diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
index 71d3ad73c1..e63807b24f 100644
--- a/Cross.toml
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ passthrough = [
 
 [build]
 pre-build = "ci/cross-pre-build.sh"
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+dockerfile = "ci/cross/Dockerfile.aarch64"
diff --git a/ci/cross/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/ci/cross/Dockerfile.aarch64
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf528139e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/cross/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM debian:bookworm
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
+    crossbuild-essential-arm64 \
+    libc6-dev-arm64-cross
+
+ENV CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+ENV CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}gcc \
+    AR_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}ar \
+    CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}gcc \
+    CXX_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=${CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}g++ \
+    RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 \
+    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"