.pkg_file .. "` for **" .. plugin.name .. "** has errors:")
+  end
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
index 8d18e33..3de712f 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
+local Packspec = require("lazy.core.packspec")
 local Util = require("lazy.core.util")
 
 ---@class LazyCorePlugin
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ M.loading = false
 ---@field notifs {msg:string, level:number, file?:string}[]
 ---@field importing? string
 ---@field optional? boolean
+---@field packspecs table<string, boolean>
+---@field names table<string,string>
 local Spec = {}
 M.Spec = Spec
 M.last_fid = 0
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@ function Spec.new(spec, opts)
   self.dirty = {}
   self.notifs = {}
   self.ignore_installed = {}
+  self.packspecs = {}
   self.optional = opts and opts.optional
+  self.names = {}
   if spec then
     self:parse(spec)
   end
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ function Spec:parse(spec)
 end
 
 -- PERF: optimized code to get package name without using lua patterns
+---@return string
 function Spec.get_name(pkg)
   local name = pkg:sub(-4) == ".git" and pkg:sub(1, -5) or pkg
   name = name:sub(-1) == "/" and name:sub(1, -2) or name
@@ -83,7 +89,17 @@ function Spec:add(plugin, results)
     -- local plugin
     plugin.name = plugin.name or Spec.get_name(plugin.dir)
   elseif plugin.url then
-    plugin.name = plugin.name or Spec.get_name(plugin.url)
+    if plugin.name then
+      self.names[plugin.url] = plugin.name
+      local name = Spec.get_name(plugin.url)
+      if name and self.plugins[name] then
+        self.plugins[name].name = plugin.name
+        self.plugins[plugin.name] = self.plugins[name]
+        self.plugins[name] = nil
+      end
+    else
+      plugin.name = self.names[plugin.url] or Spec.get_name(plugin.url)
+    end
     -- check for dev plugins
     if plugin.dev == nil then
       for _, pattern in ipairs(Config.options.dev.patterns) do
@@ -156,6 +172,15 @@ function Spec:add(plugin, results)
     table.remove(M.fid_stack)
   end
 
+  -- import the plugin's spec
+  if Config.options.packspec.enabled and plugin.dir and not self.packspecs[plugin.dir] then
+    self.packspecs[plugin.dir] = true
+    local packspec = Packspec.get(plugin)
+    if packspec then
+      self:normalize(packspec, nil, true)
+    end
+  end
+
   if self.plugins[plugin.name] then
     plugin = self:merge(self.plugins[plugin.name], plugin)
   end
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
index 897bdbf..f5a96a9 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/init.lua
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ function M.install(opts)
   }, opts):wait(function()
     require("lazy.manage.lock").update()
     require("lazy.help").update()
+    require("lazy.core.packspec").update()
   end)
 end
 
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ function M.update(opts)
   }, opts):wait(function()
     require("lazy.manage.lock").update()
     require("lazy.help").update()
+    require("lazy.core.packspec").update()
   end)
 end
 --
diff --git a/lua/lazy/view/commands.lua b/lua/lazy/view/commands.lua
index 1210917..13c5070 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/view/commands.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/view/commands.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ M.commands = {
   health = function()
     vim.cmd.checkhealth("lazy")
   end,
+  pkg = function(opts)
+    local Pkg = require("lazy.core.packspec")
+    Pkg.update()
+    require("lazy.manage.reloader").reload({
+      {
+        file = "packspec", --Config.options.packspec.path,
+        what = "changed",
+      },
+    })
+    for _, plugin in pairs(opts and opts.plugins or {}) do
+      local spec = Pkg.get(plugin)
+      Util.info(vim.inspect(spec), { lang = "lua", title = plugin.name })
+    end
+  end,
   home = function()
     View.show("home")
   end,
@@ -74,7 +88,7 @@ M.commands = {
 }
 
 function M.complete(cmd, prefix)
-  if not (ViewConfig.commands[cmd] or {}).plugins then
+  if not (ViewConfig.commands[cmd] or {}).plugins and cmd ~= "pkg" then
     return
   end
   ---@type string[]
diff --git a/tests/core/plugin_spec.lua b/tests/core/plugin_spec.lua
index 51f6e03..c15505f 100644
--- a/tests/core/plugin_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/core/plugin_spec.lua
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ describe("plugin spec url/name", function()
     { { "foo/bar", name = "foobar" }, { [1] = "foo/bar", name = "foobar", url = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" } },
     { { "foo/bar", url = "123" }, { [1] = "foo/bar", name = "123", url = "123" } },
     { { url = "https://foobar" }, { name = "foobar", url = "https://foobar" } },
+    {
+      { { url = "https://foo", name = "foobar" }, { url = "https://foo" } },
+      { name = "foobar", url = "https://foo" },
+    },
+    {
+      { { url = "https://foo" }, { url = "https://foo", name = "foobar" } },
+      { name = "foobar", url = "https://foo" },
+    },
     { { url = "ssh://foobar" }, { name = "foobar", url = "ssh://foobar" } },
     { "foo/bar", { [1] = "foo/bar", name = "bar", url = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" } },
     { { { { "foo/bar" } } }, { [1] = "foo/bar", name = "bar", url = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" } },
@@ -46,6 +54,7 @@ describe("plugin spec url/name", function()
       plugins[1]._ = {}
       assert(#spec.notifs == 0)
       assert.equal(1, #plugins)
+      plugins[1]._.super = nil
       assert.same(test[2], plugins[1])
     end)
   end