diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index 6b12bc67..36ee2d9c 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 let toposort = require('toposort');
 let async = require('async');
 
-let Compiler = require('./compiler.js');
 let utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
 const constants = require('../constants');
 
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ class ContractsManager {
     let self = this;
     async.waterfall([
       function compileContracts(callback) {
-        let compiler = new Compiler({plugins: self.plugins, logger: self.logger});
-        compiler.compile_contracts(self.contractFiles, function (err, compiledObject) {
+        self.events.request("compiler:contracts", self.contractFiles, function (err, compiledObject) {
           self.compiledContracts = compiledObject;
           callback(err);
         });
diff --git a/lib/core/engine.js b/lib/core/engine.js
index e6709a23..67661fb7 100644
--- a/lib/core/engine.js
+++ b/lib/core/engine.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const Events = require('./events.js');
 const Logger = require('./logger.js');
 const Config = require('./config.js');
 const Blockchain = require('../contracts/blockchain.js');
+const Compiler = require('../contracts/compiler.js');
 const ContractsManager = require('../contracts/contracts.js');
 const DeployManager = require('../contracts/deploy_manager.js');
 const CodeGenerator = require('../contracts/code_generator.js');
@@ -192,6 +193,11 @@ class Engine {
   deploymentService(options) {
     let self = this;
 
+    let compiler = new Compiler({plugins: self.plugins, logger: self.logger});
+    this.events.setCommandHandler("compiler:contracts", function(contractFiles, cb) {
+      compiler.compile_contracts(contractFiles, cb);
+    });
+
     this.registerModule('solidity', {
       contractDirectories: self.config.contractDirectories
     });