diff --git a/c_src/Makefile b/c_src/Makefile
index c6d70f55..55251af9 100644
--- a/c_src/Makefile
+++ b/c_src/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-LEVELDB_VSN ?= "2.0.38"
+LEVELDB_SRC := $(REBAR_DEPS_DIR)/leveldb/c_src
 C_SRC_DIR := $(shell pwd)
 PROJECT_DIR := $(abspath $(C_SRC_DIR)/..)
 TARGET_DIR := $(PROJECT_DIR)/priv/
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ TOOLS = \
 	sst_scan
 
 LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -lsnappy -lpthread
-CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -I. -I $(C_SRC_DIRC_SRC_DIR)/leveldb/include -fPIC
-CXXFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS) -I. -I $(C_SRC_DIR)/leveldb/include -fPIC
+CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -I. -I $(LEVELDB_SRC)/include -fPIC
+CXXFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS) -I. -I $(LEVELDB_SRC)/include -fPIC
 TEST_CXXFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS) -Wno-narrowing
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s), Darwin)
@@ -33,25 +33,17 @@ ifeq ($(shell uname -s), Darwin)
 	TEST_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-c++11-narrowing
 endif
 
-get-deps:
-	git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/eleveldb/eleveldb
-	echo "ubuntu-latest image with otp-22, are you happy now?"
-	if [ ! -d leveldb ]; then \
-	    git clone --depth=1 --branch=$(LEVELDB_VSN) https://github.com/basho/leveldb && \
-	    (cd leveldb && git submodule update --depth 1 --init); \
-	fi
-
-compile: get-deps ldb
-	for tool in $(TOOLS); do cp leveldb/$$tool $(TARGET_DIR); done
+compile: ldb
+	for tool in $(TOOLS); do cp $(LEVELDB_SRC)/$$tool $(TARGET_DIR); done
 
 ldb:
 	@echo "Building LevelDB..."
-	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="" -C leveldb all
-	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" -C leveldb tools
+	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="" -C $(LEVELDB_SRC) all
+	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" -C $(LEVELDB_SRC) tools
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C leveldb clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(LEVELDB_SRC) clean
 	for tool in $(TOOLS); do rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)$$tool; done
 
 test: compile
-	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(TEST_CXXFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" -C leveldb test
+	$(MAKE) LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" CXXFLAGS="$(TEST_CXXFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" -C $(LEVELDB_SRC) test
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 409c8147..5667b477 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 
 {eunit_opts, [verbose]}.
 
-{plugins, [{eqc_rebar, {git, "https://github.com/Quviq/eqc-rebar", {branch, "master"}}}, pc]}.
+{plugins, [
+    {eqc_rebar, {git, "https://github.com/Quviq/eqc-rebar", {branch, "master"}}},
+    pc,
+    rebar3_external
+]}.
+
+{deps, [
+    {leveldb,
+        {external, {git, "https://github.com/basho/leveldb", {tag, "2.0.38"}}, "c_src", [
+            {description, "leveldb: A key-value store"},
+            {vsn, "2.0.38"}
+        ]}}
+]}.
 
 {provider_hooks, [
     {post, [
@@ -32,13 +44,11 @@
 
 {port_env, [
     %% Make sure to set -fPIC when compiling leveldb
-    {"CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -Wall -O3 -fPIC -I c_src/leveldb/include -I c_src/leveldb"},
-    {"LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS c_src/leveldb/libleveldb.a -lsnappy -lstdc++"}
+    {"CXXFLAGS", "$CXXFLAGS -Wall -O3 -fPIC -I $REBAR_DEPS_DIR/leveldb/c_src/include -I $REBAR_DEPS_DIR/leveldb/c_src"},
+    {"LDFLAGS", "$LDFLAGS $REBAR_DEPS_DIR/leveldb/c_src/libleveldb.a -lsnappy -lstdc++"}
 ]}.
 
 {pre_hooks, [
-    {"(linux|darwin|solaris)", 'get-deps', "./make -C c_src get-deps"},
-    {"(freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)", 'get-deps', "gmake -C c_src get-deps"},
     {"(linux|darwin|solaris)", compile, "make -C c_src compile"},
     {"(freebsd|netbsd|openbsd)", compile, "gmake -C c_src compile"},
     {"(linux|darwin|solaris)", eunit, "make -C c_src test"},
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index 57afcca0..5d53b5d5 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-[].
+[{<<"leveldb">>,
+  {external,{git,"https://github.com/basho/leveldb",{tag,"2.0.38"}},
+            "c_src",
+            [{description,"leveldb: A key-value store"},{vsn,"2.0.38"}]},
+  0}].