diff --git a/tests/run.yml b/tests/run.yml
index 71d0508adb..b77eeb5205 100644
--- a/tests/run.yml
+++ b/tests/run.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
         - item.branch == zuul.branch
       with_items: "{{ zuul['items'] }}"
 
+    - name: enable building images on AArch64
+      set_fact:
+        need_build_image: true
+      when:
+        - ansible_architecture == 'aarch64'
+
     # NOTE(yoctozepto): required to template template_overrides.j2 for Zuul
     - name: Include kolla Zuul vars if building new images
       include_vars:
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 658b8cfec1..d5505d6e30 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
       base_distro: centos
       install_type: source
 
+- job:
+    name: kolla-ansible-debian-source-aarch64
+    parent: kolla-ansible-debian-source
+    nodeset: kolla-ansible-debian-aarch64
+    voting: false
+    timeout: 10800
+    required-projects:
+      - openstack/kolla
+
 - job:
     name: kolla-ansible-debian-source
     parent: kolla-ansible-base
diff --git a/zuul.d/nodesets.yaml b/zuul.d/nodesets.yaml
index fb498c1ca7..0995c9d4d1 100644
--- a/zuul.d/nodesets.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/nodesets.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
       - name: primary
         label: debian-buster
 
+- nodeset:
+    name: kolla-ansible-debian-aarch64
+    nodes:
+      - name: primary
+        label: debian-buster-arm64
+
 - nodeset:
     name: kolla-ansible-xenial
     nodes:
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index e4acbcdfb7..35090c5113 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
             files:
               - ^ansible/roles/mariadb/
               - ^tests/test-mariadb.sh
+    check-arm64:
+      jobs:
+        - kolla-ansible-debian-source-aarch64
     gate:
       queue: kolla
       jobs: