diff --git a/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/dumpdb/dumpdb.go b/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/dumpdb/dumpdb.go
index 61b2e487af8..01c913d6248 100644
--- a/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/dumpdb/dumpdb.go
+++ b/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/dumpdb/dumpdb.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 	beacon "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/beacon/api"
 	"github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/common/logging"
+	"github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/config"
 	"github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/consensus/cometbft/abci"
 	abciState "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/consensus/cometbft/abci/state"
 	cmtAPI "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/consensus/cometbft/api"
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 	scheduler "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/scheduler/api"
 	staking "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/staking/api"
 	storage "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/storage/api"
-	storageDB "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/storage/database"
+	storageDatabase "github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/storage/database"
 	"github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/go/storage/mkvs/checkpoint"
 )
 
@@ -101,11 +103,18 @@ func doDumpDB(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	// read-only mode because it needs to truncate the value log.
 	//
 	// Hope you have backups if you ever run into this.
+	b := strings.ToLower(config.GlobalConfig.Storage.Backend)
+	switch b {
+	case storageDatabase.BackendNameBadgerDB, storageDatabase.BackendNameRocksDB:
+	default:
+		logger.Error("unsupported storage backend", "backend", b)
+		return
+	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	ldb, _, stateRoot, err := abci.InitStateStorage(
 		&abci.ApplicationConfig{
 			DataDir:             filepath.Join(dataDir, cmtCommon.StateDir),
-			StorageBackend:      storageDB.BackendNameBadgerDB, // No other backend for now.
+			StorageBackend:      b,
 			MemoryOnlyStorage:   false,
 			ReadOnlyStorage:     viper.GetBool(cfgDumpReadOnlyDB),
 			DisableCheckpointer: true,
diff --git a/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/storage/export.go b/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/storage/export.go
index 8ad848cbd04..d6394f7f8dd 100644
--- a/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/storage/export.go
+++ b/go/oasis-node/cmd/debug/storage/export.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func newDirectStorageBackend(dataDir string, namespace common.Namespace) (storag
 	}
 
 	switch b {
-	case storageDatabase.BackendNameBadgerDB:
+	case storageDatabase.BackendNameBadgerDB, storageDatabase.BackendNameRocksDB:
 		cfg.DB = filepath.Join(cfg.DB, storageDatabase.DefaultFileName(cfg.Backend))
 		return storageDatabase.New(cfg)
 	default: