diff --git a/tools/defradb.containerfile b/tools/defradb.containerfile
index 53a849b6c6..7e07bf887d 100644
--- a/tools/defradb.containerfile
+++ b/tools/defradb.containerfile
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ RUN make deps:modules
 COPY . .
 COPY --from=PLAYGROUND_BUILD /repo/dist /repo/playground/dist/
 ENV BUILD_TAGS=playground
+# manually copy libwasmer.so to fix linking issue https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-go/issues/281
+RUN export WASMER_ARCH=$(go env GOHOSTARCH | sed "s/arm64/aarch64/") && \
+    export WASMER_PATH=$(go env GOMODCACHE)/github.com/wasmerio/wasmer-go@v1.0.4/wasmer/packaged/lib/linux-$WASMER_ARCH/libwasmer.so && \
+    cp $WASMER_PATH /lib/libwasmer.so
 RUN make build
 
 # Stage: RUN
 FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 COPY --from=BUILD /repo/build/defradb /defradb
+COPY --from=BUILD /lib/libwasmer.so /lib/libwasmer.so
 
 # Documents which ports are normally used.
 # To publish the ports: `docker run -p 9181:9181` ...