diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c6fbaf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64-darwin.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: build and test on aarch64
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  test-on-macos-aarch64:
+    runs-on: macos-14
+    name: test on macos-14-aarch64
+    steps:
+      - name: install prerequisites
+        run: |
+          rustup target add armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+          brew tap messense/macos-cross-toolchains
+          brew update && brew install \
+            armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf \
+            meson \
+            docker \
+          source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
+      - name: git checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: cache rust dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/bin/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            target/
+          key: arm-darwin-cargo-and-target-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+      - name: cargo build for aarch64-apple-darwin
+        run:  cargo build --release
+      - run: .github/workflows/test.sh  -r ./target/release/dav1d  -s ./target/release/seek_stress
+      - name: cargo build for armv7-unknown-linux
+        run: |
+          CC_armv7_unknown_linux_gnueabihf=$(brew --prefix armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf)/bin/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-gcc \
+          AR_armv7_unknown_linux_gnueabihf=$(brew --prefix armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf)/bin/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-ar \
+          CARGO_TARGET_ARMV7_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNUEABIHF_LINKER=$(brew --prefix armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf)/bin/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf-ld \
+          RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=+crt-static -L $(brew --prefix armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf)/toolchain/lib/gcc/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/13.2.0" \
+            cargo build --release --target armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+      - name: docker run
+        run: |
+          docker run \
+            --rm \
+            -v ~/.cargo/git:/home/prossimo/.cargo/git \
+            -v ~/.cargo/registry:/home/prossimo/.cargo/registry \
+            -v $(pwd):/${{ github.workspace }} \
+            -w ${{ github.workspace }} \
+            --platform linux/arm/v7 \
+            ghcr.io/immunant/rav1d/debian-bullseye-arm7:latest \
+            .github/workflows/test.sh -t 2 \
+                -r target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/dav1d \
+                -s target/armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/release/seek_stress
+      - name: upload build artifacts
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: meson-test-logs
+          path: |
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/build/meson-logs/testlog.txt
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
index 2d00dc896..a9facf011 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-aarch64.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: build and test on aarch64 with QEMU
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  # * is a special character in YAML so we quote lines containing it
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**qemu**' # Run when pushing branches that have qemu in the name
 jobs:
   test-on-qemu-linux-aarch64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
index 3ad636792..b7c3b59f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-arm7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: build and test on arm7 with QEMU
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  # * is a special character in YAML so we quote lines containing it
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**qemu**' # Run when pushing branches that have qemu in the name
 jobs:
   test-on-qemu-linux-arm7:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest