diff --git a/docker/ghd.py b/docker/ghd.py
index 57fda72..322bba0 100755
--- a/docker/ghd.py
+++ b/docker/ghd.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 from functools import wraps
+from typing import List
 
 import click
 import colorama
@@ -87,16 +88,31 @@ async def cmd_list(repo: str, verbose: bool, limit: int):
               default="Deployed via GHD",
               prompt=True,
               help="Deployment description")
+@click.option("-c", "--require-context",
+              multiple=True,
+              default=["+"],
+              help="Context required to be in success state for this deployment to run; "
+                   "use a single '-' to require no contexts, or a single '+' to require all")
 @coroutine
 async def cmd_deploy(repo: str, ref: str, environment: str, task: str, transient: bool, production: bool,
-                     description: str):
+                     description: str, require_context: List[str]):
+    if "-" in require_context:
+        if len(require_context) != 1:
+            raise RuntimeError("When not requiring any context by using '-', no other contexts must be required")
+        require_context = []
+    elif "+" in require_context:
+        if len(require_context) != 1:
+            raise RuntimeError("When requiring all contexts by using '+', no other contexts must be required")
+        require_context = None
+
     async with GitHub(repo_path=repo) as gh:
         await gh.deploy(environment=environment,
                         ref=ref or os.environ.get("GITHUB_SHA"),
                         transient=transient,
                         production=production,
                         task=task,
-                        description=description)
+                        description=description,
+                        required_contexts=require_context)
 
 
 @main_group.command(name="set-state", short_help="Set deployment state")
diff --git a/docker/github.py b/docker/github.py
index b21b9cf..5d00f33 100644
--- a/docker/github.py
+++ b/docker/github.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import sys
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 import aiohttp
 import colorama
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ async def get_deployment_statuses(self, deployment_id: int) -> list:
                       reverse=True)
 
     async def create_deployment(self, ref: str, environment: str, transient: bool, production: bool, task: str,
-                                description: str):
+                                description: str, required_contexts: Optional[List[str]]):
         return await self.post(f"/repos/{self.repo_path}/deployments", {
             "ref": ref,
             "auto_merge": False,
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ async def create_deployment(self, ref: str, environment: str, transient: bool, p
             "production_environment": production,
             "task": task,
             "description": description,
-            "required_contexts": [],  # TODO
+            "required_contexts": required_contexts,
         })
 
     async def create_deployment_status(self, deployment_id: int, state: DeploymentState, environment: str,
@@ -197,14 +198,16 @@ async def inspect(self, deployment_id: int):
 
         print(tabulate.tabulate(tbl, headers="keys"))
 
-    async def deploy(self, environment: str, ref: str, transient: bool, production: bool, task: str, description: str):
+    async def deploy(self, environment: str, ref: str, transient: bool, production: bool, task: str, description: str,
+                     required_contexts: Optional[List[str]]):
         print_info("Creating deployment")
         deployment_creation_result = await self.create_deployment(ref=ref,
                                                                   environment=environment,
                                                                   transient=transient,
                                                                   production=production,
                                                                   task=task,
-                                                                  description=description)
+                                                                  description=description,
+                                                                  required_contexts=required_contexts)
         if "id" not in deployment_creation_result:
             print(deployment_creation_result)
             raise RuntimeError()