diff --git a/eng/pipelines/arcade/setup-test-env.yml b/eng/pipelines/arcade/setup-test-env.yml
index 18c62294314b..9e9c0d27d50b 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/arcade/setup-test-env.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/arcade/setup-test-env.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ steps:
   fetchDepth: 1
   clean: true
 
+# Enable KVM for Android tests on Linux
+- bash: |
+    echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
+    sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
+    sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
+  displayName: Enable KVM
+  condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Agent.OS'], 'Linux'))
+
 - template: /eng/pipelines/common/provision.yml@self
   parameters:
     checkoutDirectory: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
diff --git a/src/DotNet/DotNet.csproj b/src/DotNet/DotNet.csproj
index 5cab15a090ed..4e4e92feec35 100644
--- a/src/DotNet/DotNet.csproj
+++ b/src/DotNet/DotNet.csproj
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
     <!-- Run 'dotnet workload install' for the current running 'dotnet' install -->
     <ItemGroup>
       <_WorkloadSource Include="$(NugetArtifactsPath)" />
-      <_LocalWorkloadIds Include="maui" />
+      <!-- On Linux, install maui-android instead of maui to avoid iOS/macOS dependencies -->
+      <_LocalWorkloadIds Include="maui-android" Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('linux'))" />
+      <_LocalWorkloadIds Include="maui" Condition="!$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('linux'))" />
       
       <_LocalWorkloadIds Include="tizen" Condition=" '$(IncludeTizenTargetFrameworks)' == 'true' " />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/AndroidTemplateTests.cs b/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/AndroidTemplateTests.cs
index 2e8027bcfdfd..a4115a3f182d 100644
--- a/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/AndroidTemplateTests.cs
+++ b/src/TestUtils/src/Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests/AndroidTemplateTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests.Android;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Maui.IntegrationTests
@@ -94,6 +95,12 @@ public void RunOnAndroid(string id, string framework, string config, string? tri
 			Assert.True(DotnetInternal.New(id, projectDir, framework, output: _output),
 				$"Unable to create template {id}. Check test output for errors.");
 
+			// On Linux, only the maui-android workload is installed. Previous .NET
+			// templates may still include iOS/macOS TFMs causing NETSDK1178 errors
+			// during restore. Strip them so only Android remains.
+			if (TestEnvironment.IsLinux)
+				StripNonAndroidTfms(projectFile, framework);
+
 			var buildProps = BuildProps;
 			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(trimMode))
 			{
@@ -128,5 +135,20 @@ void AddInstrumentation(string projectDir)
 				"MainLauncher = true, Name = \"com.microsoft.mauitemplate.MainActivity\"");
 		}
 
+		static void StripNonAndroidTfms(string projectFile, string framework)
+		{
+			var content = File.ReadAllText(projectFile);
+			var androidTfm = $"{framework}-android";
+			// Remove conditional TargetFrameworks lines (iOS/macOS/Windows additions)
+			content = Regex.Replace(content,
+				@"\s*<TargetFrameworks\s+Condition=""[^""]*"">[^<]*</TargetFrameworks>",
+				"");
+			// Set the base TargetFrameworks to Android only
+			content = Regex.Replace(content,
+				@"<TargetFrameworks>[^<]*</TargetFrameworks>",
+				$"<TargetFrameworks>{androidTfm}</TargetFrameworks>");
+			File.WriteAllText(projectFile, content);
+		}
+
 	}
 }