diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c370d0b..5af857e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ DOCKER := $(shell which docker)
 DOCKER_BUF := $(DOCKER) run --rm -v $(CURDIR):/workspace --workdir /workspace bufbuild/buf:1.0.0-rc8
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
 export GO111MODULE = on
+ROCKSDB_VERSION = "9.8.4"
+
 
 # process build tags
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ ifeq ($(LEDGER_ENABLED),true)
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(EXRP_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   build_tags += gcc cleveldb
 endif
 build_tags += $(BUILD_TAGS)
@@ -69,13 +71,19 @@ ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=exrp \
 		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)" \
 			-X github.com/cometbft/cometbft/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(BFT_VERSION)
 
-ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(EXRP_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (cleveldb,$(findstring cleveldb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   ldflags += -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=cleveldb
 endif
+ifeq (rocksdb,$(findstring rocksdb,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  CGO_ENABLED=1
+  build_tags += rocksdb grocksdb_no_link
+  VERSION := $(VERSION)-rocksdb
+  ldflags += -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=rocksdb
+endif
 ifeq ($(LINK_STATICALLY),true)
   ldflags += -linkmode=external -extldflags "-Wl,-z,muldefs -static"
 endif
-ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(EXRP_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   ldflags += -w -s
 endif
 ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ ldflags := $(strip $(ldflags))
 
 BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
 # check for nostrip option
-ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(EXRP_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
   BUILD_FLAGS += -trimpath
 endif
  
@@ -97,6 +105,12 @@ install: go.sum
 build:
 	go build $(BUILD_FLAGS) -o ./bin/exrpd ./cmd/exrpd
 
+build-rocksdb:
+	# Make sure to run this command with root permission
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 CGO_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include" \
+	CGO_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lm -lz -lbz2 -lsnappy -llz4 -lzstd -ldl" \
+	COSMOS_BUILD_OPTIONS=rocksdb $(MAKE) build
+
 
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