diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd8e4b1..f84263f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 target
 .cargo
+build/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 603854b..9cd7f0f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+FROM stagex/pallet-rust@sha256:9c38bf1066dd9ad1b6a6b584974dd798c2bf798985bf82e58024fbe0515592ca AS pallet-rust
+FROM stagex/user-protobuf@sha256:5e67b3d3a7e7e9db9aa8ab516ffa13e54acde5f0b3d4e8638f79880ab16da72c AS protobuf 
+FROM stagex/user-abseil-cpp@sha256:3dca99adfda0cb631bd3a948a99c2d5f89fab517bda034ce417f222721115aa2 AS abseil-cpp
+FROM stagex/core-gcc@sha256:964ffd3793c5a38ca581e9faefd19918c259f1611c4cbf5dc8be612e3a8b72f5 AS gcc 
+FROM stagex/core-musl@sha256:d9af23284cca2e1002cd53159ada469dfe6d6791814e72d6163c7de18d4ae701 AS musl
+FROM stagex/core-libunwind@sha256:eb66122d8fc543f5e2f335bb1616f8c3a471604383e2c0a9df4a8e278505d3bc AS libunwind 
+FROM stagex/core-user-runtime@sha256:055ae534e1e01259449fb4e0226f035a7474674c7371a136298e8bdac65d90bb AS user-runtime
+
 # --- Stage 1: Build with Rust --- (amd64)
-FROM rust:bookworm AS builder
+FROM pallet-rust AS builder
+COPY --from=protobuf . /
+COPY --from=abseil-cpp . /
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        libclang-dev
+ENV SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1
+ENV CXXFLAGS="-include cstdint"
+ENV ROCKSDB_USE_PKG_CONFIG=0
+ENV CARGO_HOME=/usr/local/cargo
 
 # Make a fake Rust app to keep a cached layer of compiled crates
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
@@ -13,26 +25,59 @@ COPY zallet/Cargo.toml ./zallet/
 # Needs at least a main.rs file with a main function
 RUN mkdir -p zallet/src/bin/zallet && echo "fn main(){}" > zallet/src/bin/zallet/main.rs
 RUN mkdir zallet/tests && touch zallet/tests/cli_tests.rs
+
+ENV RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+ENV RUSTFLAGS="-C codegen-units=1"
+ENV RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS} -C target-feature=+crt-static"
+ENV RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS} -C link-arg=-Wl,--build-id=none"
+ENV CFLAGS="-D__GNUC_PREREQ(maj,min)=1"
+ENV TARGET_ARCH="x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
+    cargo fetch --locked --target $TARGET_ARCH
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
+    cargo metadata --locked --format-version=1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+
 # Will build all dependent crates in release mode
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/app/target \
-    cargo build --release --features rpc-cli,zcashd-import
+    --network=none \
+    cargo build --release --frozen \
+      --target ${TARGET_ARCH} \
+      --features rpc-cli,zcashd-import
 
 # Copy the rest
 COPY . .
 # Build the zallet binary
+# Compile & install offline
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/src/app/target \
-    cargo install --locked --features rpc-cli,zcashd-import --path ./zallet --bins
+    --network=none \
+    cargo build --release --frozen \
+      --bin zallet \
+      --target ${TARGET_ARCH} \
+      --features rpc-cli,zcashd-import \
+      && install -D -m 0755 /usr/src/app/target/${TARGET_ARCH}/release/zallet /usr/local/bin/zallet
 
 
-# --- Stage 2: Minimal runtime with distroless ---
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/cc-debian12 AS runtime
+# --- Stage 2: layer for local binary extraction ---
+FROM scratch AS export
 
-COPY --link --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/zallet /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/zallet /zallet
 
-# USER nonroot (UID 65532) — for K8s, use runAsUser: 65532
-USER nonroot
+# --- Stage 3: Minimal runtime with stagex ---
+# `stagex/core-user-runtime` sets the user to non-root by default
+FROM user-runtime AS runtime
+COPY --from=gcc  /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/
+COPY --from=gcc  /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/
+COPY --from=musl /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 /lib/
+COPY --from=libunwind /lib/libunwind.so.8 /lib/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/zallet /usr/local/bin/zallet
 
 WORKDIR /var/lib/zallet
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef9f5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Makefile
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+.SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
+IMAGE_NAME := zallet
+IMAGE_TAG := latest
+
+.PHONY: all build import
+all: build import
+
+.PHONY: build
+build:
+	@echo "Running compat check..."
+	@out="$$(bash utils/compat.sh)"; \
+	if [[ -z "$$out" ]]; then \
+		echo "Compat produced no output; proceeding to build"; \
+		bash utils/build.sh; \
+	else \
+		echo "Compat produced output; not building."; \
+		printf '%s\n' "$$out"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+
+.PHONY: import
+import:
+	docker load -i build/oci/zallet.tar
+	docker tag $(IMAGE_NAME):latest $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_TAG)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38cb66f..424521a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,32 @@ contacting us in the `#wallet-dev` channel of the
 
 See the [user guide](book/src/README.md) for information on how to set up a Zallet wallet.
 
+## Reproducible Builds
+
+Zallet leverages [StageX](https://codeberg.org/stagex/stagex/) to provied a 
+full source bootstrapped, and deterministic/reproducible build and runtime 
+dependencies. This helps mitigate supply chain attacks, and especially trusting 
+trust style attacks and reduces trust in any single computer or individual.
+
+### Requirements
+* Docker 25+
+* [`containerd` support](https://docs.docker.com/engine/storage/containerd/#enable-containerd-image-store-on-docker-engine)
+* GNU Make
+
+### Usage
+
+* To `build` and `import` the image use the `make` command
+
+* The `build` commmands uses the `utils/compat.sh` and `utils/builds.sh`
+in order to ensure that the user has required dependencies installed and that
+the [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/) image built is deterministic by using
+the appropriate flags.
+
+### Details
+
+* `stagex/core-user-runtime` is used to set user to non-root and provide a 
+minimal filesystem
+
 ## License
 
 All code in this workspace is licensed under either of
diff --git a/utils/build.sh b/utils/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8dadce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+PLATFORM="linux/amd64"
+OCI_OUTPUT="$REPO_ROOT/build/oci"
+DOCKERFILE="$REPO_ROOT/Dockerfile"
+
+export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1
+
+echo $DOCKERFILE
+mkdir -p $OCI_OUTPUT
+
+# Build runtime image for docker run
+echo "Building runtime image..."
+docker build -f "$DOCKERFILE" "$REPO_ROOT" \
+	--platform "$PLATFORM" \
+	--target runtime \
+	--output type=oci,rewrite-timestamp=true,force-compression=true,dest=$OCI_OUTPUT/zallet.tar,name=zallet \
+	"$@"
+
+# Extract binary locally from export stage
+echo "Extracting binary..."
+docker build -f "$DOCKERFILE" "$REPO_ROOT" --quiet \
+	--platform "$PLATFORM" \
+	--target export \
+	--output type=local,dest="$REPO_ROOT/build" \
+	"$@"
diff --git a/utils/compat.sh b/utils/compat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e5a5a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/compat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+readonly MIN_BASH_VERSION=5
+readonly MIN_DOCKER_VERSION=26.0.0
+readonly MIN_BUILDX_VERSION=0.13
+### Exit with error message
+die() {
+	echo "$@" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+### Bail and instruct user on missing package to install for their platform
+die_pkg() {
+	local -r package=${1?}
+	local -r version=${2?}
+	local install_cmd
+	case "$OSTYPE" in
+		linux*)
+			if command -v "apt" >/dev/null; then
+				install_cmd="apt install ${package}"
+			elif command -v "yum" >/dev/null; then
+				install_cmd="yum install ${package}"
+			elif command -v "pacman" >/dev/null; then
+				install_cmd="pacman -Ss ${package}"
+			elif command -v "emerge" >/dev/null; then
+				install_cmd="emerge ${package}"
+			elif command -v "nix-env" >/dev/null; then
+				install_cmd="nix-env -i ${package}"
+			fi
+		;;
+		bsd*)     install_cmd="pkg install ${package}" ;;
+		darwin*)  install_cmd="port install ${package}" ;;
+		*) die "Error: Your operating system is not supported" ;;
+	esac
+	echo "Error: ${package} ${version}+ does not appear to be installed." >&2
+	[ -n "$install_cmd" ] && echo "Try: \`${install_cmd}\`"  >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+### Check if actual binary version is >= minimum version
+check_version(){
+	local pkg="${1?}"
+	local have="${2?}"
+	local need="${3?}"
+	local i ver1 ver2 IFS='.'
+	[[ "$have" == "$need" ]] && return 0
+	read -r -a ver1 <<< "$have"
+	read -r -a ver2 <<< "$need"
+	for ((i=${#ver1[@]}; i<${#ver2[@]}; i++));
+		do ver1[i]=0;
+	done
+	for ((i=0; i<${#ver1[@]}; i++)); do
+		[[ -z ${ver2[i]} ]] && ver2[i]=0
+		((10#${ver1[i]} > 10#${ver2[i]})) && return 0
+		((10#${ver1[i]} < 10#${ver2[i]})) && die_pkg "${pkg}" "${need}"
+	done
+}
+### Check if required binaries are installed at appropriate versions
+check_tools(){
+	if [ -z "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" ] \
+	|| [ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -lt "${MIN_BASH_VERSION}" ]; then
+		die_pkg "bash" "${MIN_BASH_VERSION}"
+	fi
+	for cmd in "$@"; do
+		case $cmd in
+			buildx)
+				docker buildx version >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Error: buildx not found"
+				version=$(docker buildx version 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'v[0-9.]*' | sed 's/v//')
+				check_version "buildx" "${version}" "${MIN_BUILDX_VERSION}"
+				;;
+			docker)
+				command -v docker >/dev/null || die "Error: docker not found"
+				version=$(docker version -f '{{ .Server.Version }}')
+				check_version "docker" "${version}" "${MIN_DOCKER_VERSION}"
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+}
+check_tools docker buildx;
+docker info -f '{{ .DriverStatus }}' \
+    | grep "io.containerd.snapshotter.v1" >/dev/null \
+|| die "Error: Docker Engine is not using containerd for image storage"
+