diff --git a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.js b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e70dc9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Runs an ordered list of compiler steps sequentially on a given context.
+ * Each step is a method name that exists on the context object.
+ * Steps are reorderable and conditionally includable without modifying callers.
+ */
+class CompilationPipeline {
+  constructor(steps) {
+    this.steps = steps;
+  }
+
+  run(context) {
+    return this.steps.reduce(
+      (promise, step) => promise.then(() => context[step]()),
+      Promise.resolve(),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CompilationPipeline;
diff --git a/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.test.js b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64ae67e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const sinon = require('sinon');
+const CompilationPipeline = require('./compilationPipeline');
+
+describe('CompilationPipeline', () => {
+  it('should call all steps in order', async () => {
+    const callOrder = [];
+    const context = {
+      stepA: sinon.stub().callsFake(() => {
+        callOrder.push('A');
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      }),
+      stepB: sinon.stub().callsFake(() => {
+        callOrder.push('B');
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      }),
+      stepC: sinon.stub().callsFake(() => {
+        callOrder.push('C');
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      }),
+    };
+
+    const pipeline = new CompilationPipeline(['stepA', 'stepB', 'stepC']);
+    await pipeline.run(context);
+
+    expect(callOrder).to.deep.equal(['A', 'B', 'C']);
+  });
+
+  it('should call each step on the given context', async () => {
+    const context = {
+      step: sinon.stub().returns(Promise.resolve()),
+    };
+
+    const pipeline = new CompilationPipeline(['step']);
+    await pipeline.run(context);
+
+    expect(context.step.callCount).to.equal(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should wait for an async step to resolve before calling the next', async () => {
+    let firstResolved = false;
+    const context = {
+      stepA: sinon.stub().returns(
+        new Promise((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            firstResolved = true;
+            resolve();
+          }, 10);
+        }),
+      ),
+      stepB: sinon.stub().callsFake(() => {
+        expect(firstResolved).to.equal(true);
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      }),
+    };
+
+    const pipeline = new CompilationPipeline(['stepA', 'stepB']);
+    await pipeline.run(context);
+
+    expect(context.stepB.callCount).to.equal(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should resolve immediately with an empty steps array', async () => {
+    const pipeline = new CompilationPipeline([]);
+    await pipeline.run({});
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 201f750e..800b1d52 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const httpLambdaPermissions = require('./deploy/events/apiGateway/lambdaPermissi
 const httpDeployment = require('./deploy/events/apiGateway/deployment');
 const httpRestApi = require('./deploy/events/apiGateway/restApi');
 const httpInfo = require('./deploy/events/apiGateway/endpointInfo');
+const CompilationPipeline = require('./deploy/events/apiGateway/compilationPipeline');
 const compileScheduledEvents = require('./deploy/events/schedule/compileScheduledEvents');
 const compileCloudWatchEventEvents = require('./deploy/events/cloudWatchEvent/compileCloudWatchEventEvents');
 const invoke = require('./invoke/invoke');
@@ -31,6 +32,21 @@ const naming = require('./naming');
 
 const logger = require('./utils/logger');
 
+const apiGatewayPipeline = new CompilationPipeline([
+  'compileRestApi',
+  'compileResources',
+  'compileMethods',
+  'compileRequestValidators',
+  'compileAuthorizers',
+  'compileHttpLambdaPermissions',
+  'compileCors',
+  'compileHttpIamRole',
+  'compileDeployment',
+  'compileApiKeys',
+  'compileUsagePlan',
+  'compileUsagePlanKeys',
+]);
+
 class ServerlessStepFunctions {
   constructor(serverless, options, v3Api) {
     this.serverless = serverless;
@@ -135,19 +151,7 @@ class ServerlessStepFunctions {
           return BbPromise.resolve();
         }
 
-        return BbPromise.bind(this)
-          .then(this.compileRestApi)
-          .then(this.compileResources)
-          .then(this.compileMethods)
-          .then(this.compileRequestValidators)
-          .then(this.compileAuthorizers)
-          .then(this.compileHttpLambdaPermissions)
-          .then(this.compileCors)
-          .then(this.compileHttpIamRole)
-          .then(this.compileDeployment)
-          .then(this.compileApiKeys)
-          .then(this.compileUsagePlan)
-          .then(this.compileUsagePlanKeys);
+        return apiGatewayPipeline.run(this);
       }).then(() => this.compileCloudWatchEventEvents()),
       'after:deploy:deploy': () => BbPromise.bind(this)
         .then(this.getEndpointInfo)