diff --git a/_unit-test/create-docker-volumes-test.sh b/_unit-test/create-docker-volumes-test.sh
index 2cb9b962a8..83591d3aa8 100755
--- a/_unit-test/create-docker-volumes-test.sh
+++ b/_unit-test/create-docker-volumes-test.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ sentry-data
 sentry-kafka
 sentry-postgres
 sentry-redis
+sentry-seaweedfs
 sentry-symbolicator"
 
 before=$(get_volumes)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f29a9bfd56..e37bc54025 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ x-sentry-defaults: &sentry_defaults
       <<: *depends_on-default
     smtp:
       <<: *depends_on-default
+    seaweedfs:
+      <<: *depends_on-default
     snuba-api:
       <<: *depends_on-default
     symbolicator:
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ services:
   kafka:
     <<: *restart_policy
     image: "confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.6.1"
+    user: root
     environment:
       # https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/docker/config-reference.html#cp-kakfa-example
       KAFKA_PROCESS_ROLES: "broker,controller"
@@ -209,6 +212,44 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 30
+  seaweedfs:
+    image: "chrislusf/seaweedfs:3.96_large_disk"
+    entrypoint: "weed"
+    command: >-
+        server
+        -filer=true
+        -filer.port=8888
+        -filer.port.grpc=18888
+        -filer.defaultReplicaPlacement=000
+        -master=true
+        -master.port=9333
+        -master.port.grpc=19333
+        -metricsPort=9091
+        -s3=true
+        -s3.port=8333
+        -s3.port.grpc=18333
+        -volume=true
+        -volume.dir.idx=/data/idx
+        -volume.index=leveldbLarge
+        -volume.max=0
+        -volume.preStopSeconds=8
+        -volume.readMode=redirect
+        -volume.port=8080
+        -volume.port.grpc=18080
+        -ip=127.0.0.1
+        -ip.bind=0.0.0.0
+        -webdav=false
+    environment:
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: sentry
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: sentry
+    volumes:
+      - "sentry-seaweedfs:/data"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-q", "-O-", "http://seaweedfs:8080/healthz", "http://seaweedfs:9333/cluster/healthz", "http://seaweedfs:8333/healthz"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 20s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
   snuba-api:
     <<: *snuba_defaults
   # Kafka consumer responsible for feeding events into Clickhouse
@@ -625,6 +666,8 @@ volumes:
     external: true
   sentry-symbolicator:
     external: true
+  sentry-seaweedfs:
+    external: true
   # This volume stores JS SDK assets and the data inside this volume should
   # be cleaned periodically on upgrades.
   sentry-nginx-www:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d7f8a036f4..c6b3a62a17 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ source install/ensure-relay-credentials.sh
 source install/generate-secret-key.sh
 source install/update-docker-images.sh
 source install/build-docker-images.sh
+source install/bootstrap-s3-nodestore.sh
 source install/bootstrap-snuba.sh
 source install/upgrade-postgres.sh
 source install/ensure-correct-permissions-profiles-dir.sh
diff --git a/install/bootstrap-s3-nodestore.sh b/install/bootstrap-s3-nodestore.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ff465c146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/bootstrap-s3-nodestore.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+echo "${_group}Bootstrapping seaweedfs (node store)..."
+
+$dc up --wait seaweedfs postgres
+$dc exec seaweedfs apk add --no-cache s3cmd
+$dc exec seaweedfs mkdir -p /data/idx/
+s3cmd="$dc exec seaweedfs s3cmd"
+
+bucket_list=$($s3cmd --access_key=sentry --secret_key=sentry --no-ssl --region=us-east-1 --host=localhost:8333 --host-bucket='localhost:8333/%(bucket)' ls)
+
+if [[ $($bucket_list | tail -1 | awk '{print $3}') != 's3://nodestore' ]]; then
+  # Only touch if no existing nodestore config is found
+  if ! grep -q "SENTRY_NODESTORE" $SENTRY_CONFIG_PY; then
+    nodestore_config=$(sed -n '/SENTRY_NODESTORE/,/[}]/{p}' sentry/sentry.conf.example.py)
+    if [[ $($dc exec postgres psql -qAt -U postgres -c "select exists (select * from nodestore_node limit 1)") = "f" ]]; then
+      nodestore_config=$(echo -e "$nodestore_config" | sed '$s/\}/    "read_through": True,\n    "delete_through": True,\n\}/')
+    fi
+    echo "$nodestore_config" >>$SENTRY_CONFIG_PY
+  fi
+  $dc exec seaweedfs mkdir -p /data/idx/
+  $s3cmd --access_key=sentry --secret_key=sentry --no-ssl --region=us-east-1 --host=localhost:8333 --host-bucket='localhost:8333/%(bucket)' mb s3://nodestore
+else
+  echo "Node store already exists, skipping..."
+fi
+
+echo "${_endgroup}"
diff --git a/install/create-docker-volumes.sh b/install/create-docker-volumes.sh
index fdbecc2288..c0437c5563 100644
--- a/install/create-docker-volumes.sh
+++ b/install/create-docker-volumes.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ echo "Created $(create_volume sentry-kafka)."
 echo "Created $(create_volume sentry-postgres)."
 echo "Created $(create_volume sentry-redis)."
 echo "Created $(create_volume sentry-symbolicator)."
+echo "Created $(create_volume sentry-seaweedfs)."
 
 echo "${_endgroup}"
diff --git a/sentry/Dockerfile b/sentry/Dockerfile
index 557046f143..40398a773f 100644
--- a/sentry/Dockerfile
+++ b/sentry/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 ARG SENTRY_IMAGE
 FROM ${SENTRY_IMAGE}
 
+RUN pip install https://github.com/stayallive/sentry-nodestore-s3/archive/main.zip
+
 COPY . /usr/src/sentry
 
 RUN if [ -s /usr/src/sentry/enhance-image.sh ]; then \
     /usr/src/sentry/enhance-image.sh; \
-fi
+    fi
 
 RUN if [ -s /usr/src/sentry/requirements.txt ]; then \
     echo "sentry/requirements.txt is deprecated, use sentry/enhance-image.sh - see https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/#enhance-sentry-image"; \
     pip install -r /usr/src/sentry/requirements.txt; \
-fi
+    fi
diff --git a/sentry/sentry.conf.example.py b/sentry/sentry.conf.example.py
index 826f43ae2d..d47b2e6b7a 100644
--- a/sentry/sentry.conf.example.py
+++ b/sentry/sentry.conf.example.py
@@ -95,6 +95,31 @@ def get_internal_network():
 # See https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/experimental/errors-only/
 SENTRY_SELF_HOSTED_ERRORS_ONLY = env("COMPOSE_PROFILES") != "feature-complete"
 
+################
+# Node Storage #
+################
+
+# Sentry uses an abstraction layer called "node storage" to store raw events.
+# Previously, it used PostgreSQL as the backend, but this didn't scale for
+# high-throughput environments. Read more about this in the documentation:
+# https://develop.sentry.dev/backend/application-domains/nodestore/
+#
+# Through this setting, you can use the provided blob storage or
+# your own S3-compatible API from your infrastructure.
+# Other backend implementations for node storage developed by the community
+# are available in public GitHub repositories.
+
+SENTRY_NODESTORE = "sentry_nodestore_s3.S3PassthroughDjangoNodeStorage"
+SENTRY_NODESTORE_OPTIONS = {
+    "compression": True,
+    "endpoint_url": "http://seaweedfs:8333",
+    "bucket_path": "nodestore",
+    "bucket_name": "nodestore",
+    "region_name": "us-east-1",
+    "aws_access_key_id": "sentry",
+    "aws_secret_access_key": "sentry",
+}
+
 #########
 # Redis #
 #########