diff --git a/clippy.toml b/clippy.toml
index 8f0582e2f5d1e..b278f32444dcd 100644
--- a/clippy.toml
+++ b/clippy.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ doc-valid-idents = [
   "PowerShell",
   "CycloneDX",
   "SemVer",
+  "AArch64",
   "UV_DEV",
   "UV_FROZEN",
   "UV_ISOLATED",
diff --git a/crates/uv-platform/src/cpuinfo.rs b/crates/uv-platform/src/cpuinfo.rs
index a18c0d80909e1..0d32c7e6b8fcd 100644
--- a/crates/uv-platform/src/cpuinfo.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-platform/src/cpuinfo.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use procfs::{CpuInfo, Current};
 
 /// Detects whether the hardware supports floating-point operations using ARM's Vector Floating Point (VFP) hardware.
 ///
-/// This function is relevant specifically for ARM architectures, where the presence of the "vfp" flag in `/proc/cpuinfo`
+/// This function is relevant specifically for ARM architectures, where the presence of the `vfp` flag in `/proc/cpuinfo`
 /// indicates that the CPU supports hardware floating-point operations.
 /// This helps determine whether the system is using the `gnueabihf` (hard-float) ABI or `gnueabi` (soft-float) ABI.
 ///
@@ -16,12 +16,29 @@ use procfs::{CpuInfo, Current};
 pub(crate) fn detect_hardware_floating_point_support() -> Result<bool, Error> {
     let cpu_info = CpuInfo::current().map_err(Error::other)?;
     if let Some(features) = cpu_info.fields.get("Features") {
-        if features.contains("vfp") {
-            return Ok(true); // "vfp" found: hard-float (gnueabihf) detected
+        if has_hardware_float_features(features) {
+            return Ok(true);
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(false) // Default to soft-float (gnueabi) if no "vfp" flag is found
+    Ok(false) // Default to soft-float (gnueabi) if no hardware float feature is found
+}
+
+/// Check if a `/proc/cpuinfo` `Features` string indicates hardware floating-point support.
+///
+/// On native ARM systems, the `vfp` flag indicates hardware floating-point support.
+///
+/// On an AArch64 kernel running ARM userspace (e.g., `armv7l` containers on AArch64 hosts,
+/// or 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS on 64-bit hardware), `/proc/cpuinfo` reports AArch64-style
+/// feature flags instead of ARM flags. The `fp` feature is mandatory on all AArch64
+/// CPUs and indicates hardware floating-point support.
+///
+/// See: <https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/18509>
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn has_hardware_float_features(features: &str) -> bool {
+    features
+        .split_whitespace()
+        .any(|feature| feature == "vfp" || feature == "fp")
 }
 
 /// For non-Linux systems or architectures, the function will return `false` as hardware floating-point detection
@@ -31,3 +48,44 @@ pub(crate) fn detect_hardware_floating_point_support() -> Result<bool, Error> {
 pub(crate) fn detect_hardware_floating_point_support() -> Result<bool, Error> {
     Ok(false) // Non-Linux or non-ARM systems: hardware floating-point detection is not applicable
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    use super::has_hardware_float_features;
+
+    /// Native arm32 (e.g., Raspberry Pi with 32-bit kernel) — `vfp` flag present.
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn arm32_native_hard_float() {
+        let features = "half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32 lpae evtstrm crc32";
+        assert!(has_hardware_float_features(features));
+    }
+
+    /// An aarch64 kernel running arm32 userspace — no `vfp` flag, but `fp` is present.
+    /// This is the scenario from <https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/18509>.
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn aarch64_kernel_with_arm32_userspace() {
+        let features =
+            "fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm";
+        assert!(has_hardware_float_features(features));
+    }
+
+    /// arm32 without any floating-point support — neither `vfp` nor `fp`.
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn arm32_soft_float() {
+        let features = "swp half thumb fastmult edsp";
+        assert!(!has_hardware_float_features(features));
+    }
+
+    /// "fp" must match as a discrete token, not as a substring of other features.
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    fn fp_only_matches_as_discrete_token() {
+        // "fphp" contains "fp" as a prefix but should not match on its own
+        let features = "asimd fphp asimdhp";
+        assert!(!has_hardware_float_features(features));
+    }
+}