diff --git a/docker/sui-source-service/Dockerfile b/docker/sui-source-service/Dockerfile
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+FROM rust:1.70.0 AS chef
+WORKDIR sui
+ARG GIT_REVISION
+ENV GIT_REVISION=$GIT_REVISION
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cmake clang
+
+# Plan out the 3rd-party dependencies that need to be built.
+#
+# This is done by:
+#   1. Copy in Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, and the workspace-hack crate
+#   2. Removing all workspace crates, other than the workpsace-hack
+#      crate, from the workspace Cargo.toml file.
+#   3. Update the lockfile in order to reflect the changes to the
+#      root Cargo.toml file.
+# FROM chef AS planner
+# COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+# COPY crates/workspace-hack crates/workspace-hack
+# RUN sed -i '/crates\/workspace-hack/b; /crates/d; /narwhal/d' Cargo.toml \
+#    && cargo metadata -q >/dev/null
+
+# Build and cache all dependencies.
+#
+# In a fresh layer, copy in the "plan" generated by the planner
+# and run `cargo build` in order to create a caching Docker layer
+# with all dependencies built.
+FROM chef AS builder 
+# COPY --from=planner /sui/Cargo.toml Cargo.toml
+# COPY --from=planner /sui/Cargo.lock Cargo.lock
+# COPY --from=planner /sui/crates/workspace-hack crates/workspace-hack
+# RUN cargo build --release
+
+# Build application
+#
+# Copy in the rest of the crates (and an unmodified Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock)
+# and build the application. At this point no dependencies should need to be
+# built as they were built and cached by the previous layer.
+COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock ./
+COPY crates crates
+COPY sui-execution sui-execution
+COPY narwhal narwhal
+COPY external-crates external-crates
+RUN cargo build --release \
+    --bin sui-source-validation-service
+
+# Production Image
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim AS runtime
+WORKDIR sui
+COPY --from=builder /sui/target/release/sui-source-validation-service /usr/local/bin
+
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG GIT_REVISION
+LABEL build-date=$BUILD_DATE
+LABEL git-revision=$GIT_REVISION
diff --git a/docker/sui-source-service/build.sh b/docker/sui-source-service/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright (c) Mysten Labs, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# fast fail.
+set -e
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+DOCKERFILE="$DIR/Dockerfile"
+GIT_REVISION="$(git describe --always --dirty --exclude '*')"
+BUILD_DATE="$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d')"
+
+echo
+echo "Building sui-source-service docker image"
+echo "Dockerfile: \t$DOCKERFILE"
+echo "docker context: $REPO_ROOT"
+echo "build date: \t$BUILD_DATE"
+echo "git revision: \t$GIT_REVISION"
+echo
+
+docker build -f "$DOCKERFILE" "$REPO_ROOT" \
+	--build-arg GIT_REVISION="$GIT_REVISION" \
+	--build-arg BUILD_DATE="$BUILD_DATE" \
+	"$@"