diff --git a/cmd/compose.go b/cmd/compose.go
index f92db41a..00694ce8 100644
--- a/cmd/compose.go
+++ b/cmd/compose.go
@@ -188,5 +188,6 @@ func prepConfig() {
 		FileName:     viper.GetString("exporter.name"),
 		Save:         viper.GetBool("exporter.save"),
 		Home:         viper.GetString("exporter.home"),
+		WriteOnly:    viper.GetBool("exporter.writeOnly"),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/contractWatcher.go b/cmd/contractWatcher.go
index 2e2a8814..11238869 100644
--- a/cmd/contractWatcher.go
+++ b/cmd/contractWatcher.go
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	st "github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/libraries/shared/transformer"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 	ft "github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/contract_watcher/full/transformer"
 	ht "github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/contract_watcher/header/transformer"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/utils"
diff --git a/pkg/config/contract.go b/pkg/config/contract.go
index 50b8366a..baa588a5 100644
--- a/pkg/config/contract.go
+++ b/pkg/config/contract.go
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/geth"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 // Config struct for generic contract transformer
diff --git a/pkg/config/plugin.go b/pkg/config/plugin.go
index fad07cbc..55e94053 100644
--- a/pkg/config/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/config/plugin.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type Plugin struct {
 	FileName     string
 	Save         bool
 	Home         string
+	WriteOnly    bool
 }
 
 type Transformer struct {
diff --git a/pkg/config/plugin_test.go b/pkg/config/plugin_test.go
index 1d1616bb..847f8e40 100644
--- a/pkg/config/plugin_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/plugin_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 package config_test
 
 import (
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 )
 
 var allDifferentPathsConfig = config.Plugin{
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/composer/composer.go b/pkg/plugin/composer/composer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19cef9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/plugin/composer/composer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// VulcanizeDB
+// Copyright © 2019 Vulcanize
+
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package composer
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/helpers"
+)
+
+type composer struct {
+	GenConfig    config.Plugin
+	dependencies []string
+	tmpVenDirs   []string // Keep track of temp vendor directories
+	goFile       string   // Keep track of goFile name
+}
+
+// Requires populated plugin config
+func NewPluginComposer(gc config.Plugin) *composer {
+	return &composer{
+		GenConfig:  gc,
+		tmpVenDirs: make([]string, 0),
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *composer) BuildPlugin() error {
+	// Get plugin .go and .so file paths
+	var err error
+	b.goFile, _, err = b.GenConfig.GetPluginPaths()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// setup env to build plugin
+	return b.setupComposeEnv()
+}
+
+// Sets up temporary vendor libs needed for plugin build
+// This is to work around a conflict between plugins and vendoring (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20481)
+func (b *composer) setupComposeEnv() error {
+	// TODO: Less hacky way of handling plugin build deps
+	vendorPath, err := helpers.CleanPath(filepath.Join("$GOPATH/src", b.GenConfig.Home, "vendor"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	repoPaths := b.GenConfig.GetRepoPaths()
+
+	// Import transformer dependencies so that we can build our plugin
+	for importPath := range repoPaths {
+		dst := filepath.Join(vendorPath, importPath)
+		src, cleanErr := helpers.CleanPath(filepath.Join("$GOPATH/src", importPath))
+		if cleanErr != nil {
+			return cleanErr
+		}
+
+		copyErr := helpers.CopyDir(src, dst, "vendor")
+		if copyErr != nil {
+			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("unable to copy transformer dependency from %s to %s: %v", src, dst, copyErr))
+		}
+
+		// Have to clear out the copied over vendor lib or plugin won't build (see issue above)
+		removeErr := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(dst, "vendor"))
+		if removeErr != nil {
+			return removeErr
+		}
+		// Keep track of this vendor directory to clear later
+		b.tmpVenDirs = append(b.tmpVenDirs, dst)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *composer) CleanUp() error {
+	for _, venDir := range c.tmpVenDirs {
+		err := os.RemoveAll(venDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/generator.go b/pkg/plugin/generator.go
index 7b3310f2..ae9d2f2f 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/generator.go
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package plugin
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/builder"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/composer"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/manager"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/writer"
 )
@@ -40,11 +42,16 @@ func NewGenerator(gc config.Plugin, dbc config.Database) (*generator, error) {
 	if len(gc.Transformers) < 1 {
 		return nil, errors.New("plugin generator is not configured with any transformers")
 	}
-	return &generator{
+	gen := &generator{
 		PluginWriter:     writer.NewPluginWriter(gc),
-		PluginBuilder:    builder.NewPluginBuilder(gc),
 		MigrationManager: manager.NewMigrationManager(gc, dbc),
-	}, nil
+	}
+	if gc.WriteOnly {
+		gen.PluginBuilder = composer.NewPluginComposer(gc)
+	} else {
+		gen.PluginBuilder = builder.NewPluginBuilder(gc)
+	}
+	return gen, nil
 }
 
 // Generates plugin for the transformer initializers specified in the generator config
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go b/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
index 0b526b6e..f627c033 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/manager/manager.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 	"github.com/pressly/goose"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/vulcanize/vulcanizedb/pkg/plugin/helpers"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // Interface for managing the db migrations for plugin transformers