diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index feb5062..4e13458 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ test/.artifacts
 test/artifacts
 artifacts
 libpod/
-
+.env.local
 dist/
diff --git a/cmd/portage/cli/v0/pipelines.go b/cmd/portage/cli/v0/pipelines.go
index 2a8fb17..dbbf0e1 100644
--- a/cmd/portage/cli/v0/pipelines.go
+++ b/cmd/portage/cli/v0/pipelines.go
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ func newRunCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	// run deploy
 	deployCmd := newBasicCommand("deploy", "Beta Feature: VALIDATION ONLY - run gatecheck validate on artifacts from previous pipelines", runDeploy)
 	deployCmd.Flags().String("gatecheck-config", "", "gatecheck configuration file")
+	deployCmd.Flags().Bool("submit", false, "submit artifacts to configured API endpoint")
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("deploy.gatecheckconfigfilename", deployCmd.Flags().Lookup("gatecheck-config"))
+	_ = viper.BindPFlag("deploy.submit", deployCmd.Flags().Lookup("submit"))
 
 	// run image-delivery
 
diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/config.go b/pkg/pipelines/config.go
index 9491cc5..199eeeb 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/config.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/config.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ type configImagePublish struct {
 type configDeploy struct {
 	Enabled                 bool   `mapstructure:"enabled"`
 	GatecheckConfigFilename string `mapstructure:"gatecheckConfigFilename"`
+	Submit                  bool   `mapstructure:"submit"`
 }
 
 // metaConfigField is used to map viper values to env variables and their associated default values
diff --git a/pkg/pipelines/deploy.go b/pkg/pipelines/deploy.go
index a4476c1..4643a70 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelines/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelines/deploy.go
@@ -121,5 +121,18 @@ func (p *Deploy) Run() error {
 		return mkDeploymentError(err)
 	}
 
+	if p.config.Deploy.Submit {
+		err = shell.GatecheckSubmit(
+			shell.WithDryRun(p.DryRunEnabled),
+			shell.WithStderr(p.Stderr),
+			shell.WithStdout(p.Stdout),
+			shell.WithTargetFile(p.runtime.bundleFilename),
+			shell.WithConfigFile(gatecheckConfigPath),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return mkDeploymentError(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/shell/gatecheck.go b/pkg/shell/gatecheck.go
index 4999915..3816239 100644
--- a/pkg/shell/gatecheck.go
+++ b/pkg/shell/gatecheck.go
@@ -76,3 +76,9 @@ func GatecheckValidate(options ...OptionFunc) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("gatecheck", args...)
 	return run(cmd, o)
 }
+
+func GatecheckSubmit(options ...OptionFunc) error {
+	o := newOptions(options...)
+	cmd := exec.Command("gatecheck", "submit", "--config", o.configFilename, o.targetFilename)
+	return run(cmd, o)
+}