diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 13efc8948..14fc8f35c 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class ContractsManager {
         self.logger.trace(self.contracts);
         callback();
       },
+      // TODO: needs refactoring, has gotten too complex
       /*eslint complexity: ["error", 16]*/
       /*eslint max-depth: ["error", 16]*/
       function determineDependencies(callback) {
@@ -162,7 +163,15 @@ class ContractsManager {
 
           // look in arguments for dependencies
           if (contract.args === []) continue;
-          let ref = contract.args;
+
+          let ref;
+          if (Array.isArray(contract.args)) {
+            ref = contract.args;
+          } else {
+            let keys = Object.keys(contract.args);
+            ref = keys.map((k) => contract.args[k]).filter((x) => !x);
+          }
+
           for (let j = 0; j < ref.length; j++) {
             let arg = ref[j];
             if (arg[0] === "$") {
diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy.js b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
index ad8a0215b..d6f6636e2 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy.js
@@ -24,11 +24,26 @@ class Deploy {
     }, cb);
   }
 
-  determineArguments(suppliedArgs) {
+  determineArguments(suppliedArgs, contract) {
     let realArgs = [], l, arg, contractName, referedContract;
 
-    for (l = 0; l < suppliedArgs.length; l++) {
-      arg = suppliedArgs[l];
+    let args = suppliedArgs;
+
+    if (!Array.isArray(args)) {
+      args = [];
+      let abi = contract.abiDefinition.find((abi) => abi.type === 'constructor');
+
+      for (let input of abi.inputs) {
+        let inputValue = suppliedArgs[input.name];
+        if (!inputValue) {
+          this.logger.error(input.name + " has not been defined for " + contract.className + " constructor");
+        }
+        args.push(inputValue || "");
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (l = 0; l < args.length; l++) {
+      arg = args[l];
       if (arg[0] === "$") {
         contractName = arg.substr(1);
         referedContract = this.contractsManager.getContract(contractName);
@@ -63,7 +78,7 @@ class Deploy {
       return callback();
     }
 
-    realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args);
+    realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args, contract);
 
     if (contract.address !== undefined) {
       try {
@@ -119,7 +134,7 @@ class Deploy {
 
   contractToDeploy(contract, params, callback) {
     const self = this;
-    let realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args);
+    let realArgs = self.determineArguments(params || contract.args, contract);
 
     this.deployContract(contract, realArgs, function (err, address) {
       if (err) {
diff --git a/test_app/app/contracts/contract_args.sol b/test_app/app/contracts/contract_args.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bf7a2d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_app/app/contracts/contract_args.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+contract ContractArgs {
+  address public addr_1;
+  address public addr_2;
+  uint public value;
+
+  function() public payable { }
+
+  function ContractArgs(address[] _addresses, uint initialValue) public {
+    addr_1 = _addresses[0];
+    addr_2 = _addresses[1];
+    value = initialValue;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/test_app/config/contracts.json b/test_app/config/contracts.json
index 633a227ec..c15d84b00 100644
--- a/test_app/config/contracts.json
+++ b/test_app/config/contracts.json
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
       "MyToken3": {
         "instanceOf": "Tokn"
       },
+      "ContractArgs": {
+        "args": {
+          "initialValue": 123,
+          "_addresses": ["$MyToken2", "$SimpleStorage"]
+        }
+      },
       "SomeContract": {
         "args": [
           ["$MyToken2", "$SimpleStorage"],