diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4c05ff8bba..fc0b429b45 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ F: linux-user/hexagon/
 F: tests/tcg/hexagon/
 F: disas/hexagon.c
 F: default-configs/targets/hexagon-linux-user.mak
+F: docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
+F: docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker.d/build-toolchain.sh
 
 HPPA (PA-RISC) TCG CPUs
 M: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
diff --git a/tests/docker/Makefile.include b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
index 820423d718..8967ecf118 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/docker/Makefile.include
@@ -148,6 +148,28 @@ docker-image-debian-s390x-cross: docker-image-debian10
 docker-image-debian-sh4-cross: docker-image-debian10
 docker-image-debian-sparc64-cross: docker-image-debian10
 
+#
+# The build rule for hexagon-cross is special in so far for most of
+# the time we don't want to build it. While dockers caching does avoid
+# this most of the time sometimes we want to force the issue.
+#
+docker-image-debian-hexagon-cross: $(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
+	$(if $(NOCACHE), 								\
+		$(call quiet-command,							\
+			$(DOCKER_SCRIPT) build -t qemu/debian-hexagon-cross -f $< 	\
+			$(if $V,,--quiet) --no-cache 					\
+			--registry $(DOCKER_REGISTRY) --extra-files			\
+			$(DOCKER_FILES_DIR)/debian-hexagon-cross.docker.d/build-toolchain.sh, \
+			"BUILD", "debian-hexagon-cross"),				\
+		$(call quiet-command,							\
+			$(DOCKER_SCRIPT) fetch $(if $V,,--quiet)			\
+				qemu/debian-hexagon-cross $(DOCKER_REGISTRY),		\
+			"FETCH", "debian-hexagon-cross")				\
+		$(call quiet-command,							\
+			$(DOCKER_SCRIPT) update $(if $V,,--quiet) 			\
+				qemu/debian-hexagon-cross --add-current-user,		\
+			"PREPARE", "debian-hexagon-cross"))
+
 # Specialist build images, sometimes very limited tools
 docker-image-debian-tricore-cross: docker-image-debian10
 docker-image-debian-all-test-cross: docker-image-debian10
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d19e8f29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#
+# Docker Hexagon cross-compiler target
+#
+# This docker target is used for building hexagon tests. As it also
+# needs to be able to build QEMU itself in CI we include it's
+# build-deps. It is also a "stand-alone" image so as not to be
+# triggered by re-builds on other base images given it takes a long
+# time to build.
+#
+FROM qemu/debian10
+
+# Install common build utilities
+RUN apt update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
+    apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        bison \
+        cmake \
+        flex \
+        lld \
+        rsync \
+        wget
+
+ENV TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL /usr/local
+ENV ROOTFS /usr/local
+
+ENV LLVM_URL https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/archive/bfcd21876adc3498065e4da92799f613e730d475.tar.gz
+ENV MUSL_URL https://github.com/quic/musl/archive/aff74b395fbf59cd7e93b3691905aa1af6c0778c.tar.gz
+ENV LINUX_URL https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.6.18.tar.xz
+
+ADD build-toolchain.sh /root/hexagon-toolchain/build-toolchain.sh
+
+RUN cd /root/hexagon-toolchain && ./build-toolchain.sh
+
+FROM debian:buster-slim
+# Duplicate deb line as deb-src
+RUN cat /etc/apt/sources.list | sed "s/^deb\ /deb-src /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# Install QEMU build deps for use in CI
+RUN apt update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -yy eatmydata && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata \
+    apt build-dep -yy --arch-only qemu
+COPY --from=0 /usr/local /usr/local
+ENV PATH $PATH:/usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker.d/build-toolchain.sh b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker.d/build-toolchain.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..19b1c9f83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-hexagon-cross.docker.d/build-toolchain.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+BASE=$(readlink -f ${PWD})
+
+TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL=$(readlink -f "$TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL")
+ROOTFS=$(readlink -f "$ROOTFS")
+
+TOOLCHAIN_BIN=${TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL}/bin
+HEX_SYSROOT=${TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL}/hexagon-unknown-linux-musl
+HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE=${HEX_SYSROOT}/usr
+
+function cdp() {
+  DIR="$1"
+  mkdir -p "$DIR"
+  cd "$DIR"
+}
+
+function fetch() {
+  DIR="$1"
+  URL="$2"
+  TEMP="$(readlink -f "$PWD/tmp.tar.gz")"
+  wget --quiet "$URL" -O "$TEMP"
+  cdp "$DIR"
+  tar xaf "$TEMP" --strip-components=1
+  rm "$TEMP"
+  cd -
+}
+
+build_llvm_clang() {
+  fetch "$BASE/llvm-project" "$LLVM_URL"
+  cdp "$BASE/build-llvm"
+
+  cmake -G Ninja \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${TOOLCHAIN_INSTALL} \
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_LLD=ON \
+    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="Hexagon" \
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld" \
+    "$BASE/llvm-project/llvm"
+  ninja all install
+  cd ${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}
+  ln -sf clang hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang
+  ln -sf clang++ hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang++
+  ln -sf llvm-ar hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-ar
+  ln -sf llvm-objdump hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-objdump
+  ln -sf llvm-objcopy hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-objcopy
+  ln -sf llvm-readelf hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-readelf
+  ln -sf llvm-ranlib hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-ranlib
+
+  # workaround for now:
+  cat <<EOF > hexagon-unknown-linux-musl.cfg
+-G0 --sysroot=${HEX_SYSROOT}
+EOF
+}
+
+build_clang_rt() {
+  cdp "$BASE/build-clang_rt"
+  cmake -G Ninja \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DLLVM_CONFIG_PATH="$BASE/build-llvm/bin/llvm-config" \
+    -DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS="-G0 -mlong-calls -fno-pic --target=hexagon-unknown-linux-musl " \
+    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Linux \
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang" \
+    -DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER="${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE} \
+    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=ON \
+    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_FORCED=ON \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FORCED=ON \
+    -DCOMPILER_RT_BUILD_BUILTINS=ON \
+    -DCOMPILER_RT_BUILTINS_ENABLE_PIC=OFF \
+    -DCMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P=4 \
+    -DCOMPILER_RT_OS_DIR= \
+    -DCAN_TARGET_hexagon=1 \
+    -DCAN_TARGET_x86_64=0 \
+    -DCOMPILER_RT_SUPPORTED_ARCH=hexagon \
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="compiler-rt" \
+    "$BASE/llvm-project/compiler-rt"
+  ninja install-compiler-rt
+}
+
+build_musl_headers() {
+  fetch "$BASE/musl" "$MUSL_URL"
+  cd "$BASE/musl"
+  make clean
+  CC=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang \
+    CROSS_COMPILE=hexagon-unknown-linux-musl \
+    LIBCC=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}/lib/libclang_rt.builtins-hexagon.a \
+    CROSS_CFLAGS="-G0 -O0 -mv65 -fno-builtin -fno-rounding-math --target=hexagon-unknown-linux-musl" \
+    ./configure --target=hexagon --prefix=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}
+  PATH=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}:$PATH make CROSS_COMPILE= install-headers
+
+  cd ${HEX_SYSROOT}/..
+  ln -sf hexagon-unknown-linux-musl hexagon
+}
+
+build_kernel_headers() {
+  fetch "$BASE/linux" "$LINUX_URL"
+  mkdir -p "$BASE/build-linux"
+  cd "$BASE/linux"
+  make O=../build-linux ARCH=hexagon \
+   KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL="-mlong-calls" \
+   CC=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/hexagon-unknown-linux-musl-clang \
+   LD=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/ld.lld \
+   KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 comet_defconfig
+  make mrproper
+
+  cd "$BASE/build-linux"
+  make \
+    ARCH=hexagon \
+    CC=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/clang \
+    INSTALL_HDR_PATH=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE} \
+    V=1 \
+    headers_install
+}
+
+build_musl() {
+  cd "$BASE/musl"
+  make clean
+  CROSS_COMPILE=hexagon-unknown-linux-musl- \
+    AR=llvm-ar \
+    RANLIB=llvm-ranlib \
+    STRIP=llvm-strip \
+    CC=clang \
+    LIBCC=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}/lib/libclang_rt.builtins-hexagon.a \
+    CFLAGS="-G0 -O0 -mv65 -fno-builtin -fno-rounding-math --target=hexagon-unknown-linux-musl" \
+    ./configure --target=hexagon --prefix=${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}
+  PATH=${TOOLCHAIN_BIN}/:$PATH make CROSS_COMPILE= install
+  cd ${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}/lib
+  ln -sf libc.so ld-musl-hexagon.so
+  ln -sf ld-musl-hexagon.so ld-musl-hexagon.so.1
+  cdp ${HEX_TOOLS_TARGET_BASE}/../lib
+  ln -sf ../usr/lib/ld-musl-hexagon.so.1
+}
+
+build_llvm_clang
+build_kernel_headers
+build_musl_headers
+build_clang_rt
+build_musl
