diff --git a/lib/tests/test.js b/lib/tests/test.js
index e642e7eb..b0c9c66f 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test.js
+++ b/lib/tests/test.js
@@ -321,6 +321,21 @@ class Test {
       function resetContracts(next) {
         self.engine.events.request("contracts:reset:dependencies", next);
       },
+      function compileContracts(next) {
+        if (Object.keys(self.builtContracts).length > 0) {
+          return next();
+        }
+        console.info('Compiling contracts'.cyan);
+        self.engine.contractsManager.build(() => {
+          self.builtContracts = cloneDeep(self.engine.contractsManager.contracts);
+          let className;
+          for (className in self.builtContracts) {
+            self.builtContracts[className].dependencyCount = null;
+          }
+          self.compiledContracts = cloneDeep(self.engine.contractsManager.compiledContracts);
+          next();
+        });
+      },
       function deploy(next) {
         self._deploy(options, (err, accounts) => {
           if (err) {