diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 5f28a0992..c8b8e4efe 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         "no-labels": "error",
         "no-lone-blocks": "error",
         "no-lonely-if": "off",
-        "no-loop-func": "error",
+        "no-loop-func": "off",
         "no-magic-numbers": "off",
         "no-mixed-operators": "error",
         "no-mixed-requires": "error",
diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 09cafcc3d..9940e8098 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ class ContractsManager {
               self.contractDependencies[className].push(arg.substr(1));
             }
           }
+
+          // look in onDeploy for dependencies
+          if (contract.onDeploy === [] || contract.onDeploy === undefined) continue;
+          let regex = /\$\w+/g;
+          contract.onDeploy.map((cmd) => {
+            cmd.replace(regex, (match) => {
+              self.contractDependencies[className] = self.contractDependencies[className] || [];
+              self.contractDependencies[className].push(match.substr(1));
+            });
+          });
         }
         callback();
       }