diff --git a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
index 854efde902d35..5bc59c151565f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/release-pipeline.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ steps:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
+  # aarch64 build.
+  - label: "Build arm64 CPU wheel"
+    depends_on: ~
+    id: build-wheel-arm64-cpu
+    agents:
+      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+    commands:
+      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg USE_SCCACHE=1 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag vllm-ci:build-image --target build --progress plain -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+      - "mkdir artifacts"
+      - "docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/artifacts:/artifacts_host vllm-ci:build-image bash -c 'cp -r dist /artifacts_host && chmod -R a+rw /artifacts_host'"
+      - "bash .buildkite/scripts/upload-wheels.sh"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
   - label: "Build wheel - CUDA 12.8"
     depends_on: ~
     id: build-wheel-cuda-12-8
@@ -142,6 +156,22 @@ steps:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
 
+  - block: "Build arm64 CPU release image"
+    key: block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
+    depends_on: ~
+
+  - label: "Build and publish arm64 CPU release image"
+    depends_on: block-arm64-cpu-release-image-build
+    agents:
+      queue: arm64_cpu_queue_postmerge
+    commands:
+      - "aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7"
+      - "DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --build-arg max_jobs=16 --build-arg GIT_REPO_CHECK=1 --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version) --tag public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest --progress plain --target vllm-openai -f docker/Dockerfile.cpu ."
+      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:latest"
+      - "docker push public.ecr.aws/q9t5s3a7/vllm-arm64-cpu-release-repo:$(buildkite-agent meta-data get release-version)"
+    env:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
+
   - label: "Build and publish nightly multi-arch image to DockerHub"
     depends_on:
       - create-multi-arch-manifest
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.cpu b/docker/Dockerfile.cpu
index 2aed1872ee85a..88bb8a0179180 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -106,6 +106,94 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git \
     VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=cpu python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
 
+#################### WHEEL BUILD IMAGE ####################
+FROM base AS build
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+
+ARG PIP_INDEX_URL UV_INDEX_URL
+ARG PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL
+
+# install build dependencies
+COPY requirements/build.txt requirements/build.txt
+
+# This timeout (in seconds) is necessary when installing some dependencies via uv since it's likely to time out
+# Reference: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/1694
+ENV UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=500
+ENV UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match"
+# Use copy mode to avoid hardlink failures with Docker cache mounts
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    uv pip install --python /opt/venv/bin/python3 -r requirements/build.txt
+
+COPY . .
+ARG GIT_REPO_CHECK=0
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git \
+    if [ "$GIT_REPO_CHECK" != "0" ]; then bash tools/check_repo.sh ; fi
+
+# max jobs used by Ninja to build extensions
+ARG max_jobs=2
+ENV MAX_JOBS=${max_jobs}
+
+ARG USE_SCCACHE
+ARG SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://github.com/mozilla/sccache/releases/download/v0.8.1/sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
+ARG SCCACHE_ENDPOINT
+ARG SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME=vllm-build-sccache
+ARG SCCACHE_REGION_NAME=us-west-2
+ARG SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=0
+
+# Flag to control whether to use pre-built vLLM wheels
+ARG VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED=""
+
+# if USE_SCCACHE is set, use sccache to speed up compilation
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git \
+    if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" = "1" ]; then \
+        echo "Installing sccache..." \
+        && curl -L -o sccache.tar.gz ${SCCACHE_DOWNLOAD_URL} \
+        && tar -xzf sccache.tar.gz \
+        && sudo mv sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/sccache /usr/bin/sccache \
+        && rm -rf sccache.tar.gz sccache-v0.8.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl \
+        && if [ ! -z ${SCCACHE_ENDPOINT} ] ; then export SCCACHE_ENDPOINT=${SCCACHE_ENDPOINT} ; fi \
+        && export SCCACHE_BUCKET=${SCCACHE_BUCKET_NAME} \
+        && export SCCACHE_REGION=${SCCACHE_REGION_NAME} \
+        && export SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS=${SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS} \
+        && export SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=0 \
+        && export CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        && export VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED="${VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED}" \
+        && export VLLM_DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT=1 \
+        && sccache --show-stats \
+        && python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist --py-limited-api=cp38 \
+        && sccache --show-stats; \
+    fi
+
+ARG vllm_target_device="cpu"
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=${vllm_target_device}
+ENV CCACHE_DIR=/root/.cache/ccache
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=.git,target=.git  \
+    if [ "$USE_SCCACHE" != "1" ]; then \
+        # Clean any existing CMake artifacts
+        rm -rf .deps && \
+        mkdir -p .deps && \
+        export VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED="${VLLM_USE_PRECOMPILED}" && \
+        export VLLM_DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT=1 && \
+        python3 setup.py bdist_wheel --dist-dir=dist --py-limited-api=cp38; \
+    fi
+
+# Check the size of the wheel if RUN_WHEEL_CHECK is true
+COPY .buildkite/check-wheel-size.py check-wheel-size.py
+# sync the default value with .buildkite/check-wheel-size.py
+ARG VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=450
+ENV VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB=$VLLM_MAX_SIZE_MB
+ARG RUN_WHEEL_CHECK=true
+RUN if [ "$RUN_WHEEL_CHECK" = "true" ]; then \
+        python3 check-wheel-size.py dist; \
+    else \
+        echo "Skipping wheel size check."; \
+    fi
+
 ######################### TEST DEPS #########################
 FROM base AS vllm-test-deps