diff --git a/bin/sozo/src/commands/test.rs b/bin/sozo/src/commands/test.rs
index 19f8279f18..ff7c11976a 100644
--- a/bin/sozo/src/commands/test.rs
+++ b/bin/sozo/src/commands/test.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use cairo_lang_starknet::starknet_plugin_suite;
 use cairo_lang_test_plugin::test_plugin_suite;
 use cairo_lang_test_runner::{CompiledTestRunner, RunProfilerConfig, TestCompiler, TestRunConfig};
 use clap::Args;
-use dojo_lang::compiler::{collect_core_crate_ids, collect_external_crate_ids, Props};
+use dojo_lang::compiler::{collect_core_crate_ids, collect_crate_ids, Props};
 use dojo_lang::plugin::dojo_plugin_suite;
 use dojo_lang::scarb_internal::crates_config_for_compilation_unit;
 use scarb::compiler::helpers::collect_main_crate_ids;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl TestArgs {
             }
 
             if let Some(external_contracts) = props.build_external_contracts {
-                main_crate_ids.extend(collect_external_crate_ids(&db, external_contracts));
+                main_crate_ids.extend(collect_crate_ids(&db, external_contracts));
             }
 
             let config = TestRunConfig {
diff --git a/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs b/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
index 653aab250e..a38eacba3c 100644
--- a/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/dojo-lang/src/compiler.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pub struct DojoCompiler;
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct Props {
     pub build_external_contracts: Option<Vec<ContractSelector>>,
+    pub skip_migration: Option<Vec<ContractSelector>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -157,7 +158,14 @@ impl Compiler for DojoCompiler {
             compiled_classes.insert(contract_full_path.into(), (class_hash, class.abi));
         }
 
-        update_manifest(db, ws, &main_crate_ids, compiled_classes, props.build_external_contracts)?;
+        update_manifest(
+            db,
+            ws,
+            &main_crate_ids,
+            compiled_classes,
+            props.build_external_contracts,
+            props.skip_migration,
+        )?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
@@ -220,11 +228,8 @@ pub fn collect_core_crate_ids(db: &RootDatabase) -> Vec<CrateId> {
     .collect::<Vec<_>>()
 }
 
-pub fn collect_external_crate_ids(
-    db: &RootDatabase,
-    external_contracts: Vec<ContractSelector>,
-) -> Vec<CrateId> {
-    external_contracts
+pub fn collect_crate_ids(db: &RootDatabase, contracts: Vec<ContractSelector>) -> Vec<CrateId> {
+    contracts
         .iter()
         .map(|selector| selector.package().into())
         .unique()
@@ -238,6 +243,7 @@ fn update_manifest(
     crate_ids: &[CrateId],
     compiled_artifacts: HashMap<SmolStr, (FieldElement, Option<abi::Contract>)>,
     external_contracts: Option<Vec<ContractSelector>>,
+    skip_migration: Option<Vec<ContractSelector>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let profile_name =
         ws.current_profile().expect("Scarb profile expected to be defined.").to_string();
@@ -288,10 +294,17 @@ fn update_manifest(
     let mut computed = BTreeMap::new();
 
     if let Some(external_contracts) = external_contracts {
-        let external_crate_ids = collect_external_crate_ids(db, external_contracts);
+        let external_crate_ids = collect_crate_ids(db, external_contracts);
         crate_ids.extend(external_crate_ids);
     }
 
+    if let Some(skip_contracts) = skip_migration {
+        let skip_crate_ids = collect_crate_ids(db, skip_contracts);
+
+        // remove crate_ids present in `skip_crate_ids`
+        crate_ids.retain(|id| !skip_crate_ids.contains(id))
+    }
+
     for crate_id in crate_ids {
         for module_id in db.crate_modules(crate_id).as_ref() {
             let file_infos = db.module_generated_file_infos(*module_id).unwrap_or_default();
diff --git a/examples/spawn-and-move/Scarb.toml b/examples/spawn-and-move/Scarb.toml
index 8a1e9613e9..80d8f45c94 100644
--- a/examples/spawn-and-move/Scarb.toml
+++ b/examples/spawn-and-move/Scarb.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ dojo = { path = "../../crates/dojo-core" }
 
 [[target.dojo]]
 build-external-contracts = [  ]
+skip-migration = [  ]
 
 [tool.dojo.world]
 description = "example world"