diff --git a/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/install_valgrind.py b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/install_valgrind.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14baf123ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/install_valgrind.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from config_generator.components.funcs.set_cache_dir import SetCacheDir
+
+from config_generator.etc.function import Function
+from config_generator.etc.utils import bash_exec
+
+from shrub.v3.evg_command import EvgCommandType, expansions_update
+
+
+class InstallValgrind(Function):
+    name = 'install-valgrind'
+    commands = SetCacheDir.commands + [
+        bash_exec(
+            command_type=EvgCommandType.SETUP,
+            script='''\
+                set -o errexit
+                set -o pipefail
+
+                if [[ ! -n "${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}" ]]; then
+                  echo "MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR is not defined!" 1>&2
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+
+                valgrind_install_dir="${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}/valgrind-3.24.0"
+                mkdir -p "$valgrind_install_dir"
+
+                if ! command -v "$valgrind_install_dir/bin/valgrind" 2>/dev/null; then
+                  env \\
+                    install_prefix="${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}/valgrind-3.24.0" \\
+                    mongo-cxx-driver/.evergreen/scripts/valgrind-installer.sh
+                fi
+
+                PATH="$valgrind_install_dir/bin:$PATH" command -V valgrind
+                PATH="$valgrind_install_dir/bin:$PATH" valgrind --version
+
+                printf "VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR: %s\\n" "$valgrind_install_dir/bin" >|expansions.valgrind.yml
+            ''',
+        ),
+        expansions_update(
+            command_type=EvgCommandType.SETUP,
+            file='expansions.valgrind.yml',
+        ),
+    ]
+
+
+def functions():
+    return InstallValgrind.defn()
diff --git a/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/test.py b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/test.py
index 0734e97875..8c65210db5 100644
--- a/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/test.py
+++ b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/funcs/test.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Test(Function):
             'TEST_WITH_VALGRIND',
             'use_mongocryptd',
             'USE_STATIC_LIBS',
+            'VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR',
         ],
         working_dir='mongo-cxx-driver',
         script='.evergreen/scripts/test.sh',
diff --git a/.evergreen/config_generator/components/valgrind.py b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/valgrind.py
index 48140b8a0b..a2609c8fef 100644
--- a/.evergreen/config_generator/components/valgrind.py
+++ b/.evergreen/config_generator/components/valgrind.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from config_generator.components.funcs.compile import Compile
 from config_generator.components.funcs.fetch_det import FetchDET
 from config_generator.components.funcs.install_c_driver import InstallCDriver
+from config_generator.components.funcs.install_valgrind import InstallValgrind
 from config_generator.components.funcs.install_uv import InstallUV
 from config_generator.components.funcs.run_kms_servers import RunKMSServers
 from config_generator.components.funcs.setup import Setup
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ def tasks():
 
             commands += [
                 Setup.call(),
+                InstallValgrind.call(),
                 StartMongod.call(mongodb_version=mongodb_version, topology=topology),
                 InstallCDriver.call(vars=icd_vars),
                 InstallUV.call(),
diff --git a/.evergreen/generated_configs/functions.yml b/.evergreen/generated_configs/functions.yml
index dec36b12e2..c23ad4baea 100644
--- a/.evergreen/generated_configs/functions.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/generated_configs/functions.yml
@@ -392,6 +392,70 @@ functions:
       type: setup
       params:
         file: expansions.uv.yml
+  install-valgrind:
+    - command: subprocess.exec
+      type: setup
+      params:
+        binary: bash
+        args:
+          - -c
+          - |
+            if [[ -n "$XDG_CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
+                cache_dir="$XDG_CACHE_DIR" # XDG Base Directory specification.
+            elif [[ -n "$LOCALAPPDATA" ]]; then
+                cache_dir="$LOCALAPPDATA" # Windows.
+            elif [[ -n "$USERPROFILE" ]]; then
+                cache_dir="$USERPROFILE/.cache" # Windows (fallback).
+            elif [[ -d "$HOME/Library/Caches" ]]; then
+                cache_dir="$HOME/Library/Caches" # MacOS.
+            elif [[ -n "$HOME" ]]; then
+                cache_dir="$HOME/.cache" # Linux-like.
+            elif [[ -d ~/.cache ]]; then
+                cache_dir="~/.cache" # Linux-like (fallback).
+            else
+                cache_dir="$(pwd)/.cache" # EVG task directory (fallback).
+            fi
+
+            mkdir -p "$cache_dir/mongo-cxx-driver" || exit
+            cache_dir="$(cd "$cache_dir/mongo-cxx-driver" && pwd)" || exit
+
+            printf "MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR: %s\n" "$cache_dir" >|expansions.set-cache-dir.yml
+    - command: expansions.update
+      type: setup
+      params:
+        file: expansions.set-cache-dir.yml
+    - command: subprocess.exec
+      type: setup
+      params:
+        binary: bash
+        args:
+          - -c
+          - |
+            set -o errexit
+            set -o pipefail
+
+            if [[ ! -n "${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}" ]]; then
+              echo "MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR is not defined!" 1>&2
+              exit 1
+            fi
+
+            valgrind_install_dir="${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}/valgrind-3.24.0"
+            mkdir -p "$valgrind_install_dir"
+
+            if ! command -v "$valgrind_install_dir/bin/valgrind" 2>/dev/null; then
+              env \
+                install_prefix="${MONGO_CXX_DRIVER_CACHE_DIR}/valgrind-3.24.0" \
+                mongo-cxx-driver/.evergreen/scripts/valgrind-installer.sh
+            fi
+
+            PATH="$valgrind_install_dir/bin:$PATH" command -V valgrind
+            PATH="$valgrind_install_dir/bin:$PATH" valgrind --version
+
+            printf "VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR: %s\n" "$valgrind_install_dir/bin" >|expansions.valgrind.yml
+    - command: expansions.update
+      type: setup
+      params:
+        file: expansions.valgrind.yml
   install_c_driver:
     - command: expansions.update
       type: setup
@@ -607,6 +671,7 @@ functions:
         - TEST_WITH_VALGRIND
         - use_mongocryptd
         - USE_STATIC_LIBS
+        - VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR
       args:
         - -c
         - .evergreen/scripts/test.sh
diff --git a/.evergreen/generated_configs/tasks.yml b/.evergreen/generated_configs/tasks.yml
index fcb7f06fca..3230c99b0a 100644
--- a/.evergreen/generated_configs/tasks.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/generated_configs/tasks.yml
@@ -15889,6 +15889,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: replica_set
@@ -15918,6 +15919,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: sharded_cluster
@@ -15947,6 +15949,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           mongodb_version: "4.0"
@@ -15975,6 +15978,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: replica_set
@@ -16004,6 +16008,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: sharded_cluster
@@ -16033,6 +16038,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           mongodb_version: "8.0"
@@ -16061,6 +16067,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: replica_set
@@ -16090,6 +16097,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           TOPOLOGY: sharded_cluster
@@ -16119,6 +16127,7 @@ tasks:
           updates:
             - { key: build_type, value: Debug }
       - func: setup
+      - func: install-valgrind
       - func: start_mongod
         vars:
           mongodb_version: latest
diff --git a/.evergreen/scripts/test.sh b/.evergreen/scripts/test.sh
index 3a7fc2f56d..ccd2c622cf 100755
--- a/.evergreen/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/scripts/test.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 : "${TEST_WITH_VALGRIND:-}"
 : "${use_mongocryptd:-}"
 : "${USE_STATIC_LIBS:-}"
+: "${VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR:-}" # Only when `TEST_WITH_VALGRIND` is set to "ON".
 
 working_dir="$(pwd)"
 
@@ -282,16 +283,7 @@ else
     export UBSAN_OPTIONS="print_stacktrace=1"
     export PATH="/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v4/bin:${PATH:-}" # llvm-symbolizer
   elif [[ "${TEST_WITH_VALGRIND:-}" == "ON" ]]; then
-    if ! command -v valgrind >/dev/null; then
-      if command -v yum >/dev/null; then
-        sudo yum install -q -y valgrind
-      elif command -v apt-get >/dev/null; then
-        sudo apt-get install -q -y valgrind
-      else
-        echo "Unknown how to install valgrind on this distro: ${distro_id:?}" 1>&2
-        exit 1
-      fi
-    fi
+    PATH="${VALGRIND_INSTALL_DIR:?}:${PATH:-}"
     valgrind --version
     run_test() {
       valgrind --leak-check=full --track-origins=yes --num-callers=50 --error-exitcode=1 --error-limit=no --read-var-info=yes --suppressions=../etc/memcheck.suppressions "$@" "${test_args[@]:?}"
diff --git a/.evergreen/scripts/valgrind-installer.sh b/.evergreen/scripts/valgrind-installer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..29e5e9f3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/scripts/valgrind-installer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+: "${install_prefix:?}"
+
+cd "$(mktemp -d)"
+
+# https://valgrind.org/downloads/current.html
+curl -sSL -m 60 --retry 5 -o valgrind-3.24.0.tar.bz2 https://sourceware.org/pub/valgrind/valgrind-3.24.0.tar.bz2
+cat >checksum.txt <<<'6fc0470fedc0d85dae3e042297cabd13c6100749 *valgrind-3.24.0.tar.bz2'
+sha1sum -c checksum.txt >/dev/null
+
+tar -xjf valgrind-3.24.0.tar.bz2
+cd valgrind-3.24.0
+
+# https://valgrind.org/docs/manual/manual-core.html#manual-core.install
+./configure --prefix "${install_prefix:?}" >/dev/null
+make --no-print-directory -j "$(nproc)" >/dev/null
+make --no-print-directory install >/dev/null