diff --git a/c-deps/builddeps.sh b/c-deps/builddeps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5f4ac809e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-deps/builddeps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+cd rocksdb
+DEBUG_LEVEL=0
+PORTABLE=1
+
+for lib in libbz2.a liblz4.a librocksdb.a libsnappy.a libz.a libzstd.a; do
+	make $lib
+done
+strip *.a
+cd ..
+
+
diff --git a/rocksdb/db.go b/rocksdb/db.go
index 29b1356b4..0008b8b2c 100644
--- a/rocksdb/db.go
+++ b/rocksdb/db.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package rocksdb
 
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -L../c-deps/rocksdb/
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lrocksdb
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:librocksdb.a -l:libstdc++.a -l:libz.a -l:libbz2.a -l:libsnappy.a -l:libzstd.a -lm
 // #include "../c-deps/rocksdb/include/rocksdb/c.h"
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 import "C"
diff --git a/rocksdb/options.go b/rocksdb/options.go
index 396498879..ed2ab8116 100644
--- a/rocksdb/options.go
+++ b/rocksdb/options.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package rocksdb
 
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -L../c-deps/rocksdb/
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lrocksdb
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -l:librocksdb.a -l:libstdc++.a -l:libz.a -l:libbz2.a -l:libsnappy.a -l:libzstd.a -lm
 // #include "../c-deps/rocksdb/include/rocksdb/c.h"
 import "C"