diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b937788a..04d4a09c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.60.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "062dddbc1ba4aca46de6338e2bf87771414c335f7b2f2036e8f3e9befebf88e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "lazycell",
+ "peeking_take_while",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -145,6 +164,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fff2a6927b3bb87f9595d67196a70493f627687a71d87a0d692242c33f58c11"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -161,12 +195,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa2e27ae6ab525c3d369ded447057bca5438d86dc3a68f6faafb8269ba82ebf3"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "722e23542a15cea1f65d4a1419c4cfd7a26706c70871a13a04238ca3f40f1661"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -214,6 +265,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_more"
+version = "0.99.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
+dependencies = [
+ "convert_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -312,7 +376,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ethers-core"
 version = "0.17.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs#b2fc9fdf50d6fe3e81de0ac5648a068425cf87a7"
+source = "git+https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs#f3a5a7aef06db391f8d2c4370bbc2a1b6ae4ea0f"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "bytes",
@@ -492,6 +556,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -815,12 +885,44 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazycell"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.134"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "329c933548736bc49fd575ee68c89e8be4d260064184389a5b77517cddd99ffb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "efbc0f03f9a775e9f6aed295c6a1ba2253c5757a9e03d55c6caa46a681abcddd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libmdbx"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc9c535ae90a96067a09087672f6eac8a7f010ab7d577037cf2e99714c2dceb1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "byteorder",
+ "derive_more",
+ "indexmap",
+ "libc",
+ "mdbx-sys",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -840,12 +942,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mdbx-sys"
+version = "0.12.1-0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5dd34990bd2d486fb7dda34ce57cbcd393d46afebb985a39c8ad84f6c70220aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minimal-lexical"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -858,6 +977,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "7.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8903e5a29a317527874d0402f867152a3d21c908bb0b933e416c65e301d4c36"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "minimal-lexical",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -948,6 +1077,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "peeking_take_while"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -1132,6 +1267,13 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 name = "reth-crate-template"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-db"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libmdbx",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-p2p"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1238,6 +1380,15 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e75f6a532d0fd9f7f13144f392b6ad56a32696bfcd9c78f797f16bbb6f072d6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc_version"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa0f585226d2e68097d4f95d113b15b83a82e819ab25717ec0590d9584ef366"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -1270,6 +1421,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e25dfac463d778e353db5be2449d1cce89bd6fd23c9f1ea21310ce6e5a1b29c4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.145"
@@ -1335,6 +1492,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "keccak",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shlex"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43b2853a4d09f215c24cc5489c992ce46052d359b5109343cbafbf26bc62f8a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "1.6.3"
@@ -1356,9 +1519,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2fd0db749597d91ff862fd1d55ea87f7855a744a8425a64695b6fca237d1dad1"
+checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9ec2f7668..8f1a368d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ members = [
     "crates/net/rpc-api",
     "crates/net/rpc-types",
     "crates/primitives",
-    "crates/stages"
+    "crates/stages",
+    "crates/db"
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/db/Cargo.toml b/crates/db/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad11b3c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-db"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/foundry-rs/reth"
+readme = "README.md"
+description = "Staged syncing primitives used in reth."
+
+[dependencies]
+libmdbx = "0.1.8"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/db/src/lib.rs b/crates/db/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b78282fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/db/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#![warn(missing_debug_implementations, missing_docs, unreachable_pub)]
+#![deny(unused_must_use, rust_2018_idioms)]
+#![doc(test(
+    no_crate_inject,
+    attr(deny(warnings, rust_2018_idioms), allow(dead_code, unused_variables))
+))]
+
+//! Database bindings for reth.
+// TODO: Actually provide database bindings. For now, this is just a re-export of MDBX.
+
+/// Rust bindings for [MDBX](https://libmdbx.dqdkfa.ru/).
+pub mod mdbx {
+    pub use libmdbx::*;
+}