diff --git a/lib/contracts.js b/lib/contracts.js
index edd6146c..1a982204 100644
--- a/lib/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts.js
@@ -177,11 +177,23 @@ ContractsManager.prototype.contractsState = function() {
   for(var className in this.contracts) {
     var contract = this.contracts[className];
 
-    data.push([
-      className.green,
-      (contract.deployedAddress || '...').green,
-      ((contract.deployedAddress !== undefined) ? "\t\tDeployed".green : "\t\tPending".magenta)
-    ]);
+    var contractData;
+
+    if (contract.deploy === false) {
+      contractData = [
+        className.green,
+        'Interface or set to not deploy'.green,
+        "n/a".green
+      ]
+    } else {
+      contractData = [
+        className.green,
+        (contract.deployedAddress || '...').green,
+        ((contract.deployedAddress !== undefined) ? "\t\tDeployed".green : "\t\tPending".magenta)
+      ]
+    }
+
+    data.push(contractData);
   }
 
   return data;
diff --git a/lib/deploy.js b/lib/deploy.js
index 6003d37b..0fdaf4b3 100644
--- a/lib/deploy.js
+++ b/lib/deploy.js
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ var Deploy = function(options) {
 Deploy.prototype.checkAndDeployContract = function(contract, params, callback) {
   var self = this;
 
+  if (contract.deploy === false) {
+    self.logger.contractsState(self.contractsManager.contractsState());
+    return callback();
+  }
+
   if (contract.address !== undefined) {
 
     // determine arguments