diff --git a/include/ircd/db/database/env/port.h b/include/ircd/db/database/env/port.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6e0bc137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ircd/db/database/env/port.h
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Matrix Construct
+//
+// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
+//
+// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
+// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+#define HAVE_IRCD_DB_DATABASE_ENV_PORT_H
+
+// This file is not part of the standard include stack because it requires
+// RocksDB symbols which we cannot forward declare. It is used internally
+// and does not need to be included by general users of IRCd.
+
+// !!! EXPERIMENTAL !!!
+//
+// This file is special; even within the context of embedding RocksDB through
+// its env interface. The functionality provided here is NOT done via
+// overriding virtual interfaces called by RocksDB like with the rest of env.
+// This functionality is deemed too critical for runtime virtual interfaces.
+//
+// Instead, the definitions we provide override those that RocksDB uses at
+// link-time during the compilation of libircd. Interface declarations are not
+// provided by RocksDB in its include path either, thus our interface here must
+// match the rocksdb::port interface.
+//
+// Unfortunately if the rocksdb::port interface partially changes and we leave
+// unresolved symbols at link time that may be bad, and go silently unnoticed.
+//
+// !!! EXPERIMENTAL !!!
+
+namespace rocksdb::port
+{
+	struct Mutex;
+	struct CondVar;
+	struct RWMutex;
+}
+
+class rocksdb::port::Mutex
+{
+	friend class CondVar;
+
+	std::mutex mu;
+
+  public:
+	void Lock();
+	void Unlock();
+	void AssertHeld();
+
+	Mutex();
+	Mutex(bool adaptive);
+	Mutex(const Mutex &) = delete;
+	Mutex &operator=(const Mutex &) = delete;
+	~Mutex();
+};
+
+class rocksdb::port::CondVar
+{
+	Mutex *mu;
+	std::condition_variable cv;
+
+  public:
+	void Wait();
+	bool TimedWait(uint64_t abs_time_us); // Returns true if timeout occurred
+	void Signal();
+	void SignalAll();
+
+	CondVar(Mutex *mu);
+	~CondVar();
+};
+
+class rocksdb::port::RWMutex
+{
+	std::shared_mutex mu;
+
+  public:
+	void ReadLock();
+	void WriteLock();
+	void ReadUnlock();
+	void WriteUnlock();
+
+	RWMutex();
+	RWMutex(const RWMutex &) = delete;
+	RWMutex &operator=(const RWMutex &) = delete;
+	~RWMutex();
+};
diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index 385eac652..e99108907 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <rocksdb/table.h>
 #include <rocksdb/sst_file_manager.h>
 
+// ircd::db interfaces requiring complete RocksDB (frontside).
 #include <ircd/db/database/comparator.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/prefix_transform.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/mergeop.h>
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
 #include <ircd/db/database/logs.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/column.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/txn.h>
+
+// RocksDB embedding environment callback interfaces (backside).
 #include <ircd/db/database/env/env.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/env/writable_file.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/env/sequential_file.h>
@@ -42,8 +45,18 @@
 #include <ircd/db/database/env/directory.h>
 #include <ircd/db/database/env/file_lock.h>
 
+// RocksDB port linktime-overriding interfaces (experimental).
+#ifdef IRCD_DB_PORT
+#include <ircd/db/database/env/port.h>
+#endif
+
+// Internal utility interface for this definition file.
 #include "db.h"
 
+//
+// Misc / General linkages
+//
+
 decltype(ircd::db::log)
 ircd::db::log
 {
@@ -2923,6 +2936,125 @@ noexcept
 {
 }
 
+//
+// rocksdb::port (EXPERIMENTAL)
+//
+
+#ifdef IRCD_DB_PORT
+
+//
+// Mutex
+//
+
+rocksdb::port::Mutex::Mutex()
+{
+}
+
+rocksdb::port::Mutex::Mutex(bool adaptive)
+{
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::Mutex::Lock()
+{
+	mu.lock();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::Mutex::Unlock()
+{
+	mu.unlock();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::Mutex::AssertHeld()
+{
+	assert(1);
+}
+
+//
+// RWMutex
+//
+
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::RWMutex()
+{
+}
+
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::~RWMutex()
+{
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::ReadLock()
+{
+	mu.lock_shared();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::WriteLock()
+{
+	mu.lock();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::ReadUnlock()
+{
+	mu.unlock_shared();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::RWMutex::WriteUnlock()
+{
+	mu.unlock();
+}
+
+//
+// CondVar
+//
+
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::CondVar(Mutex *mu)
+:mu{mu}
+{
+}
+
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::~CondVar()
+{
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::Wait()
+{
+	assert(mu);
+	std::unique_lock<decltype(mu->mu)> ul(mu->mu);
+	cv.wait(ul);
+}
+
+// Returns true if timeout occurred
+bool
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::TimedWait(uint64_t abs_time_us)
+{
+	assert(mu);
+	const std::chrono::microseconds us(abs_time_us);
+	const std::chrono::system_clock::time_point tp(us);
+	std::unique_lock<decltype(mu->mu)> ul(mu->mu);
+	const auto cvs(cv.wait_until(ul, tp));
+	return cvs == std::cv_status::timeout;
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::Signal()
+{
+	cv.notify_one();
+}
+
+void
+rocksdb::port::CondVar::SignalAll()
+{
+	cv.notify_all();
+}
+
+#endif // IRCD_DB_PORT
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // db/txn.h