diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/release-aarch64.yml
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+# Builds an aarch64-only wheel of mldebug_xdp and publishes it as a GitHub release.
+# The aarch64 wheel is produced by post-processing the standard wheel:
+# Windows and x86 Linux binaries are stripped out and the wheel is re-tagged
+# as py3-none-linux_aarch64.
+
+name: MLDebugger Release (aarch64)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_tag:
+        description: 'Release tag (Default: v<run_number>-aarch64)'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+      release_name:
+        description: 'Release name (Default: "Release v<run_number> (aarch64)")'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+env:
+  GIT_MODE: 1
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: [ build ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        clean: true
+        lfs: true
+
+    - name: Pull LFS files
+      run: git lfs pull
+
+    - name: Add uv to PATH
+      run: echo "$(python -m site --user-base)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+    - name: "Set up Python"
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version-file: "pyproject.toml"
+
+    - name: Create and activate virtual environment
+      run: |
+        uv venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+
+    - name: Update submodules
+      run: |
+        git submodule update --init --recursive
+        git submodule foreach --recursive 'git lfs pull || true'
+
+    - name: Build base wheel with UV
+      run: |
+        uv build --wheel .
+
+    - name: Build aarch64 wheel
+      run: |
+        uv pip install --system wheel
+        BASE_WHEEL=$(find dist -name "mldebug_xdp-*-py3-none-any.whl" | head -1)
+        if [ -z "$BASE_WHEEL" ]; then
+          echo "No base wheel found in dist/" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        python scripts/build_aarch64_wheel.py "$BASE_WHEEL" --out-dir dist
+
+    - name: Store aarch64 wheel path
+      id: wheel-path
+      run: |
+        WHEEL_PATH=$(find dist -name "*-linux_aarch64.whl" | head -1)
+        if [ -z "$WHEEL_PATH" ]; then
+          echo "aarch64 wheel not found" >&2
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "wheel_path=$WHEEL_PATH" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "wheel_name=$(basename $WHEEL_PATH)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Resolve release tag and name
+      id: release_meta
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        DEFAULT_TAG="v${{ github.run_number }}-aarch64"
+        DEFAULT_NAME="Release v${{ github.run_number }} (aarch64)"
+        TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag }}"
+        NAME="${{ github.event.inputs.release_name }}"
+        TAG="${TAG:-$DEFAULT_TAG}"
+        NAME="${NAME:-$DEFAULT_NAME}"
+        echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "name=$NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Create Release
+      id: create_release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ steps.release_meta.outputs.tag }}
+        release_name: ${{ steps.release_meta.outputs.name }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false
+
+    - name: Upload aarch64 wheel to release
+      run: |
+        gh release upload "${{ steps.release_meta.outputs.tag }}" \
+          "${{ steps.wheel-path.outputs.wheel_path }}" \
+          --clobber
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/scripts/build_aarch64_wheel.py b/scripts/build_aarch64_wheel.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Post-process a built mldebug_xdp wheel into a linux_aarch64 wheel.
+
+Takes the standard ``py3-none-any`` wheel produced by ``uv build``, removes
+the Windows and x86 Linux binaries that are not usable on aarch64, and
+re-tags the wheel as ``py3-none-linux_aarch64``.
+
+Usage:
+    python scripts/build_aarch64_wheel.py dist/mldebug_xdp-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
+    python scripts/build_aarch64_wheel.py dist/  # picks the first .whl in dir
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Files inside the wheel (relative to wheel root) that are NOT needed on aarch64.
+EXCLUDE_FILES = [
+  "mldebug/bin/c++filt.exe",
+  "mldebug/bin/llvm-objdump.elf",
+  "mldebug/bin/llvm-objdump.exe",
+  "mldebug/backend/xrt_backend.cp310-win_amd64.pyd",
+  "mldebug/backend/xrt_backend.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so",
+]
+
+PLATFORM_TAG = "linux_aarch64"
+PYTHON_TAG = "py3"
+ABI_TAG = "none"
+
+
+def resolve_input_wheel(arg: Path) -> Path:
+  if arg.is_dir():
+    wheels = sorted(arg.glob("*.whl"))
+    if not wheels:
+      sys.exit(f"no .whl found in {arg}")
+    return wheels[0]
+  if not arg.is_file():
+    sys.exit(f"wheel not found: {arg}")
+  return arg
+
+
+def rewrite_wheel_metadata(dist_info: Path) -> None:
+  wheel_meta = dist_info / "WHEEL"
+  lines = wheel_meta.read_text().splitlines()
+  out: list[str] = []
+  saw_root = False
+  saw_tag = False
+  for line in lines:
+    if line.startswith("Tag:"):
+      if not saw_tag:
+        out.append(f"Tag: {PYTHON_TAG}-{ABI_TAG}-{PLATFORM_TAG}")
+        saw_tag = True
+      # drop any additional Tag lines from the original wheel
+      continue
+    if line.startswith("Root-Is-Purelib:"):
+      out.append("Root-Is-Purelib: false")
+      saw_root = True
+      continue
+    out.append(line)
+  if not saw_root:
+    out.append("Root-Is-Purelib: false")
+  wheel_meta.write_text("\n".join(out) + "\n")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+  ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+  ap.add_argument("wheel", type=Path, help="Path to source wheel or dist directory")
+  ap.add_argument(
+    "--out-dir",
+    type=Path,
+    default=Path("dist"),
+    help="Directory to write the aarch64 wheel into (default: dist)",
+  )
+  args = ap.parse_args()
+
+  src_wheel = resolve_input_wheel(args.wheel)
+  out_dir = args.out_dir.resolve()
+  out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+  work = out_dir / "_aarch64_unpack"
+  if work.exists():
+    shutil.rmtree(work)
+  work.mkdir()
+
+  print(f"unpacking {src_wheel.name}")
+  subprocess.check_call(
+    [sys.executable, "-m", "wheel", "unpack", str(src_wheel), "--dest", str(work)],
+  )
+
+  unpacked_dirs = [p for p in work.iterdir() if p.is_dir()]
+  if len(unpacked_dirs) != 1:
+    sys.exit(f"expected one unpacked dir under {work}, got {unpacked_dirs}")
+  unpacked = unpacked_dirs[0]
+
+  for rel in EXCLUDE_FILES:
+    target = unpacked / rel
+    if target.exists():
+      target.unlink()
+      print(f"removed {rel}")
+    else:
+      print(f"warning: not found in wheel, skipping: {rel}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+  dist_info_dirs = list(unpacked.glob("*.dist-info"))
+  if len(dist_info_dirs) != 1:
+    sys.exit(f"expected one *.dist-info under {unpacked}, got {dist_info_dirs}")
+  rewrite_wheel_metadata(dist_info_dirs[0])
+
+  # Re-pack. ``wheel pack`` regenerates RECORD and uses the WHEEL Tag
+  # entry to pick the output filename, so the result is automatically
+  # named mldebug_xdp-<ver>-py3-none-linux_aarch64.whl.
+  print("repacking with aarch64 platform tag")
+  subprocess.check_call(
+    [sys.executable, "-m", "wheel", "pack", str(unpacked), "--dest-dir", str(out_dir)],
+  )
+
+  shutil.rmtree(work)
+
+  produced = sorted(out_dir.glob(f"*-{PLATFORM_TAG}.whl"))
+  if not produced:
+    sys.exit("aarch64 wheel was not produced")
+  print(f"wrote {produced[-1]}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()