diff --git a/core/io/io_uring.rs b/core/io/io_uring.rs
index b2afeb652..ff0c7c793 100644
--- a/core/io/io_uring.rs
+++ b/core/io/io_uring.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ impl UringIO {
         };
         // we only ever have 2 files open at a time for the moment
         ring.submitter().register_files_sparse(FILES)?;
+        // RL_MEMLOCK cap is typically 8MB, the current design is to have one large arena
+        // registered at startup and therefore we can simply use the zero index, falling back
+        // to similar logic as the existing buffer pool for cases where it is over capacity.
+        ring.submitter().register_buffers_sparse(1)?;
         let inner = InnerUringIO {
             ring: WrappedIOUring {
                 ring,
@@ -460,6 +464,26 @@ impl IO for UringIO {
     fn get_memory_io(&self) -> Arc<MemoryIO> {
         Arc::new(MemoryIO::new())
     }
+
+    fn register_fixed_buffer(&self, ptr: std::ptr::NonNull<u8>, len: usize) -> Result<()> {
+        turso_assert!(
+            len % 512 == 0,
+            "fixed buffer length must be logical block aligned"
+        );
+        let inner = self.inner.borrow_mut();
+        let default_id = 0;
+        unsafe {
+            inner.ring.ring.submitter().register_buffers_update(
+                default_id,
+                &[libc::iovec {
+                    iov_base: ptr.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
+                    iov_len: len,
+                }],
+                None,
+            )?
+        };
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Clock for UringIO {
diff --git a/core/io/mod.rs b/core/io/mod.rs
index 8560216e8..a822cf832 100644
--- a/core/io/mod.rs
+++ b/core/io/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::Result;
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 use cfg_block::cfg_block;
 use std::fmt;
+use std::ptr::NonNull;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{
     cell::{Cell, Ref, RefCell, RefMut},
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ pub trait IO: Clock + Send + Sync {
     fn generate_random_number(&self) -> i64;
 
     fn get_memory_io(&self) -> Arc<MemoryIO>;
+
+    fn register_fixed_buffer(&self, _ptr: NonNull<u8>, _len: usize) -> Result<()> {
+        Err(crate::LimboError::InternalError(
+            "unsupported operation".to_string(),
+        ))
+    }
 }
 
 pub type Complete = dyn Fn(Arc<RefCell<Buffer>>, i32);