diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7ab9d030..78e3f232 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then \
         wget -c https://musl.cc/x86_64-linux-musl-cross.tgz -O - | tar -xzvv --strip-components 1 -C /usr; \
     fi
 
+# Install RocksDB
+WORKDIR /
+RUN echo "@testing http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >>/etc/apk/repositories
+
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache git make cmake g++ linux-headers build-base bash perl mercurial g++ autoconf \
+   zlib zlib-dev bzip2 bzip2-dev snappy snappy-dev lz4 lz4-dev zstd@testing zstd-dev@testing libtbb-dev@testing libtbb@testing
+RUN git clone -b v7.10.2 --single-branch https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
+
+WORKDIR /rocksdb
+RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then \
+        export CC=aarch64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=aarch64-linux-musl-g++;\
+    elif [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "amd64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "amd64" ]; then \
+        export CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=x86_64-linux-musl-g++; \
+    fi; \
+    make -j$(nproc) static_lib
+
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
 COPY go.mod go.mod
@@ -28,13 +44,16 @@ COPY internal/ internal/
 
 ARG VERSION
 
-RUN if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then \
+RUN set -eux;\
+    if [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "arm64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "arm64" ]; then\
         export CC=aarch64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=aarch64-linux-musl-g++;\
-    elif [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "amd64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "amd64" ]; then \
-        export CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=x86_64-linux-musl-g++; \
-    fi; \
-    export GOOS=linux GOARCH=$TARGETARCH CGO_ENABLED=1 LDFLAGS='-linkmode external -extldflags "-static"'; \
-    go build -ldflags "-X github.com/strangelove-ventures/cosmos-operator/internal/version.version=$VERSION $LDFLAGS" -a -o manager .
+    elif [ "${TARGETARCH}" = "amd64" ] && [ "${BUILDARCH}" != "amd64" ]; then\
+        export CC=x86_64-linux-musl-gcc CXX=x86_64-linux-musl-g++;\
+    fi;\
+    export GOOS=linux GOARCH=$TARGETARCH CGO_ENABLED=1 LDFLAGS='-linkmode external -extldflags "-static"';\
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/rocksdb CGO_CFLAGS="-I/rocksdb/include" CGO_LDFLAGS="-L/rocksdb -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -lz -lbz2 -lsnappy -llz4 -lzstd";\
+    go get github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb;\
+    go build -tags 'rocksdb pebbledb' -ldflags "-X github.com/strangelove-ventures/cosmos-operator/internal/version.version=$VERSION $LDFLAGS" -a -o manager .
 
 # Build final image from scratch
 FROM scratch