diff --git a/e2e/depsdev_test.go b/e2e/depsdev_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00323bf0781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/depsdev_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2024 OpenSSF Scorecard Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"github.com/ossf/scorecard/v5/internal/packageclient"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("E2E TEST: depsdevclient.GetProjectPackageVersions", func() {
+	var client packageclient.ProjectPackageClient
+
+	Context("E2E TEST: Confirm ProjectPackageClient works", func() {
+		It("Should receive a non-empty response from deps.dev for existing projects", func() {
+			client = packageclient.CreateDepsDevClient()
+			versions, err := client.GetProjectPackageVersions(
+				context.Background(), "github.com", "ossf/scorecard",
+			)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			Expect(len(versions.Versions)).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
+		})
+		It("Should error from deps.dev for nonexistent projects", func() {
+			client = packageclient.CreateDepsDevClient()
+			versions, err := client.GetProjectPackageVersions(
+				context.Background(), "github.com", "ossf/scorecard-E2E-TEST-DOES-NOT-EXIST",
+			)
+			Expect(err).ShouldNot(BeNil())
+			Expect(versions).Should(BeNil())
+		})
+		It("Should receive a non-empty response from deps.dev for existing projects", func() {
+			client = packageclient.CreateDepsDevClient()
+			versions, err := client.GetProjectPackageVersions(
+				context.Background(), "gitlab.com", "libtiff/libtiff",
+			)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			Expect(len(versions.Versions)).Should(BeNumerically(">", 0))
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/internal/packageclient/depsdev.go b/internal/packageclient/depsdev.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b816296c2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/packageclient/depsdev.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright 2024 OpenSSF Scorecard Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package packageclient
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+// This interface lets Scorecard look up package manager metadata for a project.
+type ProjectPackageClient interface {
+	GetProjectPackageVersions(ctx context.Context, host, project string) (*ProjectPackageVersions, error)
+}
+
+type depsDevClient struct {
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+type ProjectPackageVersions struct {
+	// field alignment
+	//nolint:govet
+	Versions []struct {
+		VersionKey struct {
+			System  string `json:"system"`
+			Name    string `json:"name"`
+			Version string `json:"version"`
+		} `json:"versionKey"`
+		SLSAProvenances []struct {
+			SourceRepository string `json:"sourceRepository"`
+			Commit           string `json:"commit"`
+			Verified         bool   `json:"verified"`
+		} `json:"slsaProvenances"`
+		RelationType       string `json:"relationType"`
+		RelationProvenance string `json:"relationProvenance"`
+	} `json:"versions"`
+}
+
+func CreateDepsDevClient() ProjectPackageClient {
+	return depsDevClient{
+		client: &http.Client{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (d depsDevClient) GetProjectPackageVersions(
+	ctx context.Context, host, project string,
+) (*ProjectPackageVersions, error) {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", host, project)
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/%s:packageversions", url.QueryEscape(path))
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, query, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("http.NewRequestWithContext: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := d.client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("deps.dev GetProjectPackageVersions: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("resp.Body.Read: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var res ProjectPackageVersions
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &res)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("json.Unmarshal from deps.dev: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &res, nil
+}