diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.alpine.in b/scripts/Dockerfile.alpine.in
index 51087d4f3..4ff29c838 100644
--- a/scripts/Dockerfile.alpine.in
+++ b/scripts/Dockerfile.alpine.in
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 FROM alpine:$alpine_version
 
 RUN apk update && apk upgrade && \
-    apk add alpine-sdk openssh bash nano ncurses-dev rsync xz m4 \
+    apk add build-base snappy-dev abuild \
+            alpine-sdk openssh bash nano ncurses-dev rsync xz m4 \
             opam aspcud \
             gmp-dev libev-dev libressl-dev linux-headers pcre-dev perl zlib-dev \
             libsodium-dev snappy-dev && \
-    apk add leveldb-dev \
-      --update-cache \
-      --repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing && \
     rm -f /var/cache/apk/* && \
     adduser -S opam && \
+    adduser opam abuild && \
     echo 'opam ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/opam && \
     chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/opam && \
     chown root:root /etc/sudoers.d/opam && \
@@ -21,6 +20,13 @@ USER opam
 
 WORKDIR /home/opam
 
+COPY scripts/leveldb-1.18.APKBUILD /home/opam/leveldb-1.18/APKBUILD
+RUN sudo chown -R opam leveldb-1.18
+
+RUN abuild-keygen -a && \
+    cd leveldb-1.18 && \
+    abuild checksum && abuild -r
+
 RUN mkdir .ssh && \
     chmod 700 .ssh && \
     git config --global user.email "docker@example.com" && \
diff --git a/scripts/Dockerfile.minimal.in b/scripts/Dockerfile.minimal.in
index a8dce42bf..7938f97e3 100644
--- a/scripts/Dockerfile.minimal.in
+++ b/scripts/Dockerfile.minimal.in
@@ -3,22 +3,35 @@ FROM alpine:$alpine_version
 LABEL distro_style="apk" distro="alpine" distro_long="alpine-$alpine_version" arch="x86_64" operatingsystem="linux"
 
 RUN adduser -S tezos && \
+    adduser tezos abuild && \
     apk update && \
     apk upgrade && \
     apk add sudo bash libssl1.0 libsodium libev gmp git snappy && \
-    apk add leveldb \
-      --update-cache \
-      --repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing && \
     rm -f /var/cache/apk/* && \
     echo 'tezos ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/tezos && \
     chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/tezos && \
     chown root:root /etc/sudoers.d/tezos && \
     sed -i 's/^Defaults.*requiretty//g' /etc/sudoers
+
 USER tezos
 
 COPY . /home/tezos
+
 WORKDIR /home/tezos
 
+RUN sudo apk update && \
+    sudo apk add abuild build-base snappy-dev && \
+    abuild-keygen -ai && \
+    mkdir leveldb-1.18 && \
+    cp scripts/leveldb-1.18.APKBUILD leveldb-1.18/APKBUILD && \
+    cd leveldb-1.18 && \
+    abuild checksum && abuild -r && \
+    cd .. && \
+    sudo apk del build-base snappy-dev abuild && \
+    sudo apk add packages/tezos/x86_64/leveldb-1.18-r0.apk && \
+    rm -rf leveldb-1.18 packages && \
+    sudo rm -f /var/cache/apk/*
+
 RUN sudo chown root:root bin/* && \
     sudo chmod a+rx bin/* && \
     sudo mv bin/* /usr/local/bin && \
diff --git a/scripts/leveldb-1.18.APKBUILD b/scripts/leveldb-1.18.APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb52b3b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/leveldb-1.18.APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Contributor: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+# Maintainer:
+pkgname=leveldb
+pkgver=1.18
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="A fast and lightweight key/value database library by Google"
+url="https://github.com/google/leveldb"
+arch="all"
+license="BSD"
+depends=""
+depends_dev=""
+makedepends="$depends_dev snappy-dev"
+install=""
+subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc"
+source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/google/$pkgname/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz"
+
+_builddir="$srcdir"/leveldb-$pkgver
+
+build() {
+	cd "$_builddir"
+	make || return 1
+}
+
+package() {
+	cd "$_builddir"
+	mkdir -p "$pkgdir"/usr/lib "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc
+	cp -a lib*.so* "$pkgdir"/usr/lib || return 1
+	cp -a include "$pkgdir"/usr/ || return 1
+	cp -a doc "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/$pkgname || return 1
+
+}
+
+md5sums="73770de34a2a5ab34498d2e05b2b7fa0  leveldb-1.18.tar.gz"
+sha256sums="4aa1a7479bc567b95a59ac6fb79eba49f61884d6fd400f20b7af147d54c5cee5  leveldb-1.18.tar.gz"
+sha512sums="3d9c55a7bf8692914784ec33c273704ce9978496b071c7b661708f049d0d4ccd51a44441f50c3e536725caeb9896575192f52708a4bb1c0222cecdeec89919a3  leveldb-1.18.tar.gz"