diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a7222ec6..e79f90d1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -199,3 +199,9 @@
 [submodule "vendor/constantine"]
 	path = vendor/constantine
 	url = https://github.com/mratsim/constantine.git
+[submodule "vendor/codex-storage-proofs"]
+	path = vendor/codex-storage-proofs
+	url = https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-storage-proofs.git
+[submodule "vendor/codex-storage-proofs-circuits"]
+	path = vendor/codex-storage-proofs-circuits
+	url = https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-storage-proofs-circuits.git
diff --git a/build.nims b/build.nims
index 11eec387..bac8c3e0 100644
--- a/build.nims
+++ b/build.nims
@@ -21,10 +21,19 @@ proc test(name: string, srcDir = "tests/", params = "", lang = "c") =
   buildBinary name, srcDir, params
   exec "build/" & name
 
+task buildStorageProofs, "build codex storage proofs":
+  ## pre-build codex-storage-proofs to cache the first cargo build
+  ## though `codex-storage-proofs/codex_storage_proofs.nim` calls cargo build again
+  withDir "vendor/codex-storage-proofs/":
+    exec "cargo build --release"
+  buildBinary "storage_proofs", srcDir = "codex/utils/", params = "-f "
+
 task codex, "build codex binary":
+  buildStorageProofsTask()
   buildBinary "codex", params = "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
 
 task testCodex, "Build & run Codex tests":
+  buildStorageProofsTask()
   test "testCodex", params = "-d:codex_enable_proof_failures=true -d:codex_use_hardhat=true"
 
 task testContracts, "Build & run Codex Contract tests":
diff --git a/codex/utils/storage_proofs.nim b/codex/utils/storage_proofs.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c31f1d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex/utils/storage_proofs.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+import codex_storage_proofs
+
+import std/os
+
+export codex_storage_proofs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/codex-storage-proofs b/vendor/codex-storage-proofs
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2ac80d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/codex-storage-proofs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2ac80d7ac2a1e0d0367b58a734ed34eae9dc9f91
diff --git a/vendor/codex-storage-proofs-circuits b/vendor/codex-storage-proofs-circuits
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..c03b4322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/codex-storage-proofs-circuits
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c03b43221d68e34bd5015a4e4ee1a0ad3299f8ef