diff --git a/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh b/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
index acd905b7ece8..e6481c794af5 100755
--- a/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
+++ b/tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh
@@ -1,106 +1,120 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Install pkgbase packages for loader, kernel, and enough of userland to boot
 # in QEMU and echo "Hello world." from init, as a very quick smoke test for CI.
 # Uses QEMU's virtual FAT filesystem to avoid the need to create a disk image.
 # While designed for CI automated testing, this script can also be run by hand
 # as a quick smoke-test as long as pkgbase packages have been built.  The
 # rootgen.sh and related scripts generate much more extensive tests for many
 # combinations of boot env (ufs, zfs, geli, etc).
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 set -e
 
 die()
 {
 	echo "$*" 1>&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
 tempdir_cleanup()
 {
 	trap - EXIT SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM SIGQUIT
 	rm -rf ${ROOTDIR}
 }
 
 tempdir_setup()
 {
 	# Create minimal directory structure and populate it.
 
 	for dir in dev bin efi/boot etc lib libexec sbin usr/lib usr/libexec; do
 		mkdir -p ${ROOTDIR}/${dir}
 	done
 
 	# Install kernel, loader and minimal userland.
 	cat<<EOF >${ROOTDIR}/pkg.conf
 REPOS_DIR=[]
 repositories={local {url = file://$(dirname $OBJTOP)/repo/\${ABI}/latest}}
 EOF
 	ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=true INSTALL_AS_USER=true pkg \
 	    -o ABI_FILE=$OBJTOP/bin/sh/sh \
 	    -C ${ROOTDIR}/pkg.conf -r ${ROOTDIR} install \
 	    FreeBSD-kernel-generic FreeBSD-bootloader \
 	    FreeBSD-clibs FreeBSD-runtime
 
 	# Put loader in standard EFI location.
-	mv ${ROOTDIR}/boot/loader.efi ${ROOTDIR}/efi/boot/BOOTx64.EFI
+	mv ${ROOTDIR}/boot/loader.efi ${ROOTDIR}/efi/boot/$EFIBOOT
 
 	# Configuration files.
 	cat > ${ROOTDIR}/boot/loader.conf <<EOF
-vfs.root.mountfrom="msdosfs:/dev/ada0s1"
+vfs.root.mountfrom="msdosfs:/dev/$ROOTDEV"
 autoboot_delay=-1
 boot_verbose=YES
 EOF
 	cat > ${ROOTDIR}/etc/rc <<EOF
 #!/bin/sh
 
 echo "Hello world."
 /sbin/sysctl vm.stats.vm.v_wire_count
 /sbin/shutdown -p now
 EOF
 
 	# Entropy needed to boot, see r346250 and followup commits/discussion.
 	dd if=/dev/random of=${ROOTDIR}/boot/entropy bs=4k count=1
 
 	# Remove unnecessary files to keep FAT filesystem size down.
 	rm -rf ${ROOTDIR}/METALOG ${ROOTDIR}/usr/lib
 }
 
 # Locate the top of the source tree, to run make install from.
 : ${SRCTOP:=$(make -V SRCTOP)}
 if [ -z "${SRCTOP}" ]; then
 	die "Cannot locate top of source tree"
 fi
 : ${OBJTOP:=$(make -V OBJTOP)}
 if [ -z "${OBJTOP}" ]; then
 	die "Cannot locate top of object tree"
 fi
 
-# Locate the uefi firmware file used by qemu.
-: ${OVMF:=/usr/local/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd}
-if [ ! -r "${OVMF}" ]; then
-	die "Cannot read UEFI firmware file ${OVMF}"
-fi
+: ${TARGET:=$(uname -m)}
+case $TARGET in
+amd64)
+	# Locate the uefi firmware file used by qemu.
+	: ${OVMF:=/usr/local/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd}
+	if [ ! -r "${OVMF}" ]; then
+		die "Cannot read UEFI firmware file ${OVMF}"
+	fi
+	QEMU="qemu-system-x86_64 -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=${OVMF}"
+	EFIBOOT=BOOTx64.EFI
+	ROOTDEV=ada0s1
+	;;
+arm64)
+	QEMU="qemu-system-aarch64 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -bios edk2-aarch64-code.fd"
+	EFIBOOT=BOOTAA64.EFI
+	ROOTDEV=vtbd0s1
+	;;
+*)
+	die "Unknown TARGET:TARGET_ARCH $TARGET:$TARGET_ARCH"
+esac
 
 # Create a temp dir to hold the boot image.
 ROOTDIR=$(mktemp -d -t ci-qemu-test-fat-root)
 trap tempdir_cleanup EXIT SIGINT SIGHUP SIGTERM SIGQUIT
 
 # Populate the boot image in a temp dir.
 ( cd ${SRCTOP} && tempdir_setup )
 
 # And, boot in QEMU.
 : ${BOOTLOG:=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ci-qemu-test-boot.log}
 timeout 300 \
-    qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256M -nodefaults \
-   	-drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=${OVMF} \
+    $QEMU -m 256M -nodefaults \
         -serial stdio -vga none -nographic -monitor none \
         -snapshot -hda fat:${ROOTDIR} 2>&1 | tee ${BOOTLOG}
 
 # Check whether we succesfully booted...
 if grep -q 'Hello world.' ${BOOTLOG}; then
 	echo "OK"
 else
 	die "Did not boot successfully, see ${BOOTLOG}"
 fi