diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 8b59751a..9d5731e7 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -60,6 +61,30 @@ func (downloader *Downloader) Download(url string, destination string) <-chan er
 	return ch
 }
 
+// DownloadTemp starts new download to temporary file and returns File
+//
+// Temporary file would be already removed, so no need to cleanup
+func (downloader *Downloader) DownloadTemp(url string) (*os.File, error) {
+	ch := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	tempfile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "aptly")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	defer os.Remove(tempfile.Name())
+
+	downloader.queue <- &downloadTask{url: url, destination: tempfile.Name(), result: ch}
+
+	err = <-ch
+	if err != nil {
+		tempfile.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return tempfile, nil
+}
+
 // handleTask processes single download task
 func (downloader *Downloader) handleTask(task *downloadTask) {
 	resp, err := http.Get(task.url)
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index 3a85fafe..d61b00d7 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -74,3 +74,30 @@ func (s *DownloaderSuite) TestDownloadFileError(c *C) {
 	res := <-d.Download("http://smira.ru/", "/no/such/file")
 	c.Assert(res, ErrorMatches, ".*no such file or directory")
 }
+
+func (s *DownloaderSuite) TestDownloadTemp(c *C) {
+	d := NewDownloader(2)
+	defer d.Shutdown()
+
+	f, err := d.DownloadTemp("http://smira.ru/")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	buf := make([]byte, 1)
+
+	f.Read(buf)
+	c.Assert(buf, DeepEquals, []byte("<"))
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(f.Name())
+	c.Assert(os.IsNotExist(err), Equals, true)
+}
+
+func (s *DownloaderSuite) TestDownloadTempError(c *C) {
+	d := NewDownloader(2)
+	defer d.Shutdown()
+
+	f, err := d.DownloadTemp("http://smira.ru/doesntexist")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(f, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(err, ErrorMatches, "HTTP code 404.*")
+}