diff --git a/tests/functional/aarch64/meson.build b/tests/functional/aarch64/meson.build
index 49eca12058..7ea8c22b04 100644
--- a/tests/functional/aarch64/meson.build
+++ b/tests/functional/aarch64/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ tests_aarch64_system_thorough = [
   'tuxrun',
   'virt',
   'virt_gpu',
+  'virt_vbsa',
   'xen',
   'xlnx_versal',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/functional/aarch64/test_virt_vbsa.py b/tests/functional/aarch64/test_virt_vbsa.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1dd4cecde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/aarch64/test_virt_vbsa.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Functional test that runs the Arm VBSA conformance tests.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2026 Linaro Ltd.
+#
+# Author:
+#  Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import shutil
+from subprocess import check_call, DEVNULL
+
+from qemu_test import QemuSystemTest, Asset
+from qemu_test import get_qemu_img, skipIfMissingCommands
+from qemu_test import wait_for_console_pattern
+from qemu_test import exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern as ec_and_wait
+
+
+@skipIfMissingCommands("mformat", "mcopy", "mmd")
+class Aarch64VirtMachine(QemuSystemTest):
+    KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE = 'printk.time=0 '
+    timeout = 360
+
+    def wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message, vm=None):
+        wait_for_console_pattern(self, success_message,
+                                 failure_message='FAILED',
+                                 vm=vm)
+
+    ASSET_VBSA_EFI = Asset(
+        'https://github.com/ARM-software/sysarch-acs/raw/refs/heads/main'
+        '/prebuilt_images/VBSA/v25.12_VBSA_0.7.0/Vbsa.efi',
+        '80f37d2fb86d152d95dec4d05ff099c9e47ee8a89314268e08056b0e1359e1fa')
+
+    ASSET_BSA_SHELL = Asset(
+        'https://github.com/ARM-software/sysarch-acs/raw/refs/heads/main'
+        '/prebuilt_images/VBSA/v25.12_VBSA_0.7.0/Shell.efi',
+        'e526604f0d329b481c6a1f62f7a0db8ea24ce8178b2c6abda8e247425f38775c')
+
+    def test_aarch64_vbsa_uefi_tests(self):
+        """
+        Launch the UEFI based VBSA test from an EFI file-system
+        """
+
+        self.vm.set_console()
+
+        # virt machine wi
+        self.set_machine('virt')
+        self.vm.add_args('-M', 'virt,gic-version=max,virtualization=on')
+        self.vm.add_args('-cpu', 'max', '-m', '1024')
+
+        # We will use the QEMU firmware blobs to boot
+        code_path = self.build_file('pc-bios', 'edk2-aarch64-code.fd')
+        vars_source = self.build_file('pc-bios', 'edk2-arm-vars.fd')
+        vars_path = self.scratch_file('vars.fd')
+        shutil.copy(vars_source, vars_path)
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive',
+                         f'if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file={code_path}')
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive', f'if=pflash,format=raw,file={vars_path}')
+
+        # Build an EFI FAT32 file-system for the UEFI tests
+        vbsa_efi = self.ASSET_VBSA_EFI.fetch()
+        bsa_shell = self.ASSET_BSA_SHELL.fetch()
+
+        img_path = self.scratch_file('vbsa.img')
+        qemu_img = get_qemu_img(self)
+        check_call([qemu_img, 'create', '-f', 'raw', img_path, '64M'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        check_call(['mformat', '-i', img_path, '-v', 'VBSA', '::'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        check_call(['mmd', '-i', img_path, '::/EFI'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        check_call(['mmd', '-i', img_path, '::/EFI/BOOT'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        check_call(['mcopy', '-i', img_path, bsa_shell,
+                    '::/EFI/BOOT/BOOTAA64.EFI'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        check_call(['mcopy', '-i', img_path, vbsa_efi, '::/Vbsa.efi'],
+                   stdout=DEVNULL, stderr=DEVNULL)
+
+        self.vm.add_args('-drive',
+                         f'file={img_path},format=raw,if=none,id=drive0')
+        self.vm.add_args('-device', 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive0')
+
+        self.vm.launch()
+
+        # wait for EFI prompt
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('Shell>')
+
+        # Start the VBSA tests
+        ec_and_wait(self, "FS0:Vbsa.efi", 'VBSA Architecture Compliance Suite')
+
+        # could we parse the summary somehow?
+
+        self.wait_for_console_pattern('VBSA tests complete. Reset the system.')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    QemuSystemTest.main()