diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1564d62f24..058a4d58ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .helix
+build/
 cobertura.xml
 target
 wallets/*
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8605aead4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+# check=skip=UndefinedVar,UserExist
+
+# stages:
+# - release: setup and builds release binaries
+# - export: discrete stage for writing binaries into host build directory
+# - runtime: prepares the release image
+#
+# We first set default values for build arguments used across the stages.
+# Each stage must define the build arguments (ARGs) it uses.
+
+ARG FEATURES=""
+
+############################
+# Global build args
+############################
+ARG UID=10901
+ARG GID=${UID}
+ARG USER="user"
+ARG HOME="/home/${USER}"
+ARG CARGO_HOME="/usr/local/.cargo"
+ARG CARGO_TARGET_DIR="${HOME}/target"
+ARG TARGET_ARCH="x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
+
+############################
+# Dependencies
+############################
+# Build Deps
+FROM stagex/pallet-rust:1.94.0@sha256:2fbe7b164dd92edb9c1096152f6d27592d8a69b1b8eb2fc907b5fadea7d11668 AS pallet-rust
+FROM stagex/user-protobuf:26.1@sha256:a135aaf060990b6ef8a7c715c16f175811d3a1f5383970f5771adef05a0bc56a AS protobuf
+FROM stagex/user-abseil-cpp:20240116.2@sha256:20a241145158a0aa7cb83ed5dc4f9ad6360dc975352787f4e6b00e8a39943f62 AS abseil-cpp
+FROM stagex/core-sqlite3:3.50.1@sha256:8d2959fcde94119a724315d9c9f58acf59c5ae83cf4ad22a36ac1ed971327237 AS sqlite3
+# Runtime Deps
+FROM stagex/core-busybox:1.37.0@sha256:d608daa946e4799cf28b105aba461db00187657bd55ea7c2935ff11dac237e27 AS busybox
+
+
+############################
+# Release
+############################
+FROM pallet-rust AS release
+COPY --from=protobuf . /
+COPY --from=abseil-cpp . /
+COPY --from=sqlite3 . /
+
+SHELL ["/bin/sh", "-euo", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+ARG HOME
+WORKDIR ${HOME}
+
+ARG CARGO_INCREMENTAL
+# default to 0, disables incremental compilation.
+ENV CARGO_INCREMENTAL=${CARGO_INCREMENTAL:-0}
+
+ARG CARGO_HOME
+ENV CARGO_HOME=${CARGO_HOME}
+
+ARG CARGO_TARGET_DIR
+ARG TARGET_ARCH
+
+ARG FEATURES
+ENV FEATURES=${FEATURES}
+
+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 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1
+
+# TODO : restore:
+#    cargo fetch --locked --target $TARGET_ARCH
+# --locked was removed due to consistant breakage between Cargo.Toml and Cargo.lock
+# see Github issues #2114 and #2311
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=${CARGO_HOME}/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${CARGO_HOME}/git \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=rust-toolchain.toml,target=rust-toolchain.toml,ro \
+ 		--mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.toml,target=Cargo.toml,ro \
+		--mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.lock,target=Cargo.lock,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/darkside-tests,target=darkside-tests,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/libtonode-tests,target=libtonode-tests,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/pepper-sync,target=pepper-sync,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-cli,target=zingo-cli,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingolib,target=zingolib,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-memo,target=zingo-memo,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-price,target=zingo-price,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-status,target=zingo-status,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingolib_testutils,target=zingolib_testutils,ro \
+    cargo fetch --target $TARGET_ARCH
+
+# TODO : --network=none was removed due to network requests in build script
+# (docker level network denial)
+# and cargo build requiring network access as well (see Github issue #2162)
+# this needs to be re-added to ensure hermeticity
+#
+# TODO: additionally, restore
+#    cargo build --release --frozen --target $TARGET_ARCH --bin zingo-cli && install -D -m 0755 target/${TARGET_ARCH}/release/zingo-cli /usr/local/bin/zingo-cli
+# --frozen was als removed due to build script
+
+# TODO : get rid of:
+#    --mount=type=cache,target=${HOME}/.zcash-params \
+# See Github issue #2314
+# this works!
+# TODO : get rid of:
+#     --mount=type=cache,target=zingolib/zcash-params \
+# This soothes the savage beast as well!
+# see Github issue #2315
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=${CARGO_HOME}/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${CARGO_HOME}/git \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${HOME}/target \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${HOME}/.zcash-params \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=zingolib/zcash-params \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=rust-toolchain.toml,target=rust-toolchain.toml,ro \
+ 		--mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.toml,target=Cargo.toml,ro \
+		--mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.lock,target=Cargo.lock,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/darkside-tests,target=darkside-tests,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/libtonode-tests,target=libtonode-tests,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/pepper-sync,target=pepper-sync,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-cli,target=zingo-cli,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingolib,target=zingolib,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-memo,target=zingo-memo,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-price,target=zingo-price,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingo-status,target=zingo-status,ro \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=/zingolib_testutils,target=zingolib_testutils,ro \
+    cargo build --release ${FEATURES:+--features ${FEATURES}} --target $TARGET_ARCH --bin zingo-cli && install -D -m 0755 target/${TARGET_ARCH}/release/zingo-cli /usr/local/bin/zingo-cli
+
+############################
+# Export stage
+############################
+FROM scratch AS export
+COPY --from=release /usr/local/bin/zingo-cli /zingo-cli
+
+############################
+# Runtime stage
+############################
+FROM busybox AS runtime
+
+# Create a non-privileged user for running `zingo-cli`.
+#
+# We use a high UID/GID (10901) to avoid overlap with host system users.
+# This reduces the risk of container user namespace conflicts with host accounts,
+# which could potentially lead to privilege escalation if a container escape occurs.
+#
+# We do not use the `--system` flag for user creation since:
+# 1. System user ranges (100-999) can collide with host system users
+#   (see: https://github.com/nginxinc/docker-nginx/issues/490)
+# 2. There's no value added and warning messages can be raised at build time
+#   (see: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/issues/4624)
+#
+# The high UID/GID values provide an additional security boundary in containers
+# where user namespaces are shared with the host.
+ARG UID
+ENV UID=${UID}
+ARG GID
+ENV GID=${GID}
+ARG USER
+ENV USER=${USER}
+ARG HOME
+ENV HOME=${HOME}
+
+COPY --chmod=550 <<-EOF /etc/passwd
+	root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
+	user:x:${UID}:${GID}::${HOME}:/bin/sh
+EOF
+
+COPY --chmod=550 <<-EOF /etc/group
+	root:x:0:
+	user:x:${GID}:
+EOF
+
+WORKDIR /usr/local/bin
+
+USER root
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin/wallets && chown -R ${UID}:${GID} /usr/local/bin/ && chmod -R 770 /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --chown=${UID}:${GID} --from=export /zingo-cli /usr/local/bin/zingo-cli
+RUN chmod 550 /usr/local/bin/zingo-cli
+COPY --chown=${UID}:${GID} ./utils/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod 550 /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+
+USER $USER
+# ./entrypoint.sh runs, then executes CMD (or custom command if provided).
+# Prints zingo-cli version, address if a new wallet is created, and info on success.
+ENTRYPOINT [ "./entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "./zingo-cli", "--help"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f022103244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Simple wrapper for scripts with printed status messages.
+#
+# Running `make` or `make stagex` will leverage the steps below
+# to check compatibility and build the binaries via StageX.
+
+.PHONY: stagex compat build load create interact
+
+stagex:	compat build
+	@echo "[Stageˣ] build completed via make."
+
+compat:
+	@echo "Beginning Compatibility Check step."
+	@./utils/compat.sh
+	@echo "  [PASS]  Compatibility Check passed."
+
+build:
+	@echo "Entering Build step."
+	@./utils/build.sh
+	@echo "Build step complete."
+
+load:
+	@echo "Attempting to load OCI image into local docker image store."
+	@./utils/load_image.sh
+	@echo "make load step complete."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5687094ed2..7c556a9d48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,29 @@ cargo build --release --package zingo-cli
 
 This will launch the interactive prompt. Type `help` to get a list of commands.
 
+## Reproducible builds via StageX
+
+A bootstrapped and reproducible build pipeline using StageX is included in this repo.
+If you meet all the compatibility requirements, to create `zingo-cli`, you can run
+`make` in the root directory. The resulting binary will be found in the `/build/`
+directory, along with an OCI image in the form of a tar ball.
+
+This image can be loaded into docker with the `make load` convenience script, and
+contains the `zingo-cli` binary.
+
+To run interactively with a custom server:
+`docker run -it zingo-cli:latest ./zingo-cli --server https://zzz.stripest.online:443`
+
+`zingo-cli` runs with several defaults. Importantly, these include a data-dir
+with wallet file, which are created if they don't already exist:
+a `wallets` dir in location where executable is run, containing the wallet
+(`zingo-wallet.dat`) file. Other defaults inlcude setting the chain to mainnet,
+using a default lightwallet server, using clearnet for price fetching, and not
+executing commands prior to a complete chain sync.
+
+Any `docker run` will initialize a wallet if there was none in the container, and
+by default prints info and then help if no arguments are passed.
+
 ## Notes:
 * If you want to run your own server, please see [zingo lightwalletd](https://github.com/zingolabs/lightwalletd), and then run `./zingo-cli --server http://127.0.0.1:9067`
 * The default log file is in `~/.zcash/zingo-wallet.debug.log`. A default wallet is stored in `~/.zcash/zingo-wallet.dat`
diff --git a/utils/build.sh b/utils/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6683851510
--- /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=$OCI_OUTPUT/zingo-cli.tar,name=zingo-cli \
+	"$@"
+
+# 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" \
+	"$@"
diff --git a/utils/compat.sh b/utils/compat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8dcbba6048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/compat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+readonly MIN_BASH_VERSION=5
+readonly MIN_DOCKER_VERSION=26.0.0
+readonly MIN_BUILDX_VERSION=0.13
+### Exit with error message
+die() {
+	echo "$@" >&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"
diff --git a/utils/entrypoint.sh b/utils/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2636a6310f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Entrypoint for running zingo-cli in Docker.
+#
+# The main script logic is at the bottom.
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# Currently there is no support for running tests in-container, due to
+# requiring additional binaries.
+#
+# Main Script Logic
+#
+# 1. Print environment variables and config for debugging.
+# 2. Tests if zingo-cli runs.
+# 3. Creates a wallet, if the container has not been initialized before.
+# 4. Process command-line arguments and execute appropriate action.
+
+echo "INFO: Using the following environment variables:"
+printenv
+
+echo "Testing zingo-cli to print version string:"
+./zingo-cli --version
+
+if [ ! -f ./initialized ]; then
+  # A wallet will be created in this container if there is none. The address of the new wallet will be printed after sync."
+  echo "Container not initialized, creating wallet, syncing, and printing address..."
+  # selected server = zebra 4.1.0 and lwd v0.4.18-9-gb932e8e at time of commit
+  ./zingo-cli --server https://zzz.stripest.online:443 --waitsync addresses
+  touch ./initialized
+fi
+
+echo "Lightwalletd server's info info:"
+./zingo-cli --server https://zzz.stripest.online:443 --nosync info
+
+echo "now exec'ing $@ "
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/utils/load_image.sh b/utils/load_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..16002e98f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/load_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+OCI_OUTPUT="$REPO_ROOT/build/oci"
+TARBALL="${OCI_OUTPUT}/zingo-cli.tar"
+
+# Build runtime image for docker run
+echo "Checking if the OCI output from build is present."
+if [ -f "$TARBALL" ];
+then
+  echo "OCI output file present, loading tar file into local docker image store."
+  docker load < $TARBALL
+  echo "...Done!"
+else
+  echo "OCI output file not present."
+fi