diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
index df84edb..88cc25c 100644
--- a/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-plugeth.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ services:
       CERC_ALLOW_UNPROTECTED_TXS: ${CERC_ALLOW_UNPROTECTED_TXS:-false}
     env_file:
       - ../config/fixturenet-eth/fixturenet-eth.env
+      - ../config/fixturenet-eth/statediff.env
     image: cerc/fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth:local
     volumes:
       - fixturenet_plugeth_geth_1_data:/root/ethdata
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/config/fixturenet-eth/statediff.env b/stack-orchestrator/config/fixturenet-eth/statediff.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3f14cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/config/fixturenet-eth/statediff.env
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# DB connection settings for statediffing (see docker-compose-db.yml)
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST="ipld-eth-db"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT=5432
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME="cerc_testing"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER="vdbm"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD="password"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER:-18}
+CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS="${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS:-false}"
+CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS=2
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
index f074131..2de950d 100755
--- a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,58 @@ else
 
     echo -n "$JWT" > /opt/testnet/build/el/jwtsecret
 
+    if [ "$CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF" == "detect" ] && [ -n "$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST" ]; then
+      dig_result=$(dig $CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST +short)
+      dig_status_code=$?
+      if [[ $dig_status_code = 0 && -n $dig_result ]]; then
+        echo "Statediff DB at $CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST"
+        CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF="true"
+      else
+        echo "No statediff DB available."
+        CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF="false"
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    STATEDIFF_OPTS=""
+    if [ "$CERC_RUN_STATEDIFF" == "true" ]; then
+      ready=0
+      echo "Waiting for statediff DB..."
+      while [ $ready -eq 0 ]; do
+        sleep 1
+        export PGPASSWORD="$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD"
+        result=$(psql -h "$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST" \
+          -p "$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT" \
+          -U "$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER" \
+          -d "$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME" \
+          -t -c 'select max(version_id) from goose_db_version;' 2>/dev/null | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        if [ -n "$result" ]; then
+          echo "DB ready."
+          if [ $result -ge $CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER ]; then
+            ready=1
+          else
+            echo "DB not at required version (want $CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER, have $result)"
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+      STATEDIFF_OPTS="--statediff \
+      --statediff.db.host=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_HOST \
+      --statediff.db.name=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NAME \
+      --statediff.db.nodeid=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_NODE_ID \
+      --statediff.db.password=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PASSWORD \
+      --statediff.db.port=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_PORT \
+      --statediff.db.user=$CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_USER \
+      --statediff.db.logstatements=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_LOG_STATEMENTS:-false} \
+      --statediff.db.copyfrom=${CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_COPY_FROM:-true} \
+      --statediff.waitforsync=true \
+      --statediff.workers=${CERC_STATEDIFF_WORKERS:-1} \
+      --statediff.writing=true"
+
+      if [ -d "${CERC_PLUGINS_DIR}" ]; then
+        # With plugeth, we separate the statediff options by prefixing with ' -- '
+        STATEDIFF_OPTS="--pluginsdir "${CERC_PLUGINS_DIR}" -- ${STATEDIFF_OPTS}"
+      fi
+    fi
+
     OTHER_OPTS=""
     if [ "$CERC_ALLOW_UNPROTECTED_TXS" == "true" ]; then
       # Allow for unprotected (non EIP155) txs to be submitted via RPC
@@ -87,6 +139,7 @@ else
       --log.vmodule="${CERC_GETH_VMODULE}" \
       --miner.etherbase="${ETHERBASE}" \
       ${OTHER_OPTS} \
+      ${STATEDIFF_OPTS} \
       &
 
     geth_pid=$!
diff --git a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/build.sh b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/build.sh
index 6074ed1..53c0226 100755
--- a/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/build.sh
+++ b/stack-orchestrator/container-build/cerc-fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth/build.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ source ${CERC_CONTAINER_BASE_DIR}/build-base.sh
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
-if [ ! -e "${SCRIPT_DIR}/run-el.sh" ]; then
-  cp -fp ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh ${SCRIPT_DIR}/
-fi
+cp -fp ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../cerc-fixturenet-eth-geth/run-el.sh ${SCRIPT_DIR}/
 
 docker build -t cerc/fixturenet-plugeth-plugeth:local -f ${SCRIPT_DIR}/Dockerfile ${build_command_args} $SCRIPT_DIR