diff --git a/packages/hardhat-plugin-ethers/src/ethers-ignition-helper.ts b/packages/hardhat-plugin-ethers/src/ethers-ignition-helper.ts
index 944ee05be..fef38dfc2 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-plugin-ethers/src/ethers-ignition-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-plugin-ethers/src/ethers-ignition-helper.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   HardhatArtifactResolver,
+  PrettyEventHandler,
   errorDeploymentResultToExceptionMessage,
   resolveDeploymentId,
 } from "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ignition/helpers";
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class EthersIgnitionHelper {
       strategy,
       strategyConfig,
       deploymentId: givenDeploymentId = undefined,
+      displayUi = false,
     }: {
       parameters?: DeploymentParameters;
       config?: Partial<DeployConfig>;
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ export class EthersIgnitionHelper {
       strategy?: StrategyT;
       strategyConfig?: StrategyConfig[StrategyT];
       deploymentId?: string;
+      displayUi?: boolean;
     } = {
       parameters: {},
       config: {},
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ export class EthersIgnitionHelper {
       strategy: undefined,
       strategyConfig: undefined,
       deploymentId: undefined,
+      displayUi: undefined,
     }
   ): Promise<
     IgnitionModuleResultsTToEthersContracts<
@@ -134,10 +138,15 @@ export class EthersIgnitionHelper {
             deploymentId
           );
 
+    const executionEventListener = displayUi
+      ? new PrettyEventHandler()
+      : undefined;
+
     const result = await deploy({
       config: resolvedConfig,
       provider: this._provider,
       deploymentDir,
+      executionEventListener,
       artifactResolver,
       ignitionModule,
       deploymentParameters: parameters,
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-plugin-viem/src/viem-ignition-helper.ts b/packages/hardhat-plugin-viem/src/viem-ignition-helper.ts
index 52c492aa1..239243381 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-plugin-viem/src/viem-ignition-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-plugin-viem/src/viem-ignition-helper.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { GetContractReturnType } from "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-viem/types"
 
 import {
   HardhatArtifactResolver,
+  PrettyEventHandler,
   errorDeploymentResultToExceptionMessage,
   resolveDeploymentId,
 } from "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ignition/helpers";
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export class ViemIgnitionHelper {
       strategy,
       strategyConfig,
       deploymentId: givenDeploymentId = undefined,
+      displayUi = false,
     }: {
       parameters?: DeploymentParameters;
       config?: Partial<DeployConfig>;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ export class ViemIgnitionHelper {
       strategy?: StrategyT;
       strategyConfig?: StrategyConfig[StrategyT];
       deploymentId?: string;
+      displayUi?: boolean;
     } = {
       parameters: {},
       config: {},
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ export class ViemIgnitionHelper {
       strategy: undefined,
       strategyConfig: undefined,
       deploymentId: undefined,
+      displayUi: undefined,
     }
   ): Promise<
     IgnitionModuleResultsToViemContracts<ContractNameT, IgnitionModuleResultsT>
@@ -124,10 +128,15 @@ export class ViemIgnitionHelper {
             deploymentId
           );
 
+    const executionEventListener = displayUi
+      ? new PrettyEventHandler()
+      : undefined;
+
     const result = await deploy({
       config: resolvedConfig,
       provider: this._provider,
       deploymentDir,
+      executionEventListener,
       artifactResolver,
       ignitionModule,
       deploymentParameters: parameters,
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-plugin/src/helpers.ts b/packages/hardhat-plugin/src/helpers.ts
index 459acc79e..019c0e688 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-plugin/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-plugin/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export { HardhatArtifactResolver } from "./hardhat-artifact-resolver";
 export { errorDeploymentResultToExceptionMessage } from "./utils/error-deployment-result-to-exception-message";
 export { resolveDeploymentId } from "./utils/resolve-deployment-id";
+export { PrettyEventHandler } from "./ui/pretty-event-handler";