diff --git a/integration-tests/src/mpc.rs b/integration-tests/src/mpc.rs
index 259f1c629..89264fb96 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/mpc.rs
+++ b/integration-tests/src/mpc.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use mpc_recovery::Cli;
 
 const PACKAGE: &str = "mpc-recovery";
 const PACKAGE_MULTICHAIN: &str = "mpc-recovery-node";
+const PACKAGE_CONTRACT: &str = "mpc-contract";
+const TARGET_CONTRACT: &str = "wasm32-unknown-unknown";
 
 /// NodeProcess holds onto the respective handles such that on drop, it will clean
 /// the running process, task, or thread.
@@ -37,11 +39,15 @@ fn target_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn build(release: bool) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+async fn build_package(
+    release: bool,
+    package: &str,
+    target: Option<&str>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
     let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
     cmd.arg("build")
         .arg("--package")
-        .arg(PACKAGE)
+        .arg(package)
         .envs(std::env::vars())
         .stdout(Stdio::inherit())
         .stderr(Stdio::inherit());
@@ -50,9 +56,25 @@ pub async fn build(release: bool) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
         cmd.arg("--release");
     }
 
+    if let Some(target) = target {
+        cmd.arg("--target").arg(target);
+    }
+
     Ok(cmd.spawn()?.status().await?)
 }
 
+pub async fn build(release: bool) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+    build_package(release, PACKAGE, None).await
+}
+
+pub async fn build_multichain(release: bool) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+    build_package(release, PACKAGE_MULTICHAIN, None).await
+}
+
+pub async fn build_multichain_contract() -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+    build_package(true, PACKAGE_CONTRACT, Some(TARGET_CONTRACT)).await
+}
+
 pub async fn spawn(release: bool, node: &str, cli: Cli) -> anyhow::Result<NodeProcess> {
     if cfg!(feature = "flamegraph") {
         let handle: std::thread::JoinHandle<anyhow::Result<()>> = std::thread::spawn(|| {
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/multichain/mod.rs b/integration-tests/src/multichain/mod.rs
index 911e5e4b9..d63ce483f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/multichain/mod.rs
+++ b/integration-tests/src/multichain/mod.rs
@@ -68,22 +68,31 @@ pub struct Context<'a> {
 }
 
 pub async fn setup(docker_client: &DockerClient) -> anyhow::Result<Context<'_>> {
+    if !crate::mpc::build_multichain_contract().await?.success() {
+        anyhow::bail!("failed to prebuild multichain contract");
+    }
+
+    let release = true;
+    if !crate::mpc::build_multichain(release).await?.success() {
+        anyhow::bail!("failed to prebuild multichain node service");
+    }
+
     let docker_network = NETWORK;
     docker_client.create_network(docker_network).await?;
 
     let SandboxCtx { sandbox, worker } = initialize_sandbox(docker_client, NETWORK).await?;
 
     let mpc_contract = worker
-        .dev_deploy(include_bytes!(
-            "../../../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/mpc_contract.wasm"
-        ))
+        .dev_deploy(&std::fs::read(
+            "../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/mpc_contract.wasm",
+        )?)
         .await?;
     tracing::info!(contract_id = %mpc_contract.id(), "deployed mpc contract");
 
     Ok(Context {
         docker_client,
         docker_network: docker_network.to_string(),
-        release: true,
+        release,
         sandbox,
         worker,
         mpc_contract,