diff --git a/lib/i18n/locales/en.json b/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
index f23f3a219..58593c9f5 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -127,5 +127,11 @@
 	"Cannot upload: {{platform}} node is not running on {{protocol}}://{{host}}:{{port}}.": "Cannot upload: {{platform}} node is not running on {{protocol}}://{{host}}:{{port}}.",
 	"Error while downloading the file": "Error while downloading the file",
 	"Error while loading the content of ": "Error while loading the content of ",
-	"no contracts found": "no contracts found"
+	"no contracts found": "no contracts found",
+	"Installing packages...": "Installing packages...",
+	"Next steps:": "Next steps:",
+	"open another console in the same directory and run": "open another console in the same directory and run",
+	"For more info go to http://embark.status.im": "For more info go to http://embark.status.im",
+	"%s is not installed on your machine": "%s is not installed on your machine",
+	"You can install it by visiting: %s": "You can install it by visiting: %s"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/modules/vyper/index.js b/lib/modules/vyper/index.js
index c80515311..1d2da9b8c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/vyper/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/vyper/index.js
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class Vyper {
       return cb();
     }
     self.logger.info(__("compiling Vyper contracts") + "...");
+    
+    const vyper = shelljs.which('vyper');
+    if (!vyper) {
+      self.logger.warn(__('%s is not installed on your machine', 'Vyper'));
+      self.logger.info(__('You can install it by visiting: %s', 'https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-vyper.html'));
+      return cb();
+    }
+    
     const compiled_object = {};
     async.each(contractFiles,
       function (file, fileCb) {