diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/aarch64-redhat-linux.cmake b/llvm/utils/release/aarch64-redhat-linux.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/aarch64-redhat-linux.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
+
+set(TRIPLE "aarch64-redhat-linux")
+
+set(COMMON_COMPILE_FLAGS "-target ${TRIPLE} --sysroot=/usr/${TRIPLE}/")
+set(COMMON_LINK_FLAGS "-fuse-ld=lld")
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${COMMON_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${COMMON_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${COMMON_LINK_FLAGS})
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS ${COMMON_LINK_FLAGS})
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS ${COMMON_LINK_FLAGS})
+
+set(LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE ${TRIPLE} CACHE STRING "Host on which LLVM binaries will run")
diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
--- a/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/test-release.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #
 # Download, build, and test the release candidate for an LLVM release.
 #
+# dnf install -y file clang ninja-build cmake chrpath
+# CXX=/usr/lib64/ccache/clang++ ./test-release.sh -no-libunwind -no-lldb -no-polly -no-mlir -no-flang -release 16.0.0 -final -toolchain-file `pwd`/aarch64-redhat-linux.cmake  -triple arch64-redhat-linux -use-ninja
 #===------------------------------------------------------------------------===#
 
 System=`uname -s`
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 ExtraConfigureFlags=""
 ExportBranch=""
 git_ref=""
+toolchain_file=""
 
 do_bolt="no"
 if [ "$System" = "Linux" ]; then
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@
     echo " -no-mlir             Disable check-out & build MLIR"
     echo " -no-flang            Disable check-out & build Flang"
     echo " -silent-log          Don't output build logs to stdout"
+    echo " -toolchain-file FILE Path to toolchain file to use for cross-compiling stage3."
 }
 
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
@@ -199,6 +203,20 @@
             ;;
         -silent-log )
             do_silent_log="yes"
+            ;;
+        -toolchain-file )
+            shift
+            toolchain_file="$1"
+            do_compare="no"
+            # Disable libunwind build due to configure error:
+            #   Compiler doesn't support generation of unwind tables if exception support
+            #   is disabled.  Building libunwind DSO with runtime dependency on C++ ABI
+            #   library is not supported.
+            do_libunwind="no"
+            # --sysroot option is not passed to libcxxabi builds.
+            do_libcxxabi="no"
+            do_libs="no"
+
             ;;
         -help | --help | -h | --h | -\? )
             usage
@@ -421,6 +439,9 @@
       runtime_list="$runtimes"
     fi
 
+    if [ "$Phase" -eq "3" ] && [ -n "$toolchain_file" ]; then
+      ExtraConfigureFlags="$ExtraConfigureFlags -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$toolchain_file"
+    fi
     echo "# Using C compiler: $c_compiler"
     echo "# Using C++ compiler: $cxx_compiler"
 
@@ -660,7 +681,10 @@
     c_compiler=$llvmCore_phase3_destdir/usr/local/bin/clang
     cxx_compiler=$llvmCore_phase3_destdir/usr/local/bin/clang++
     echo "# Testing - built with clang"
-    test_llvmCore 3 $Flavor $llvmCore_phase3_objdir
+    # Disable tests if we are cross-compiling
+    if [ -z "$toolchain_file" ]; then
+      test_llvmCore 3 $Flavor $llvmCore_phase3_objdir
+    fi
 
     ########################################################################
     # Compare .o files between Phase2 and Phase3 and report which ones