diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android-tools.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android-tools.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5c7916ea5e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android-tools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+ANDROID_ARCH=arm64 \
+BUILD_CONTAINER=true \
+TEST_CONTAINER=false \
+DEBIAN_ARCH=amd64 \
+. .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..da18b7c1a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/arm64_test-android.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+ANDROID_ARCH=arm64 \
+BUILD_CONTAINER=false \
+TEST_CONTAINER=true \
+DEBIAN_ARCH=arm64 \
+. .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/gitlab-ci.yml
index e11e1234202..d6a8a287564 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -527,6 +527,51 @@ debian/arm64_test-vk:
     - job: debian/arm64_test-vk
       optional: true
 
+# Debian-based x86_64 builder for Android test tools.
+# ANGLE, dEQP, and deqp-runner are built here since Google does not provide
+# an arm64 NDK. Artifacts are then copied into the arm64 test image.
+debian/arm64_test-android-tools:
+  extends:
+    - .android-variables
+    - .use-debian/x86_64_test-base  # NOT a mistake!
+    - .container-builds-android
+  variables:
+    MESA_IMAGE_TAG: &debian-arm64_test-android ${DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG}
+
+# Debian based arm64 test image for Android
+debian/arm64_test-android:
+  tags:
+    - $FDO_RUNNER_JOB_PRIORITY_TAG_AARCH64
+  extends:
+    - .android-variables
+    - .use-debian/arm64_test-base
+    - .container-builds-android
+    - .export-container
+  variables:
+    MESA_IMAGE_TAG: *debian-arm64_test-android
+  needs:
+    - !reference [.use-debian/arm64_test-base, needs]
+    - job: debian/arm64_test-android-tools
+      optional: true
+
+.use-debian/arm64_test-android:
+  tags:
+    - $FDO_RUNNER_JOB_PRIORITY_TAG_AARCH64
+  extends:
+    - .android-variables
+    - .set-image-base-tag
+  variables:
+    MESA_BASE_TAG: *debian-arm64_test-base
+    MESA_IMAGE_PATH: "debian/arm64_test-android"
+    MESA_IMAGE_TAG: *debian-arm64_test-android
+  needs:
+    - job: sanity
+      optional: true
+    - job: debian/arm64_test-android
+      optional: true
+    - job: debian/arm64_test-android-tools
+      optional: true
+
 # x86_64 image with ARM64 & ARM32 kernel & rootfs for baremetal testing
 .debian/baremetal_arm_test:
   extends:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh
index 5e74b39f899..8ecad167af3 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh
@@ -16,24 +16,60 @@ section_start debian_setup "Base Debian system setup"
 
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# Ephemeral packages (installed for this script and removed again at the end)
-EPHEMERAL=(
-    build-essential:native
-    ccache
-    cmake
-    config-package-dev
-    debhelper-compat
-    dpkg-dev
-    ninja-build
-    unzip
-)
+# Google provides Android NDK for x86_64 hosts only; there is no arm64-native NDK for Linux.
+# Thus, we must cross-compile arm64 test tools on x86_64 runners.
+
+# Container Variants Overview:
+# - x86_64_test-android: Comprehensive environment for x86_64 testing.
+# - arm64_test-android-tools: Used to cross-compile arm64 binaries (dEQP, ANGLE, etc)
+#   on x86_64 runners because the Android NDK only provides x86_64 host binaries.
+# - arm64_test-android: Fetches components built by the 'tools' container to run
+#   tests on arm64 devices where full builds are unsupported.
+#
+# | Component            | x86_64_test-android | arm64_test-android-tools | arm64_test-android |
+# | :------------------: | :-----------------: | :----------------------: | :----------------: |
+# | Runner arch          | x86_64              | x86_64                   | arm64              |
+# | Android NDK          | ✔                   | ✔                        |                    |
+# | ANGLE / dEQP         | ✔ (Built)           | ✔ (Built)                | ✔ (Downloaded)     |
+# | eglinfo / vulkaninfo | ✔                   |                          | ✔                  |
+# | Cuttlefish / CTS     | ✔ (Included)        |                          |   (LAVA overlay)   |
+# | Runtime Deps (AAPT)  | ✔                   |                          | ✔                  |
+#
+# | Logic Variable       | x86_64_test-android | arm64_test-android-tools | arm64_test-android |
+# | :------------------: | :-----------------: | :----------------------: | :----------------: |
+# | BUILD_CONTAINER      | ✔                   | ✔                        |                    |
+# | TEST_CONTAINER       | ✔                   |                          | ✔                  |
+
+if "${BUILD_CONTAINER}"; then
+  # Ephemeral packages (installed for this script and removed again at the end)
+  EPHEMERAL=(
+      binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu
+      build-essential:native
+      ccache
+      cmake
+      config-package-dev
+      debhelper-compat
+      dpkg-dev
+      ninja-build
+      unzip
+  )
+else
+  # We only need the build tools in build containers
+  EPHEMERAL=()
+fi
+
+if "${TEST_CONTAINER}"; then
+  # We only need the Cuttlefish runtime dependencies in test containers
+  DEPS=(
+      aapt
+      cuttlefish-base
+      cuttlefish-user
+      iproute2
+  )
+else
+  DEPS=()
+fi
 
-DEPS=(
-    aapt
-    cuttlefish-base
-    cuttlefish-user
-    iproute2
-)
 apt-get install -y --no-remove --no-install-recommends \
       "${DEPS[@]}" "${EPHEMERAL[@]}"
 
@@ -49,106 +85,159 @@ if [ "${ANDROID_ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
   export ANGLE_ARCH=x64
 fi
 
+if [ "${ANDROID_ARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then
+  export RUST_TARGET=aarch64-linux-android
+  export ANDROID_ABI=arm64-v8a
+  export ANGLE_ARCH=arm64
+  export STRIP_CMD=aarch64-linux-gnu-strip
+fi
+
 ############### Downloading Android tools
 
 section_start android-tools "Downloading Android tools"
 
-mkdir /android-tools
-pushd /android-tools
+# Download pre-built Android utility binaries (eglinfo, vulkaninfo) for test environments
+if "${TEST_CONTAINER}"; then
+  mkdir /android-tools
+  pushd /android-tools
 
-curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
-  -o eglinfo "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/mesa/mesa/${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/eglinfo-android-${ANDROID_ARCH}"
-chmod +x eglinfo
+  curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
+    -o eglinfo "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/mesa/mesa/${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/eglinfo-android-${ANDROID_ARCH}"
+  chmod +x eglinfo
 
-curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
-  -o vulkaninfo "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/mesa/mesa/${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/vulkaninfo-android-${ANDROID_ARCH}"
-chmod +x vulkaninfo
+  curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
+    -o vulkaninfo "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/mesa/mesa/${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/vulkaninfo-android-${ANDROID_ARCH}"
+  chmod +x vulkaninfo
 
-popd
+  popd
+fi
+
+# Fetch cross-compiled test tools (ANGLE, dEQP) for the arm64 runtime.
+# These were built in the 'tools' container due to NDK host limitations.
+if ! "${BUILD_CONTAINER}"; then
+  curl-with-retry -O "https://${S3_BASE_PATH}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/${DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG}/android-tools-arm64.tar.zst"
+  tar --zstd -xf android-tools-arm64.tar.zst -C /
+  rm android-tools-arm64.tar.zst
+fi
 
 section_end android-tools
 
 ############### Downloading NDK for native builds for the guest ...
 
-section_start android-ndk "Downloading Android NDK"
+# Skip NDK setup and builds for test-only runtimes
+if "${BUILD_CONTAINER}"; then
+  section_start android-ndk "Downloading Android NDK"
 
-# Fetch the NDK and extract just the toolchain we want.
-ndk="android-ndk-${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}"
-curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
-  -o "$ndk.zip" "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/$ndk-linux.zip"
-unzip -q -d / "$ndk.zip"
-rm "$ndk.zip"
+  # Fetch the NDK and extract just the toolchain we want.
+  ndk="android-ndk-${ANDROID_NDK_VERSION}"
+  curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
+    -o "$ndk.zip" "https://dl.google.com/android/repository/$ndk-linux.zip"
+  unzip -q -d / "$ndk.zip"
+    rm "$ndk.zip"
 
-section_end android-ndk
+  section_end android-ndk
 
-############### Build ANGLE
+  ############### Build ANGLE
 
-ANGLE_TARGET=android \
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-angle.sh
+  ANGLE_TARGET=android \
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-angle.sh
 
-############### Build dEQP runner
+  ############### Build dEQP runner
 
-export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/$ndk
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh test
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp-runner.sh
+  export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/$ndk
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-rust.sh test
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp-runner.sh
 
-# Properly uninstall rustup including cargo and init scripts on shells
-rustup self uninstall -y
+  # Properly uninstall rustup including cargo and init scripts on shells
+  rustup self uninstall -y
 
-############### Build dEQP
+  ############### Build dEQP
 
-DEQP_API=tools \
-DEQP_TARGET="android" \
-EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
+  DEQP_API=tools \
+  DEQP_TARGET="android" \
+  EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
 
-DEQP_API=GLES \
-DEQP_TARGET="android" \
-EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE_LOGCAT=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
+  DEQP_API=GLES \
+  DEQP_TARGET="android" \
+  EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE_LOGCAT=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
 
-DEQP_API=VK \
-DEQP_TARGET="android" \
-EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE_LOGCAT=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
-. .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
+  DEQP_API=VK \
+  DEQP_TARGET="android" \
+  EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="-DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE=ON -DDEQP_ANDROID_EXE_LOGCAT=ON -DDEQP_TARGET_TOOLCHAIN=ndk-modern -DANDROID_NDK_PATH=/$ndk -DANDROID_ABI=${ANDROID_ABI} -DDE_ANDROID_API=$ANDROID_SDK_VERSION" \
+  . .gitlab-ci/container/build-deqp.sh
 
-rm -rf /VK-GL-CTS
+  rm -rf /VK-GL-CTS
+fi
 
 ############### Downloading Cuttlefish resources ...
 
-section_start cuttlefish "Downloading and setting up Cuttlefish"
+# We only need to download the Cuttlefish image and host tools for the shared runners on x86_64, otherwise they are deployed as LAVA overlays
+if [ "${ANDROID_ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  section_start cuttlefish "Downloading and setting up Cuttlefish"
 
-mkdir /cuttlefish
-pushd /cuttlefish
+  mkdir /cuttlefish
+  pushd /cuttlefish
 
-curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
-  -O "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/${CUTTLEFISH_PROJECT_PATH}/aosp-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_VERSION_TAGS}.${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}/aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.zst"
+  curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
+    -O "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/${CUTTLEFISH_PROJECT_PATH}/aosp-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_VERSION_TAGS}.${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}/aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.zst"
 
-tar --zstd -xvf aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-"$CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER".tar.zst
-rm aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-"$CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER".tar.zst
-ls -lhS ./*
+  tar --zstd -xvf "aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.zst"
+  rm "aosp_cf_${ANDROID_ARCH}_only_phone-img-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}.tar.zst"
 
-curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
-  -O "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/${CUTTLEFISH_PROJECT_PATH}/aosp-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_VERSION_TAGS}.${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}/cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst"
-tar --zst -xvf cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst
-rm cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst
+  curl -L --retry 4 -f --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 60 \
+    -O "https://${S3_HOST}/${S3_ANDROID_BUCKET}/${CUTTLEFISH_PROJECT_PATH}/aosp-${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_VERSION_TAGS}.${CUTTLEFISH_BUILD_NUMBER}/cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst"
+  tar --zst -xvf "cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst"
+  rm "cvd-host_package-${ANDROID_ARCH}.tar.zst"
 
-popd
+  popd
 
-addgroup --system kvm
-usermod -a -G kvm,cvdnetwork root
+  section_end cuttlefish
+fi
 
-section_end cuttlefish
+if "${TEST_CONTAINER}"; then
+  addgroup --system kvm
+  usermod -a -G kvm,cvdnetwork root
+fi
 
 ############### Downloading Android CTS
 
+# We currently only have x86_64 CTS jobs
+if [ "${ANDROID_ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
 . .gitlab-ci/container/build-android-cts.sh
+fi
+
+############### Packaging arm64 tools for S3 upload
+
+# Upload cross-compiled arm64 binaries to S3 for consumption by the test runtime container
+if ! "${TEST_CONTAINER}"; then
+  section_start android-tools-arm64 "Uploading Android tools"
+
+  TOOL_DIRS=(
+      /angle
+      /deqp-gles
+      /deqp-runner
+      /deqp-tools
+      /deqp-vk
+      /mesa-ci-build-tag
+  )
+
+  tar --zstd -cf android-tools-arm64.tar.zst "${TOOL_DIRS[@]}"
+
+  ci-fairy s3cp --token-file "${S3_JWT_FILE}" "android-tools-arm64.tar.zst" \
+    "https://${S3_BASE_PATH}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/${DEBIAN_TEST_ANDROID_TAG}/android-tools-arm64.tar.zst"
+
+  section_end android-tools-arm64
+fi
 
 ############### Uninstall the build software
 
 section_switch debian_cleanup "Cleaning up base Debian system"
 
-rm -rf "/${ndk:?}"
+if "${BUILD_CONTAINER}"; then
+  rm -rf "/${ndk:?}"
+fi
 
 apt-get purge -y "${EPHEMERAL[@]}"
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
index 210a234e463..188b9015d33 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/debian/x86_64_test-android.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 ANDROID_ARCH=x86_64 \
+BUILD_CONTAINER=true \
+TEST_CONTAINER=true \
 DEBIAN_ARCH=amd64 \
 . .gitlab-ci/container/debian/test-android.sh