diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 70ffa709..5b5e246e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ jobs:
 
           - os: windows-2019
             target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            variant: release # Note: we do not support windows debug builds.
+
+          - os: ubuntu-16.04
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            variant: debug
+
+          - os: ubuntu-16.04
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
             variant: release
-            # Note we do not support windows debug builds.
 
     env:
       V8_FROM_SOURCE: true
@@ -66,6 +73,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 2.7.x
           architecture: x64
 
+      - name: Install cross compilation toolchain
+        if: matrix.config.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+        run: |
+          rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -yq --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends \
+            binfmt-support g++-5-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-5-multilib \
+            gcc-5-aarch64-linux-gnu libc6-arm64-cross qemu qemu-user \
+            qemu-user-binfmt
+
+          sudo ln -s /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 \
+                     /lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1
+
+          echo "::set-env name=CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER::/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc-5"
+          echo "::set-env name=QEMU_LD_PREFIX::/usr/aarch64-linux-gnu"
+
       - name: Configure cargo data directory
         # After this point, all cargo registry and crate data is stored in
         # $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/target/cargo. This allows us to cache only the files
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 42865b6e..0f52609d 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn build_v8() {
   }
 
   if env::var("TARGET").unwrap() == "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu" {
-    gn_args.push("target_cpu=arm64".to_string());
+    gn_args.push(r#"target_cpu="arm64""#.to_string());
     gn_args.push("use_sysroot=true".to_string());
     maybe_install_sysroot("arm64");
     maybe_install_sysroot("amd64");