diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 2e09af0..7cb4547 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,40 @@ jobs:
           CLAWHDF5_PYTHON: /opt/interop/bin/python
           CLAWHDF5_REQUIRE_INTEROP: "1"
         run: bash scripts/ci-test.sh
+
+  test-arm64:
+    # The aarch64 kernels in clawhdf5-accel — NEON `dot_i8`, including the
+    # SDOT path, and the f32 NEON kernels — are cfg'd out on x86, so the job
+    # above never compiles, lints or tests them.
+    #
+    # `linux_arm64` is served by two runners that execute differently:
+    # vision-01 runs steps on the host (Rust already installed) and vision-02
+    # runs them in docker.gitea.com/runner-images. So the steps work in both:
+    # no `container:`, no JavaScript actions (they are fetched from GitHub,
+    # which not every runner reliably reaches), and an explicit `+stable`
+    # toolchain rather than whatever a host happens to default to.
+    runs-on: linux_arm64
+    env:
+      CARGO_NET_RETRY: "10"
+      CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out
+        run: |
+          git init -q .
+          git remote add origin "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          for i in 1 2 3; do git fetch -q --depth 1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}" && break; sleep 5; done
+          git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
+      - name: Rust stable
+        run: |
+          export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
+          command -v rustup >/dev/null || curl -sSf --retry 5 https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal --default-toolchain none
+          rustup toolchain install stable --profile minimal --component clippy
+          echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+      - name: Confirm aarch64
+        run: |
+          test "$(uname -m)" = aarch64
+          if grep -q asimddp /proc/cpuinfo; then echo "dot-product extension present: SDOT kernel runs"; else echo "no dot-product extension: plain NEON kernel runs"; fi
+      - name: Clippy (aarch64 kernels)
+        run: cargo +stable clippy -p clawhdf5-accel --all-targets -- -D warnings
+      - name: Test
+        run: cargo +stable test -p clawhdf5-accel -p clawhdf5-ann -p clawhdf5-format