diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 04c13db..d4f7068 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 !src
 !tests
 !web
+!target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/rbd
 
 web/node_modules
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b10ec77..5491786 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ac25eee5a0582f45a67e837e350d784e7003bd29a5f460796772061ca49ffda"
 dependencies = [
+ "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
@@ -1221,6 +1222,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jwt",
  "mimalloc",
  "openssl",
+ "pq-sys",
  "rand",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_sync_db_pools",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6f71fa..234fd01 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.127", features = [ "derive" ] }
 diesel = { version = "1.4.7", features = ["postgres", "uuidv07", "chrono"] }
 diesel_migrations = "1.4.0"
 # To properly compile libpq statically
-openssl = "0.10.36"
+openssl = "*"
 # For password hashing & verification
 rust-argon2 = "0.8.3"
 rand = "0.8.4"
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 figment = { version = "*", features = [ "yaml" ] }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.26", default_features = false }
 
+[dependencies.pq-sys]
+version = "*"
+default-features = false
+features = ["pkg-config"]
+
 [profile.release]
 lto = "fat"
 panic = "abort"
diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89eb9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl]
+image = "rusty-builder:x86_64-unknown-linux"
+
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7a7ee23..e2a507b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,19 +1,4 @@
-FROM rust:1.54
+FROM scratch
 
-ENV PREFIX="/usr/src/out/prefix" \
-    CC="musl-gcc -fPIC -pie -static" \
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PREFIX" \
-    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" \
-    PATH="/usr/local/bin:/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
-
-RUN apt update && \
-    apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        musl-dev \
-        musl-tools \
-        libpq-dev \
-        libssl-dev && \
-    rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
-    mkdir "$PREFIX" && \
-    echo "$PREFIX/lib" >> /etc/ld-musl-x86_64.path
-
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/rbd /
+RUN ["/rbd"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10e83d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Cross-compile for a specific target triplet (x86_64 by default)
+ARG TARGET
+ARG CORES=4
+FROM rustembedded/cross:${TARGET}-musl
+
+# Create download directory
+RUN mkdir /src
+
+### Environment
+# Configure compiler
+ENV MAKE="make -j$CORES" \
+    CC="musl-gcc -fPIE -pie -static" \
+    PREFIX=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-musl \
+    RUSTFLAGS="-C relocation-model=static"
+# Configure paths
+ENV PATH=$PREFIX/bin:$PATH \
+    C_INCLUDE_PATH=$PREFIX/include \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PREFIX/lib
+# Configure pkg-config
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig \
+    PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=true \
+    PKG_CONFIG_ALL_STATIC=true
+
+# Install development libraries
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    bison \
+    flex \
+    musl-dev \
+    musl-tools
+
+### OpenSSL
+ARG SSL_VER
+# Download OpenSSL
+RUN curl -sSL "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${SSL_VER}.tar.gz" | tar -xzC /src
+# Build OpenSSL statically
+RUN cd "/src/openssl-${SSL_VER}" \
+    && ./Configure \
+        no-shared \
+        no-zlib \
+        -fPIC \
+        --prefix=$PREFIX \
+        --openssldir=$PREFIX/ssl \
+        linux-x86_64 \
+    && $MAKE depend \
+    && $MAKE \
+    && $MAKE install
+# Configure OpenSSL crate
+ENV OPENSSL_STATIC=true \
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR=true
+
+### PostgreSQL
+ARG PQ_VER
+# Download PostgreSQL
+RUN curl -sSL "https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v${PQ_VER}/postgresql-${PQ_VER}.tar.gz" | tar -xzC /src
+# Build PostgreSQL statically
+RUN cd "/src/postgresql-${PQ_VER}" \
+    && CPPFLAGS=-I$PREFIX/include LDFLAGS="-L$PREFIX/lib" \
+        ./configure \
+        --with-openssl \
+        --without-readline \
+        --without-zlib \
+        --prefix=$PREFIX \
+        --host=$TARGET \
+    && ${MAKE} -C src/interfaces/libpq all-static-lib \
+    && ${MAKE} -C src/interfaces/libpq install-lib-pc \
+    && ${MAKE} -C src/interfaces/libpq install-lib-static \
+    && ${MAKE} -C src/bin/pg_config \
+    && ${MAKE} -C src/bin/pg_config install
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62cb5c4..32fa8b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,133 +6,36 @@ SSL_VER ?= 1.1.1k
 # Dumb-init version
 DI_VER  ?= 1.2.5
 
+# Compilation target triplet
+# Supported targets: https://github.com/rust-embedded/cross#supported-targets
+TARGET = x86_64-unknown-linux
+CORES != nproc
 
-# =====AUTO-GENERATED VARIABLES=====
-# This is such a lovely oneliner
-# NOTE: $(dir PATH) outputs a trailing slash
-OUT_DIR     ?= $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))out
-
-PREFIX      := $(OUT_DIR)/prefix
-OPENSSL_DIR := $(OUT_DIR)/openssl-$(SSL_VER)
-PQ_DIR      := $(OUT_DIR)/postgresql-$(PQ_VER)
-DI_DIR      := $(OUT_DIR)/dumb-init-$(DI_VER)
-
-# Used in various make calls to specify parallel recipes
-CORES       != nproc
-
-
-# =====ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES=====
-export CC := musl-gcc -fPIC -pie -static
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH := $(PREFIX)
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH := /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
-export PATH := /usr/local/bin:/root/.cargo/bin:$(PATH)
-
-
-# TODO check for header files (openssl-dev, libpq-dev) both for Arch & Ubuntu
-
-# Create the out dir
-$(shell mkdir -p "$(PREFIX)")
-
-
-# =====BUILDING THE STATIC BINARY=====
 .PHONY: all
-all: build
+all: build-debug
 
 .PHONY: builder
 builder:
 	docker build \
-		-t rusty-builder:latest - < docker/Dockerfile.builder
+		--build-arg TARGET=$(TARGET) \
+		--build-arg CORES=$(CORES) \
+		--build-arg SSL_VER=$(SSL_VER) \
+		--build-arg PQ_VER=$(PQ_VER) \
+		--tag rusty-builder:$(TARGET) \
+		--file Dockerfile.build \
+		.
 
-.PHONY: docker
-docker: builder
-	docker run \
-		--rm \
-		-v "$$PWD:/usr/src" \
-		--workdir "/usr/src" \
-		-it \
-		rusty-builder:latest \
-		bash build.sh
+.PHONY: build-debug
+build-debug: builder
+	cross build --target "$(TARGET)-musl"
 
+.PHONY: run
+run: builder
+	docker-compose up -d --build && docker-compose logs -f app
 
-# libpq builds openssl as a dependency
-.PHONY: build
-build: libpq
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean: clean-openssl clean-libpq clean-di
-	@ echo "Note: this only cleans the C dependencies, not the Cargo cache."
-	rm -rf "$(PREFIX)"
-
-# This is used inside the Dockerfile
-.PHONY: pathfile
-pathfile:
-	echo "$(PREFIX)/lib" >> /etc/ld-musl-x86_64.path
-
-
-## =====OPENSSL=====
-# Download the source code & configure the project
-$(OPENSSL_DIR)/Configure:
-	curl -sSL "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-$(SSL_VER).tar.gz" | \
-		tar -xzC "$(OUT_DIR)"
-	cd "$(OPENSSL_DIR)" && \
-		CC="$(CC) -idirafter /usr/include -idirafter /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/" ./Configure \
-			no-zlib \
-			no-shared \
-			--prefix="$(PREFIX)" \
-			--openssldir="$(PREFIX)/ssl" \
-			linux-x86_64
-
-# Build OpenSSL
-.PHONY: openssl
-openssl: $(OPENSSL_DIR)/Configure
-	cd "$(OPENSSL_DIR)" && env C_INCLUDE_PATH="$(PREFIX)/include" $(MAKE) depend 2> /dev/null
-	cd "$(OPENSSL_DIR)" && $(MAKE) -j$(CORES)
-	cd "$(OPENSSL_DIR)" && $(MAKE) install_sw
-
-.PHONY: clean-openssl
-clean-openssl:
-	rm -rf "$(OPENSSL_DIR)"
-
-
-## =====LIBPQ=====
-# Download the source code & configure the project
-$(PQ_DIR)/configure:
-	curl -sSL "https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v$(PQ_VER)/postgresql-$(PQ_VER).tar.gz" | \
-		tar -xzC "$(OUT_DIR)"
-	cd "$(PQ_DIR)" && \
-		LDFLAGS="-L$(PREFIX)/lib" CFLAGS="-I$(PREFIX)/include" ./configure \
-			--without-readline \
-			--with-openssl \
-			--without-zlib \
-			--prefix="$(PREFIX)" \
-			--host=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-
-.PHONY: libpq
-libpq: openssl $(PQ_DIR)/configure
-	cd "$(PQ_DIR)/src/interfaces/libpq" && $(MAKE) -j$(CORES) all-static-lib
-	cd "$(PQ_DIR)/src/interfaces/libpq" && $(MAKE) install install-lib-static
-	cd "$(PQ_DIR)/src/bin/pg_config" && $(MAKE) -j$(CORES)
-	cd "$(PQ_DIR)/src/bin/pg_config" && $(MAKE) install
-
-.PHONY: clean-libpq
-clean-libpq:
-	rm -rf "$(PQ_DIR)"
-
-
-# =====DUMB-INIT=====
-# NOTE: this is only used inside the Docker image, but it's here for completeness.
-$(DI_DIR)/Makefile:
-	curl -sSL "https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/archive/refs/tags/v$(DI_VER).tar.gz" | \
-		tar -C "$(OUT_DIR)" -xz
-
-.PHONY: di
-di: $(DI_DIR)/Makefile
-	make -C "$(DI_DIR)" build
-
-.PHONY: clean-di
-clean-di:
-	rm -rf "$(DI_DIR)"
-
+.PHONY: release
+build-release: builder
+	cross build --target "$(TARGET)-musl" --release
 
 # ====UTILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT=====
 ## The tests require a database, so we run them like this
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a316d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=c");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=dl");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ssl");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=pq");
+}
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 522fe33..6481bcf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 version: '3'
 
 services:
+  app:
+    build: '.'
   db:
     image: 'postgres:13-alpine'
     restart: 'always'
-
     environment:
       - 'POSTGRES_DB=rb'
       - 'POSTGRES_USER=rb'
@@ -14,6 +15,5 @@ services:
       - '5432:5432'
     volumes:
       - 'db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data'
-
 volumes:
   db-data:
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.builder b/docker/Dockerfile.builder
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c87d30..0000000
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.builder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# vim: ft=dockerfile
-FROM rust:1.54
-
-ENV PREFIX="/usr/src/out/prefix" \
-    CC="musl-gcc -fPIC -pie -static" \
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PREFIX" \
-    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" \
-    PATH="/usr/local/bin:/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
-
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-RUN groupadd -g 1000 builder && \
-    useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 builder && \
-    mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \
-    chown -R builder:builder /usr/src/app && \
-    apt update && \
-    apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        musl-dev \
-        musl-tools \
-        libpq-dev \
-        libssl-dev && \
-    rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
-    echo "$PREFIX/lib" >> /etc/ld-musl-x86_64.path
-
-
-USER builder
-
-CMD ["cargo", "test"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2c0c7c4..c7ab3fd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // compilation succeeds in the release Docker image.
 extern crate openssl;
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate rocket;
+extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel_migrations;
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate diesel;
+extern crate rocket;
 
 use figment::{
     providers::{Env, Format, Yaml},