diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 13a1ac21..d007ac9f 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
             "matchPackageNames": [
                 "golang/go",
                 "nvidia/open-gpu-kernel-modules",
-                "open-iscsi/open-isns"
+                "open-iscsi/open-isns",
+                "linux-rdma/rdma-core"
             ],
             "versioning": "regex:^(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.?(?<patch>\\d+)?$"
         },
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f03d66a..930304df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif
 
 # keep in sync with Pkgfile
 BLDR_RELEASE ?= v0.2.0-alpha.12
-PKGS ?= v1.4.0-alpha.0-29-g5dbce6b
+PKGS ?= v1.4.0-alpha.0-30-g0e63e95
 
 BUILD := docker buildx build
 PLATFORM ?= linux/amd64,linux/arm64
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ TARGETS = \
 		nut-client \
 		nvidia-container-toolkit \
 		nvidia-fabricmanager \
-		nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules
+		nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules \
+		rdma-core
 
 # Temporarily disabled, as mellanox-ofed fails to build with Linux 6.1
 #		mellanox-ofed \
diff --git a/rdma-core/manifest.yaml b/rdma-core/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec943e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdma-core/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: v1alpha1
+metadata:
+  name: rdma-core
+  version: "$VERSION"
+  author: Sidero Labs
+  description: |
+    This system extension provides Intel microcode binaries.
+  compatibility:
+    talos:
+      version: ">= v1.4.0"
diff --git a/rdma-core/pkg.yaml b/rdma-core/pkg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a80bf90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdma-core/pkg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: rdma-core
+variant: scratch
+shell: /toolchain/bin/bash
+dependencies:
+  - stage: base
+steps:
+  - sources:
+      - url: https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/releases/download/v{{ .RDMA_CORE_VERSION }}/rdma-core-{{ .RDMA_CORE_VERSION }}.tar.gz
+        destination: rdma-core.tar.gz
+        sha256: 25d6601e60f27bbcd75e07fe340400cb80e6c3c487679700535385cfc9d9858b
+        sha512: f31c63aee415fb4aa721fdec2e4d9fb2bef964b1bea93f0170d30fb03b1e798cb11d46bb123db4b2a5002dec17ec16dc6e6aeaebe9f84517bf538dd114726ae1
+    prepare:
+      - |
+        sed -i 's#$VERSION#{{ .VERSION }}#' /pkg/manifest.yaml
+      - |
+        tar -xzf rdma-core.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+
+        cmake ..
+    build:
+      - |
+        cd build
+
+        make -j $(nproc)
+    install:
+      - |
+        mkdir -p /rootfs/
+
+        cd build
+        
+        make DESTDIR=/rootfs install
+
+        /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 --list /rootfs/usr/local/bin/* && exit 1
+finalize:
+  - from: /rootfs
+    to: /rootfs
+  - from: /pkg/manifest.yaml
+    to: /
diff --git a/rdma-core/vars.yaml b/rdma-core/vars.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dde11fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdma-core/vars.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# renovate: datasource=github-releases extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ depName=linux-rdma/rdma-core
+RDMA_CORE_VERSION: 44.0