diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index e222e83036..b8f75f5018 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,59 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "babylon": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1736163423,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GtPuPFwjbxMx/fY+FXO8V3L+soYhA29ak8XbWBWO5Mk=",
+        "owner": "babylonlabs-io",
+        "repo": "babylon",
+        "rev": "b5646552a1606e38fcdfa97ed2606549b9a233f7",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "babylonlabs-io",
+        "ref": "v1.0.0-rc.3",
+        "repo": "babylon",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "bls-eth-go": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1704351134,
+        "narHash": "sha256-PpBs308170CHZt809QIdyy93D5x+5WTL7hlPytJrpXM=",
+        "ref": "refs/tags/v1.33.0",
+        "rev": "eb66a90ff51d7c982d668d6942e89815a8f7e323",
+        "revCount": 335,
+        "submodules": true,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/herumi/bls-eth-go-binary"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "ref": "refs/tags/v1.33.0",
+        "submodules": true,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/herumi/bls-eth-go-binary"
+      }
+    },
+    "blst": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1691598027,
+        "narHash": "sha256-oqljy+ZXJAXEB/fJtmB8rlAr4UXM+Z2OkDa20gpILNA=",
+        "owner": "supranational",
+        "repo": "blst",
+        "rev": "3dd0f804b1819e5d03fb22ca2e6fac105932043a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "supranational",
+        "repo": "blst",
+        "rev": "3dd0f804b1819e5d03fb22ca2e6fac105932043a",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "cometbls": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -548,6 +601,9 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "arion": "arion",
+        "babylon": "babylon",
+        "bls-eth-go": "bls-eth-go",
+        "blst": "blst",
         "cometbls": "cometbls",
         "cosmosproto": "cosmosproto",
         "cosmossdk": "cosmossdk",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 73d78b741c..5512358835 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@
       url = "github:cosmos/ics23";
       flake = false;
     };
+    # for chains that require blst (babylon)
+    blst = {
+      url = "github:supranational/blst?rev=3dd0f804b1819e5d03fb22ca2e6fac105932043a";
+      flake = false;
+    };
+    bls-eth-go = {
+      url = "git+https://github.com/herumi/bls-eth-go-binary?ref=refs/tags/v1.33.0&submodules=1";
+      flake = false;
+    };
     cosmosproto = {
       url = "github:cosmos/cosmos-proto?ref=refs/tags/v1.0.0-beta.5";
       flake = false;
@@ -77,6 +86,10 @@
       url = "github:osmosis-labs/osmosis/v24.0.0-rc0";
       flake = false;
     };
+    babylon = {
+      url = "github:babylonlabs-io/babylon/v1.0.0-rc.3";
+      flake = false;
+    };
 
     public-awesome-launchpad = {
       type = "github";
@@ -215,6 +228,7 @@
         ./tools/tools.nix
         ./tools/wasm-light-client.nix
         ./tools/libwasmvm/libwasmvm.nix
+        ./tools/libblst/libblst.nix
         ./tools/tidy/tidy.nix
         ./tools/rust/rust.nix
         ./tools/rust/crane.nix
@@ -228,6 +242,7 @@
         ./networks/simulation/simd.nix
         ./networks/stargaze.nix
         ./networks/osmosis.nix
+        ./networks/babylon.nix
         ./e2e/all-tests.nix
         ./e2e/e2e.nix
         ./devnet-compose/devnet-compose.nix
diff --git a/networks/babylon.nix b/networks/babylon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7730ac4181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networks/babylon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
+{
+  perSystem =
+    {
+      pkgs,
+      goPkgs,
+      self',
+      crane,
+      system,
+      ensureAtRepositoryRoot,
+      dbg,
+      ...
+    }:
+    {
+      packages = {
+        babylond = goPkgs.pkgsStatic.buildGo123Module (
+          {
+            name = "babylond";
+            src = inputs.babylon;
+            vendorHash = "sha256-wfvcbBdWBo2jYTiRymHDxL5f6X9RXr2scGuKNc5OaAY=";
+            doCheck = false;
+            doInstallCheck = false;
+            meta.mainProgram = "babylond";
+            # CGO_ENABLED = 0;
+            subPackages = [ "./cmd/babylond" ];
+            buildTags = [ "netgo" ];
+          }
+          // (
+            let
+              CGO_CFLAGS = "-I${self'.packages.libblst}/include -I${self'.packages.libblst.src}/src -I${self'.packages.libblst.src}/build -O";
+              CGO_LDFLAGS = "-z noexecstack -static -L${goPkgs.musl}/lib -L${self'.packages.libwasmvm-2_1_3}/lib -s -w";
+            in
+            if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then
+              {
+                inherit CGO_CFLAGS;
+                inherit CGO_LDFLAGS;
+                # Statically link if we're on linux
+                nativeBuildInputs = [
+                  pkgs.musl
+                ];
+                ldflags = [
+                  "-linkmode external"
+                ];
+              }
+            else
+              { }
+          )
+        );
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/tools/libblst/libblst.nix b/tools/libblst/libblst.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42fd681282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/libblst/libblst.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
+{
+  perSystem =
+    { pkgs, ... }:
+    let
+      enableShared = !pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic;
+    in
+    with pkgs;
+    {
+      packages.libblst = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+        pname = "blst";
+        version = inputs.blst.shortRev;
+        src = inputs.blst;
+        buildPhase =
+          ''
+            ./build.sh
+          ''
+          + lib.optionalString enableShared ''
+            ./build.sh -shared
+          '';
+        installPhase = ''
+          mkdir -p $out/{lib,include}
+          for lib in libblst.{a,so,dylib}; do
+            if [ -f $lib ]; then
+              cp $lib $out/lib/
+            fi
+          done
+          cp bindings/{blst.h,blst_aux.h} $out/include
+
+          for lib in blst.dll; do
+            if [ -f $lib ]; then
+              mkdir -p $out/bin
+              cp $lib $out/bin/
+            fi
+          done
+
+          mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+          cat <<EOF > $out/lib/pkgconfig/libblst.pc
+          prefix=$out
+          exec_prefix=\''${prefix}
+          libdir=\''${exec_prefix}/lib
+          includedir=\''${prefix}/include
+
+          Name: libblst
+          Description: ${meta.description}
+          URL: ${meta.homepage}
+          Version: ${version}
+
+          Cflags: -I\''${includedir}
+          Libs: -L\''${libdir} -lblst
+          Libs.private:
+          EOF
+        '';
+        # ensure we have the right install id set.  Otherwise the library
+        # wouldn't be found during install.  The alternative would be to work
+        # lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "LDFLAGS=-Wl,-install_name,$(out)/lib/libblst.dylib";
+        # into the setup.sh
+        postFixup = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && enableShared) ''
+          install_name_tool -id $out/lib/libblst.dylib $out/lib/libblst.dylib
+        '';
+        enableParallelBuilding = true;
+        doCheck = true;
+        meta = with lib; {
+          description = "Multilingual BLS12-381 signature library";
+          homepage = "https://github.com/supranational/blst";
+          license = licenses.isc;
+          platforms = platforms.all;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+}