diff --git a/13-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile b/13-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
index f6ecf8eb1..432551b3c 100644
--- a/13-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/13-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.5.5
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=fc3408c474662b5354c9569cfbd18172f2f4818c09945725b8d0089169925fb1
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/13-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile b/13-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
index e039cee40..3e69bb8bf 100644
--- a/13-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/13-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/14-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile b/14-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
index 36bebca5c..ff783575f 100644
--- a/14-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/14-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.5.5
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=fc3408c474662b5354c9569cfbd18172f2f4818c09945725b8d0089169925fb1
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/14-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile b/14-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 379e3ff05..26ba482c9 100644
--- a/14-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/14-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/15-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile b/15-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
index 3735b42f5..af38c9ddf 100644
--- a/15-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/15-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.5.5
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=fc3408c474662b5354c9569cfbd18172f2f4818c09945725b8d0089169925fb1
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/15-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile b/15-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 4164c0695..b6a831b86 100644
--- a/15-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/15-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/16-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile b/16-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
index 065c8f023..4d0d7764f 100644
--- a/16-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/16-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.5.5
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=fc3408c474662b5354c9569cfbd18172f2f4818c09945725b8d0089169925fb1
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/16-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile b/16-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 77452a0b0..beb8d9e2a 100644
--- a/16-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/16-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/16-master/bullseye/Dockerfile b/16-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 551ff7d28..e43cbdcdd 100644
--- a/16-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/16-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ RUN set -ex \
         --enable-lto \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch v0.8.0 --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
 # refresh proj data - workarounds: https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
     && projsync --system-directory --file ch_swisstopo_CHENyx06_ETRS \
     && projsync --system-directory --file us_noaa_eshpgn \
@@ -416,6 +421,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -427,6 +433,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apt-get purge -y --autoremove \
       autoconf \
       automake \
diff --git a/17-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile b/17-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
index 414915b0e..d543e128c 100644
--- a/17-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/17-3.5/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.5.5
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=fc3408c474662b5354c9569cfbd18172f2f4818c09945725b8d0089169925fb1
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/17-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile b/17-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 9680be9a0..4d811bc85 100644
--- a/17-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/17-3.5/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/17-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile b/17-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
index ad3eed6f2..044c2a8ca 100644
--- a/17-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/17-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.6.2
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=607a4d21c017e5283e15d2d977c9b7f575ddfc672afdee81fc84a2d823db4ba5
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/17-master/bullseye/Dockerfile b/17-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
index 7e894e84f..a3c4ab3fa 100644
--- a/17-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
+++ b/17-master/bullseye/Dockerfile
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ RUN set -ex \
         --enable-lto \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch v0.8.0 --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
 # refresh proj data - workarounds: https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
     && projsync --system-directory --file ch_swisstopo_CHENyx06_ETRS \
     && projsync --system-directory --file us_noaa_eshpgn \
@@ -416,6 +421,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -427,6 +433,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apt-get purge -y --autoremove \
       autoconf \
       automake \
diff --git a/18-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile b/18-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
index 41d6d8c1c..ed7fb0e1d 100644
--- a/18-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/18-3.6/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=3.6.2
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=607a4d21c017e5283e15d2d977c9b7f575ddfc672afdee81fc84a2d823db4ba5
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/18-3.6/trixie/Dockerfile b/18-3.6/trixie/Dockerfile
index e6a783fed..21834ccde 100644
--- a/18-3.6/trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/18-3.6/trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine.template b/Dockerfile.alpine.template
index 6f4ee353b..d3eed484e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine.template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="PostGIS Project - https://postgis.net" \
 
 ENV POSTGIS_VERSION=%%POSTGIS_VERSION%%
 ENV POSTGIS_SHA256=%%POSTGIS_SHA256%%
+ENV PGVECTOR_VERSION=0.8.0
 
 RUN set -eux \
     && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps \
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
     \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch "v${PGVECTOR_VERSION}" --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
+    \
 # This section is for refreshing the proj data for the regression tests.
 # It serves as a workaround for an issue documented at https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
 # This increases the Docker image size by about 1 MB.
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"'              >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ RUN set -eux \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apk del .fetch-deps .build-deps \
 # At the end of the build, we print the collected information
 # from the '/_pgis_full_version.txt' file. This is for experimental and internal purposes.
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian.template b/Dockerfile.debian.template
index 0871c84e6..df593359b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debian.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian.template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR=$POSTGIS_VERSION \
            postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-postgis-$POSTGIS_MAJOR-scripts \
+           postgresql-$PG_MAJOR-pgvector \
       && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/Dockerfile.master.template b/Dockerfile.master.template
index 1fcde52ce..563961119 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.master.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.master.template
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ RUN set -ex \
         --enable-lto \
     && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
     && make install \
+# build pgvector
+    && git clone --branch v0.8.0 --depth 1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && cd /usr/src/pgvector \
+    && make -j${NPROC:-$(nproc)} \
+    && make install \
 # refresh proj data - workarounds: https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5316
     && projsync --system-directory --file ch_swisstopo_CHENyx06_ETRS \
     && projsync --system-directory --file us_noaa_eshpgn \
@@ -416,6 +421,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS address_standardizer_data_us;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_tiger_geocoder;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis_topology;"' \
+    && su postgres -c 'psql    -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;"' \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "SELECT PostGIS_Full_Version();"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
     && su postgres -c 'psql -t -c "\dx"' >> /_pgis_full_version.txt \
@@ -427,6 +433,7 @@ RUN set -ex \
 # clean
     && cd / \
     && rm -rf /usr/src/postgis \
+    && rm -rf /usr/src/pgvector \
     && apt-get purge -y --autoremove \
       autoconf \
       automake \