diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a9c4577e0..eb97a37a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--with-included-rocksdb[[[=shared]]]], [Use the RocksDB sources
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
 		rocksdb_linkage="shared_lib"
 		AC_MSG_NOTICE([Shared RocksDB linkage requires running charybdis with an intact build directory])
-		ROCKSDB_LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,-rpath=$PWD/deps/rocksdb/"
+		ROCKSDB_LDFLAGS+=" -Wl,-rpath=$PWD/deps/rocksdb"
 		AC_SUBST(ROCKSDB_LIBS, ["-lrocksdb"])
 	else
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--with-included-rocksdb[[[=shared]]]], [Use the RocksDB sources
 		AC_SUBST(ROCKSDB_LIBS, ["$PWD/deps/rocksdb/librocksdb.a"])
 	fi
 
-	bash tools/buildrocks.sh $rocksdb_linkage
+	bash tools/buildrocks.sh $rocksdb_linkage "v5.12.2"
 	AS_IF([ test $? != 0 ],
 	[
 		AC_MSG_ERROR([Failed to build RocksDB])
diff --git a/deps/rocksdb b/deps/rocksdb
index 7f5f0e0c0..896944564 160000
--- a/deps/rocksdb
+++ b/deps/rocksdb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7f5f0e0c03d20f84653a991de324810d16a33822
+Subproject commit 8969445642039566214d650cc6614849e7dd5e17
diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/database.h b/include/ircd/db/database/database.h
index 5cc2b6233..36b0e00f2 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/database/database.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/database.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace ircd::db
 	// Property information interface
 	using prop_int = uint64_t;
 	using prop_str = std::string;
-	using prop_map = std::map<std::string, double>;
+	using prop_map = std::map<std::string, std::string>;
 	template<class R = prop_int> R property(const database &, const string_view &name);
 	template<> prop_int property(const database &, const string_view &name);
 
diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/env/env.h b/include/ircd/db/database/env/env.h
index 256a28c24..385d3199f 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/database/env/env.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/env/env.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct ircd::db::database::env final
 	Status GetThreadList(std::vector<ThreadStatus>* thread_list) noexcept override;
 	ThreadStatusUpdater* GetThreadStatusUpdater() const noexcept override;
 	uint64_t GetThreadID() const noexcept override;
+	int GetBackgroundThreads(Priority pri) noexcept override;
 
 	env(database *const &d);
 	~env() noexcept;
diff --git a/ircd/Makefile.am b/ircd/Makefile.am
index dfb5a5603..e3a2c4f90 100644
--- a/ircd/Makefile.am
+++ b/ircd/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = \
 	-Wl,--icf=all \
 	-Wl,-z -Wl,now \
 	$(PLATFORM_LDFLAGS) \
-	# -Wl,--no-undefined \
+	-Wl,--no-undefined \
 	###
 
 libircd_LTLIBRARIES = libircd.la
diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index eb20e3fbc..25c6e889b 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -1085,8 +1085,14 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 void
 ircd::db::log_rdb_perf_context(const bool &all)
 {
+	const auto pc
+	{
+		rocksdb::get_perf_context()
+	};
+
+	assert(pc);
 	const bool exclude_zeros(!all);
-	log.debug("%s", rocksdb::perf_context.ToString(exclude_zeros));
+	log.debug("%s", pc->ToString(exclude_zeros));
 }
 
 uint64_t
@@ -1740,6 +1746,13 @@ const noexcept
 	return defaults.GetThreadID();
 }
 
+int
+ircd::db::database::env::GetBackgroundThreads(Priority pri)
+noexcept
+{
+	return defaults.GetBackgroundThreads(pri);
+}
+
 //
 // writable_file
 //
@@ -3670,7 +3683,7 @@ ircd::db::prop_map
 ircd::db::property(const column &column,
                    const string_view &name)
 {
-	std::map<std::string, double> ret;
+	std::map<std::string, std::string> ret;
 	database::column &c(const_cast<db::column &>(column));
 	database &d(const_cast<db::column &>(column));
 	d.d->GetMapProperty(c, slice(name), &ret);
@@ -5191,6 +5204,7 @@ ircd::db::reflect(const rocksdb::Env::Priority &p)
 {
 	switch(p)
 	{
+		case rocksdb::Env::Priority::BOTTOM:  return "BOTTOM"_sv;
 		case rocksdb::Env::Priority::LOW:     return "LOW"_sv;
 		case rocksdb::Env::Priority::HIGH:    return "HIGH"_sv;
 		case rocksdb::Env::Priority::TOTAL:   return "TOTAL"_sv;
diff --git a/tools/buildrocks.sh b/tools/buildrocks.sh
index a7d03fa46..2bdefa062 100755
--- a/tools/buildrocks.sh
+++ b/tools/buildrocks.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ if [ -z $BRANCH ]; then
 	BRANCH="master"
 fi
 
-JOBS=$3
-if [ -z $JOBS ]; then
-	JOBS=4
-fi
-
 run ()
 {
 	COMMAND=$1
@@ -53,5 +48,5 @@ run git submodule update --init deps/rocksdb
 
 run cd deps/rocksdb
 run git checkout $BRANCH
-CFLAGS=-fPIC run make -j$JOBS $LINKAGE
+CFLAGS="-fPIC -frtti -DROCKSDB_USE_RTTI" run make -j4 $LINKAGE
 run cd $USERDIR         # Return to user's original directory