diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
index bffb3bb8a8..e34bb3845d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr_deploy.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,36 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta-alpine.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta-alpine.outputs.labels }}
+  build-and-push-image-database:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for database Dockerfile
+        id: meta-database
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}-database
+
+      - name: Build and push Database Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: .
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile.database
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.tags }}-${{ github.event.inputs.tag || 'latest' }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta-database.outputs.labels }}
   release:
     name: "New LiteLLM Release"
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.database b/Dockerfile.database
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9eed2baf97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.database
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Base image for building
+ARG LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE=python:3.9
+
+# Runtime image
+ARG LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE=python:3.9-slim
+# Builder stage
+FROM $LITELLM_BUILD_IMAGE as builder
+
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y gcc python3-dev && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install build
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . .
+
+# Build the package
+RUN rm -rf dist/* && python -m build
+
+# There should be only one wheel file now, assume the build only creates one
+RUN ls -1 dist/*.whl | head -1
+
+# Install the package
+RUN pip install dist/*.whl
+
+# install dependencies as wheels
+RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --wheel-dir=/wheels/ -r requirements.txt
+
+# Runtime stage
+FROM $LITELLM_RUNTIME_IMAGE as runtime
+
+WORKDIR /app
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+COPY . .
+RUN ls -la /app
+
+# Copy the built wheel from the builder stage to the runtime stage; assumes only one wheel file is present
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist/*.whl .
+COPY --from=builder /wheels/ /wheels/
+
+# Install the built wheel using pip; again using a wildcard if it's the only file
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --find-links=/wheels/ -r requirements.txt \
+    && pip install *.whl \
+    && rm -f *.whl
+
+
+# If true, execute the following instructions
+RUN prisma generate
+
+RUN chmod +x /app/retry_push.sh
+
+RUN /app/retry_push.sh
+
+EXPOSE 4000/tcp
+
+# Set your entrypoint and command
+ENTRYPOINT ["litellm"]
+CMD ["--num_workers", "8", "--port", "4000"]
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