diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 45efde1f333..364776950c7 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 [target.x86_64-unknown-redox]
 linker = "x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc"
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 
 [env]
 # See feat_external_libstdbuf in src/uu/stdbuf/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 99b7c996be6..20517fd630d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install/setup prerequisites
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get -y update ; sudo apt-get -y install libselinux1-dev
+        sudo apt-get -y update ; sudo apt-get -y install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu libselinux1-dev
     - name: Initialize workflow variables
       id: vars
       shell: bash
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         persist-credentials: false
     - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      with:
+        target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
     - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: Install/setup prerequisites
@@ -287,7 +289,9 @@ jobs:
         if [[ -d target ]]; then
           mv -T target target.cache
         fi
-        # Actually do the build
+        # Check that we don't cross-build uudoc
+        make install-manpages PREFIX=/tmp/usr UTILS=true RUSTC_ARCH="--target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+        # build (host)
         make build
         echo "Check that target directory will be ignored by backup tools"
         test -f target/CACHEDIR.TAG
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index e4bc5f4355f..91d9e7385ee 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ RM := rm -rf
 # Binaries
 CARGO  ?= cargo
 CARGOFLAGS ?=
+RUSTC_ARCH ?= # should be empty except for cross-build, not --target $(shell rustc -vV | sed -n 's/host: //p')
 
 # Install directories
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
@@ -342,14 +343,14 @@ use_default := 1
 build-pkgs:
 ifneq (${MULTICALL}, y)
 ifdef BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "$(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg))
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "$(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg)) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
 else
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg))
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} ${PROFILE_CMD} $(foreach pkg,$(EXES),-p uu_$(pkg)) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
 endif
 endif
 
 build-coreutils:
-	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "${EXES} $(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
+	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --features "${EXES} $(BUILD_SPEC_FEATURE)" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features $(RUSTC_ARCH)
 
 build: build-coreutils build-pkgs locales
 
@@ -400,14 +401,15 @@ busytest: $(BUILDDIR)/busybox $(addprefix test_busybox_,$(filter-out $(SKIP_UTIL
 endif
 
 clean:
-	cargo clean
-	cd $(DOCSDIR) && $(MAKE) clean
+	cargo clean $(RUSTC_ARCH)
+	cd $(DOCSDIR) && $(MAKE) clean $(RUSTC_ARCH)
 
 distclean: clean
-	$(CARGO) clean $(CARGOFLAGS) && $(CARGO) update $(CARGOFLAGS)
+	$(CARGO) clean $(CARGOFLAGS) $(RUSTC_ARCH) && $(CARGO) update $(CARGOFLAGS) $(RUSTC_ARCH)
 
 ifeq ($(MANPAGES),y)
 build-uudoc:
+	# Use same PROFILE with coreutils to share crates (if not cross-build)
 	${CARGO} build ${CARGOFLAGS} --bin uudoc --features "uudoc ${EXES}" ${PROFILE_CMD} --no-default-features
 
 install-manpages: build-uudoc