diff --git a/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts b/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
index 4234deb85..120b84fbf 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/src/builders.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   publicKeyToAddress,
   pubKeyfromPrivKey,
   publicKeyFromBuffer,
+  createStacksPublicKey,
 } from './keys';
 
 import { TransactionSigner } from './signer';
@@ -672,12 +673,10 @@ export async function makeSTXTokenTransfer(
 /**
  * Contract deploy transaction options
  */
-export interface ContractDeployOptions {
+export interface BaseContractDeployOptions {
   contractName: string;
   /** the Clarity code to be deployed */
   codeBody: string;
-  /** a hex string of the private key of the transaction sender */
-  senderKey: string;
   /** transaction fee in microstacks */
   fee?: IntegerType;
   /** the transaction nonce, which must be increased monotonically with each new transaction */
@@ -696,6 +695,16 @@ export interface ContractDeployOptions {
   sponsored?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface ContractDeployOptions extends BaseContractDeployOptions {
+  /** a hex string of the private key of the transaction sender */
+  senderKey: string;
+}
+
+export interface UnsignedContractDeployOptions extends BaseContractDeployOptions {
+  /** a hex string of the public key of the transaction sender */
+  publicKey: string;
+}
+
 /**
  * @deprecated Use the new {@link estimateTransaction} function insterad.
  *
@@ -761,6 +770,23 @@ export async function estimateContractDeploy(
  */
 export async function makeContractDeploy(
   txOptions: ContractDeployOptions
+): Promise<StacksTransaction> {
+  const privKey = createStacksPrivateKey(txOptions.senderKey);
+  const stacksPublicKey = getPublicKey(privKey);
+  const publicKey = publicKeyToString(stacksPublicKey);
+  const unsignedTxOptions: UnsignedContractDeployOptions = { ...txOptions, publicKey };
+  const transaction: StacksTransaction = await makeUnsignedContractDeploy(unsignedTxOptions);
+
+  if (txOptions.senderKey) {
+    const signer = new TransactionSigner(transaction);
+    signer.signOrigin(privKey);
+  }
+
+  return transaction;
+}
+
+export async function makeUnsignedContractDeploy(
+  txOptions: UnsignedContractDeployOptions
 ): Promise<StacksTransaction> {
   const defaultOptions = {
     fee: BigInt(0),
@@ -775,8 +801,7 @@ export async function makeContractDeploy(
   const payload = createSmartContractPayload(options.contractName, options.codeBody);
 
   const addressHashMode = AddressHashMode.SerializeP2PKH;
-  const privKey = createStacksPrivateKey(options.senderKey);
-  const pubKey = getPublicKey(privKey);
+  const pubKey = createStacksPublicKey(options.publicKey);
 
   let authorization = null;
 
@@ -827,11 +852,6 @@ export async function makeContractDeploy(
     transaction.setNonce(txNonce);
   }
 
-  if (options.senderKey) {
-    const signer = new TransactionSigner(transaction);
-    signer.signOrigin(privKey);
-  }
-
   return transaction;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts b/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
index d356488da..c632eeed1 100644
--- a/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transactions/tests/builder.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import {
   makeUnsignedSTXTokenTransfer,
   makeContractDeploy,
+  makeUnsignedContractDeploy,
   makeContractCall,
   makeStandardSTXPostCondition,
   makeContractSTXPostCondition,
@@ -630,6 +631,67 @@ test('Make smart contract deploy', async () => {
   expect(serialized).toBe(tx);
 });
 
+test('Make smart contract deploy unsigned', async () => {
+  const contractName = 'kv-store';
+  const codeBody = fs.readFileSync('./tests/contracts/kv-store.clar').toString();
+  const publicKey = '03797dd653040d344fd048c1ad05d4cbcb2178b30c6a0c4276994795f3e833da41';
+  const fee = 0;
+  const nonce = 0;
+
+  const authType = AuthType.Standard;
+  const addressHashMode = AddressHashMode.SerializeP2PKH;
+  const transaction = await makeUnsignedContractDeploy({
+    contractName,
+    codeBody,
+    publicKey,
+    fee,
+    nonce,
+    network: new StacksTestnet(),
+    anchorMode: AnchorMode.Any
+  });
+
+  const serializedTx = transaction.serialize();
+
+  const bufferReader = new BufferReader(serializedTx);
+  const deserializedTx = deserializeTransaction(bufferReader);
+
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.authType).toBe(authType);
+
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.hashMode).toBe(addressHashMode);
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.nonce!.toString()).toBe(nonce.toString());
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.fee!.toString()).toBe(fee.toString());
+});
+
+test('Make smart contract deploy signed', async () => {
+  const contractName = 'kv-store';
+  const codeBody = fs.readFileSync('./tests/contracts/kv-store.clar').toString();
+  const senderKey = 'e494f188c2d35887531ba474c433b1e41fadd8eb824aca983447fd4bb8b277a801';
+  const fee = 0;
+  const nonce = 0;
+
+  const authType = AuthType.Standard;
+  const addressHashMode = AddressHashMode.SerializeP2PKH;
+  const transaction = await makeContractDeploy({
+    contractName,
+    codeBody,
+    senderKey,
+    fee,
+    nonce,
+    network: new StacksTestnet(),
+    anchorMode: AnchorMode.Any
+  });
+
+  const serializedTx = transaction.serialize();
+
+  const bufferReader = new BufferReader(serializedTx);
+  const deserializedTx = deserializeTransaction(bufferReader);
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.authType).toBe(authType);
+
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.hashMode).toBe(addressHashMode);
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.nonce!.toString()).toBe(nonce.toString());
+  expect(deserializedTx.auth.spendingCondition!.fee!.toString()).toBe(fee.toString());
+});
+
 test('Make contract-call', async () => {
   const contractAddress = 'ST3KC0MTNW34S1ZXD36JYKFD3JJMWA01M55DSJ4JE';
   const contractName = 'kv-store';