diff --git a/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml b/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml
index 5011422..68f66bd 100644
--- a/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible_collections/nullified/infrastructure/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
     cache_valid_time: 3600
     pkg:
       - build-essential
+      - dpkg-dev
+      - gcc
       - git
+      - libc6-dev
       - libjemalloc2
       - libjemalloc-dev
       - libssl-dev
       - libsystemd-dev
+      - make
       - python3-cryptography
       - ssl-cert
 - name: gather facts
@@ -40,13 +44,27 @@
     version: "{{ valkey_version | default('latest') }}"
     github_token: "{{ valkey_github_token }}"
     repository: "valkey-io/valkey"
-    creates: "{{ valkey_binary_filepath | default('/usr/local/bin/valkey-server') }}"
+    creates: "{{ valkey_install_dir }}/src"
     cmds:
       - tar -zxf {asset_dirname}/{asset_filename}
-      - |-
-        cd $(find . -maxdepth 1 -name valkey-io-valkey\* -type d);
-        make -j $(nproc) BUILD_TLS=yes USE_SYSTEMD=yes &&
-        make install
+      - 'mv $(find . -maxdepth 1 -name valkey-io-valkey\* -type d) {{ valkey_install_dir }}/src'
+- name: compile Valkey (some tweaks taken from Valkey's Dockerfile
+  become: true
+  args:
+    chdir: '{{ valkey_install_dir }}/src'
+  ansible.builtin.shell: '{{ item }}'
+  loop:
+    - 'make distclean || true'
+    - |-
+      extraJemallocConfigureFlags="--build=$(dpkg-architecture --query DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)";
+      case $(dpkg --print-architecture) in
+        amd64 | i386 | x32) extraJemallocConfigureFlags="$extraJemallocConfigureFlags --with-lg-page=12" ;;
+        *) extraJemallocConfigureFlags="$extraJemallocConfigureFlags --with-lg-page=16" ;;
+      esac;
+      extraJemallocConfigureFlags="$extraJemallocConfigureFlags --with-lg-hugepage=21";
+      sed -ri 's!cd jemalloc && ./configure !&'"$extraJemallocConfigureFlags"' !' ./deps/Makefile;
+    - 'make -j $(nproc) BUILD_TLS=yes USE_SYSTEMD=yes'
+    - make install
 - name: create directories
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file: