diff --git a/geth-poa/Makefile b/geth-poa/Makefile
index dfc01038b6..650e2a3e8e 100644
--- a/geth-poa/Makefile
+++ b/geth-poa/Makefile
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ create-docker-network:
 	else \
 		echo "Network $(DOCKER_NETWORK_NAME) already exists."; \
 	fi
+
+deploy-create2:
+	@echo "Deploying create2 deployment proxy..."
+	./util/deploy_create2.sh "http://localhost:8545"	
diff --git a/geth-poa/util/deploy_create2.sh b/geth-poa/util/deploy_create2.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..61004f5a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geth-poa/util/deploy_create2.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Deploys create2 proxy according to https://github.com/primevprotocol/deterministic-deployment-proxy
+
+set -x
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <JSON_RPC_URL>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+JSON_RPC="$1"
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
+    echo "Curl must be installed to deploy the create2 proxy" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if contract already deployed
+DATA='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCode","params":["0x4e59b44847b379578588920ca78fbf26c0b4956c", "latest"],"id":1}'
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST --data "$DATA" -H "Content-Type: application/json" $JSON_RPC)
+CODE=$(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.result')
+if [ "$CODE" != "0x" ]; then
+    echo "Contract already deployed at 0x4e59b44847b379578588920ca78fbf26c0b4956c"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "No contract deployed at 0x4e59b44847b379578588920ca78fbf26c0b4956c. Deploying..."
+fi
+
+# Check deployment signer has balance of 10000000000000000 wei allocated from genesis
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0x3fab184622dc19b6109349b94811493bf2a45362", "latest"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" $JSON_RPC)
+if [ $(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.result') != "0x2386f26fc10000" ]; then
+    echo "Deployment signer (0x3fab184622dc19b6109349b94811493bf2a45362) must have balance of 10000000000000000 wei"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Set presigned transaction 
+TRANSACTION="0xf8a58085174876e800830186a08080b853604580600e600039806000f350fe7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe03601600081602082378035828234f58015156039578182fd5b8082525050506014600cf31ba02222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222a02222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222"
+
+# deploy contract 
+curl $JSON_RPC -X 'POST' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\", \"id\":1, \"method\": \"eth_sendRawTransaction\", \"params\": [\"$TRANSACTION\"]}"
+
+sleep 5
+
+# For prod we'll have to set gas params s.t. no ether is leftover here. For now we warn
+RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0x3fab184622dc19b6109349b94811493bf2a45362", "latest"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" $JSON_RPC)
+if [ $(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.result') != "0x0" ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: Deployment signer (0x3fab184622dc19b6109349b94811493bf2a45362) has leftover balance of $(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.result') wei"
+fi