diff --git a/Dockerfile.hardware b/Dockerfile.hardware
index b6e2023..81d7783 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.hardware
+++ b/Dockerfile.hardware
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 ARG ROS_DISTRO=noetic
 ARG ROSBOT_FW_RELEASE=0.16.2
 
+## ============================ STM32FLASH =================================
+# stm32flash needs an older version of glibc (2.28), which is why ubuntu 18.04 was used
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 AS stm32flash_builder
+
+# official releases are only for intel archs, so we need to build stm32flash from sources
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+		git \
+		build-essential && \
+	git clone https://github.com/stm32duino/stm32flash.git && \
+	cd stm32flash/ && \
+	make all
+
 
 ## =========================== ROS package builder ===============================
 FROM ros:$ROS_DISTRO-ros-core AS pkg-builder
@@ -72,7 +84,11 @@ RUN apt update && apt install -y \
 # copy ROS package from previous step
 COPY --from=pkg-builder /ros_ws /ros_ws
 
-# copy firmware built in previous stage
+# copy stm32flash
+COPY --from=stm32flash_builder /stm32flash/stm32flash /usr/bin/stm32flash
+
+
+# copy firmware built
 RUN cd root && \
 	curl https://github.com/husarion/rosbot-stm32-firmware/releases/download/$ROSBOT_FW_RELEASE/firmware_diff.bin -o firmware_diff.bin && \
 	curl https://github.com/husarion/rosbot-stm32-firmware/releases/download/$ROSBOT_FW_RELEASE/firmware_mec.bin -o firmware_mecanum.bin