diff --git a/lib/contracts/compiler.js b/lib/contracts/compiler.js
index eb82a9b36..054e6bf22 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/compiler.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/compiler.js
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 /*jshint esversion: 6, loopfunc: true */
 let async = require('../utils/async_extend.js');
-let SolcW = require('./solcW.js');
 
 class Compiler {
   constructor(options) {
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
     this.logger = options.logger;
-    this.solcVersion = options.solcVersion;
-    this.contractDirectories = options.contractDirectories;
   }
 
   compile_contracts(contractFiles, cb) {
-
-    let available_compilers = {
-      //".se": this.compile_serpent
-      ".sol": this.compile_solidity.bind(this)
-    };
+    let available_compilers = {};
 
     if (this.plugins) {
       let compilerPlugins = this.plugins.getPluginsFor('compilers');
@@ -48,90 +41,6 @@ class Compiler {
       }
     );
   }
-
-  compile_solidity(contractFiles, cb) {
-    let self = this;
-    let input = {};
-    let solcW;
-    async.waterfall([
-      function prepareInput(callback) {
-        async.each(contractFiles,
-                   function(file, fileCb) {
-                     let filename = file.filename;
-
-                     for (let directory of self.contractDirectories) {
-                       filename = filename.replace(directory, '');
-                     }
-
-                     file.content(function(fileContent) {
-                      input[filename] = fileContent;
-                      fileCb();
-                     });
-                   },
-                   function (err) {
-                     callback(err);
-                   }
-        );
-      },
-      function loadCompiler(callback) {
-        // TODO: there ino need to load this twice
-        solcW = new SolcW({logger: self.logger, solcVersion: self.solcVersion});
-        if (solcW.isCompilerLoaded()) {
-          return callback();
-        }
-
-        self.logger.info("loading solc compiler..");
-        solcW.load_compiler(function (err) {
-          callback(err);
-        });
-      },
-      function compileContracts(callback) {
-        self.logger.info("compiling contracts...");
-        solcW.compile({sources: input}, 1, function (output) {
-          if (output.errors) {
-            for (let i=0; i<output.errors; i++) {
-              if (output.errors[i].indexOf('Warning:') >= 0) {
-                return callback(new Error("Solidity errors: " + output.errors).message);
-              }
-            }
-            self.logger.warn(output.errors.join('\n'));
-          }
-          callback(null, output);
-        });
-      },
-      function createCompiledObject(output, callback) {
-        let json = output.contracts;
-
-        let compiled_object = {};
-
-        for (let contractName in json) {
-          let contract = json[contractName];
-
-          // Pull out filename:classname
-          // [0] filename:classname
-          // [1] filename
-          // [2] classname
-          const regex = /(.*):(.*)/;
-          const className = contractName.match(regex)[2];
-          const filename = contractName.match(regex)[1];
-
-          compiled_object[className] = {};
-          compiled_object[className].code = contract.bytecode;
-          compiled_object[className].runtimeBytecode = contract.runtimeBytecode;
-          compiled_object[className].realRuntimeBytecode = contract.runtimeBytecode.slice(0, -68);
-          compiled_object[className].swarmHash = contract.runtimeBytecode.slice(-68).slice(0, 64);
-          compiled_object[className].gasEstimates = contract.gasEstimates;
-          compiled_object[className].functionHashes = contract.functionHashes;
-          compiled_object[className].abiDefinition = JSON.parse(contract.interface);
-          compiled_object[className].filename = filename;
-        }
-
-        callback(null, compiled_object);
-      }
-    ], function (err, result) {
-      cb(err, result);
-    });
-  }
 }
 
 module.exports = Compiler;
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 8c7616f41..00a26059f 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -8,17 +8,10 @@ let Compiler = require('./compiler.js');
 class ContractsManager {
   constructor(options) {
     this.contractFiles = options.contractFiles;
-    this.contractDirectories = options.contractDirectories;
     this.contractsConfig = options.contractsConfig;
     this.contracts = {};
     this.logger = options.logger;
     this.plugins = options.plugins;
-    if (!options.contractsConfig.versions) {
-      this.solcVersion = "0.4.17";
-    } else {
-      this.solcVersion = options.contractsConfig.versions.solc;
-    }
-
     this.contractDependencies = {};
   }
 
@@ -26,7 +19,7 @@ class ContractsManager {
     let self = this;
     async.waterfall([
       function compileContracts(callback) {
-        let compiler = new Compiler({plugins: self.plugins, logger: self.logger, solcVersion: self.solcVersion, contractDirectories: self.contractDirectories});
+        let compiler = new Compiler({plugins: self.plugins, logger: self.logger});
         compiler.compile_contracts(self.contractFiles, function (err, compiledObject) {
           self.compiledContracts = compiledObject;
           callback(err);
diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index 9614af1f7..975abae0c 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class DeployManager {
       function buildContracts(callback) {
         let contractsManager = new ContractsManager({
           contractFiles: self.config.contractsFiles,
-          contractDirectories: self.config.contractDirectories,
           contractsConfig: self.config.contractsConfig,
           logger: self.logger,
           plugins: self.plugins
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index 050c7528d..d689f3fef 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ class Engine {
     this.servicesMonitor.startMonitor();
   }
 
+  registerModule(moduleName, options) {
+    this.plugins.loadInternalPlugin(moduleName, options);
+  }
+
   startService(serviceName, _options) {
     let options = _options || {};
 
@@ -124,6 +128,12 @@ class Engine {
 
   deploymentService(options) {
     let self = this;
+
+    this.registerModule('solidity', {
+      solcVersion: self.config.contractsConfig.solcVersion,
+      contractDirectories: self.config.contractDirectories
+    });
+
     this.deployManager = new DeployManager({
       web3: options.web3 || self.web3,
       trackContracts: options.trackContracts,
diff --git a/lib/core/plugin.js b/lib/core/plugin.js
index 45a498f07..592723744 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugin.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
 // TODO: pass other params like blockchainConfig, contract files, etc..
 var Plugin = function(options) {
   this.name = options.name;
+  this.isInternal = options.isInternal;
   this.pluginModule = options.pluginModule;
   this.pluginPath = options.pluginPath;
   this.pluginConfig = options.pluginConfig;
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ Plugin.prototype.loadPlugin = function() {
   (this.pluginModule.call(this, this));
 };
 
+Plugin.prototype.loadInternalPlugin = function() {
+  new this.pluginModule(this, this.pluginConfig);
+};
+
 Plugin.prototype.loadPluginFile = function(filename) {
   return fs.readFileSync(this.pathToFile(filename)).toString();
 };
diff --git a/lib/core/plugins.js b/lib/core/plugins.js
index c3319183a..d2ba61b82 100644
--- a/lib/core/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/core/plugins.js
@@ -27,11 +27,20 @@ Plugins.prototype.listPlugins = function() {
   return list;
 };
 
+Plugins.prototype.loadInternalPlugin = function(pluginName, pluginConfig) {
+  var pluginPath = utils.joinPath('../modules/', pluginName, 'index.js');
+  var plugin = require(pluginPath);
+
+  var pluginWrapper = new Plugin({name: pluginName, pluginModule: plugin, pluginConfig: pluginConfig, logger: this.logger, pluginPath: pluginPath, interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs, events: this.events, config: this.config, isInternal: true});
+  pluginWrapper.loadInternalPlugin();
+  this.plugins.push(pluginWrapper);
+};
+
 Plugins.prototype.loadPlugin = function(pluginName, pluginConfig) {
   var pluginPath = utils.joinPath(process.env.PWD, 'node_modules', pluginName);
   var plugin = require(pluginPath);
 
-  var pluginWrapper = new Plugin({name: pluginName, pluginModule: plugin, pluginConfig: pluginConfig, logger: this.logger, pluginPath: pluginPath, interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs, events: this.events, config: this.config});
+  var pluginWrapper = new Plugin({name: pluginName, pluginModule: plugin, pluginConfig: pluginConfig, logger: this.logger, pluginPath: pluginPath, interceptLogs: this.interceptLogs, events: this.events, config: this.config, isInternal: false});
   pluginWrapper.loadPlugin();
   this.plugins.push(pluginWrapper);
 };
diff --git a/lib/modules/solidity/index.js b/lib/modules/solidity/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2087268bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modules/solidity/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+let async = require('../../utils/async_extend.js');
+let SolcW = require('./solcW.js');
+
+class Solidity {
+
+  constructor(embark, options) {
+    this.logger = embark.logger;
+    this.solcVersion = options.solcVersion;
+    this.contractDirectories = options.contractDirectories;
+
+    embark.registerCompiler(".sol", this.compile_solidity.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  compile_solidity(contractFiles, cb) {
+    let self = this;
+    let input = {};
+    let solcW;
+    async.waterfall([
+      function prepareInput(callback) {
+        async.each(contractFiles,
+                   function(file, fileCb) {
+                     let filename = file.filename;
+
+                     for (let directory of self.contractDirectories) {
+                       filename = filename.replace(directory, '');
+                     }
+
+                     file.content(function(fileContent) {
+                      input[filename] = fileContent;
+                      fileCb();
+                     });
+                   },
+                   function (err) {
+                     callback(err);
+                   }
+        );
+      },
+      function loadCompiler(callback) {
+        // TODO: there ino need to load this twice
+        solcW = new SolcW({logger: self.logger, solcVersion: self.solcVersion});
+        if (solcW.isCompilerLoaded()) {
+          return callback();
+        }
+
+        self.logger.info("loading solc compiler..");
+        solcW.load_compiler(function (err) {
+          callback(err);
+        });
+      },
+      function compileContracts(callback) {
+        self.logger.info("compiling contracts...");
+        solcW.compile({sources: input}, 1, function (output) {
+          if (output.errors) {
+            for (let i=0; i<output.errors; i++) {
+              if (output.errors[i].indexOf('Warning:') >= 0) {
+                return callback(new Error("Solidity errors: " + output.errors).message);
+              }
+            }
+            self.logger.warn(output.errors.join('\n'));
+          }
+          callback(null, output);
+        });
+      },
+      function createCompiledObject(output, callback) {
+        let json = output.contracts;
+
+        let compiled_object = {};
+
+        for (let contractName in json) {
+          let contract = json[contractName];
+
+          // Pull out filename:classname
+          // [0] filename:classname
+          // [1] filename
+          // [2] classname
+          const regex = /(.*):(.*)/;
+          const className = contractName.match(regex)[2];
+          const filename = contractName.match(regex)[1];
+
+          compiled_object[className] = {};
+          compiled_object[className].code = contract.bytecode;
+          compiled_object[className].runtimeBytecode = contract.runtimeBytecode;
+          compiled_object[className].realRuntimeBytecode = contract.runtimeBytecode.slice(0, -68);
+          compiled_object[className].swarmHash = contract.runtimeBytecode.slice(-68).slice(0, 64);
+          compiled_object[className].gasEstimates = contract.gasEstimates;
+          compiled_object[className].functionHashes = contract.functionHashes;
+          compiled_object[className].abiDefinition = JSON.parse(contract.interface);
+          compiled_object[className].filename = filename;
+        }
+
+        callback(null, compiled_object);
+      }
+    ], function (err, result) {
+      cb(err, result);
+    });
+  }
+
+}
+
+module.exports = Solidity;
diff --git a/lib/contracts/solcP.js b/lib/modules/solidity/solcP.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/contracts/solcP.js
rename to lib/modules/solidity/solcP.js
diff --git a/lib/contracts/solcW.js b/lib/modules/solidity/solcW.js
similarity index 89%
rename from lib/contracts/solcW.js
rename to lib/modules/solidity/solcW.js
index a801d1ec3..d557187ab 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/solcW.js
+++ b/lib/modules/solidity/solcW.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-let utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
+let utils = require('../../utils/utils.js');
 let solcProcess;
 let compilerLoaded = false;
-var Npm = require('../pipeline/npm.js');
+var Npm = require('../../pipeline/npm.js');
 let path = require('path');
-let currentSolcVersion = require('../../package.json').dependencies.solc;
+let currentSolcVersion = require('../../../package.json').dependencies.solc;
 
 class SolcW {