diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f47ee5cf..5e2bc6e13 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "rocksdb"
 version = "0.4.5"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb#6f3c68f5f075433d206be4af6a620651cd9f8541"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb#9be41e05923616dfa28741c58b22776d479751e6"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocksdb-sys 0.3.0 (git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb)",
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rocksdb-sys"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb#6f3c68f5f075433d206be4af6a620651cd9f8541"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ethcore/rust-rocksdb#9be41e05923616dfa28741c58b22776d479751e6"
 dependencies = [
  "gcc 0.3.28 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/util/src/kvdb.rs b/util/src/kvdb.rs
index bc0acc2dd..aeb8b9fa7 100644
--- a/util/src/kvdb.rs
+++ b/util/src/kvdb.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,16 @@ impl Database {
 			opts.set_block_based_table_factory(&block_opts);
 			opts.set_prefix_extractor_fixed_size(size);
 		}
-		let db = try!(DB::open(&opts, path));
+		let db = match DB::open(&opts, path) {
+			Ok(db) => db,
+			Err(ref s) if s.starts_with("Corruption:") => {
+				info!("{}", s);
+				info!("Attempting DB repair for {}", path);
+				try!(DB::repair(&opts, path));
+				try!(DB::open(&opts, path))
+			},
+			Err(s) => { return Err(s); }
+		};
 		Ok(Database { db: db })
 	}