diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/civisibility-test-fixtures/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/CiVisibilitySmokeTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/civisibility-test-fixtures/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/CiVisibilitySmokeTest.java
index 859f95c917c..4de14554ca3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/civisibility-test-fixtures/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/CiVisibilitySmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/civisibility-test-fixtures/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/CiVisibilitySmokeTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import datadog.environment.OperatingSystem;
 import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.api.civisibility.config.TestFQN;
 import datadog.trace.api.config.CiVisibilityConfig;
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ public abstract class CiVisibilitySmokeTest {
 
   private static final Map<String, String> DEFAULT_TRACER_CONFIG = defaultJvmArguments();
 
+  private static final String JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS = "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS";
+  private static final String DISABLE_CDS = "-Xshare:off";
+
   @TempDir protected Path prefsDir;
 
   protected static String buildJavaHome() {
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ private static Map<String, String> buildJvmArgMap(
   protected List<String> buildJvmArguments(
       String mockBackendIntakeUrl, String serviceName, Map<String, String> additionalArgs) {
     List<String> arguments = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("-Xms256m", "-Xmx512m"));
+    if (isLinuxArm64()) {
+      arguments.add(DISABLE_CDS);
+    }
 
     arguments.add(preventJulPrefsFileLock());
 
@@ -149,6 +156,27 @@ protected String preventJulPrefsFileLock() {
     return "-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=" + resolved.toAbsolutePath();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Disables CDS in every JVM started with {@code environment}, including nested build tool
+   * processes, to avoid SIGSEGVs on Linux arm64.
+   */
+  protected static void disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(Map<String, String> environment) {
+    if (!isLinuxArm64()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    String options = environment.get(JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS);
+    if (options == null) {
+      options = System.getenv(JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS);
+    }
+    environment.put(
+        JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS,
+        options == null || options.isEmpty() ? DISABLE_CDS : options + " " + DISABLE_CDS);
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isLinuxArm64() {
+    return OperatingSystem.isLinux() && OperatingSystem.architecture().isArm64();
+  }
+
   private static Path tempUserPrefsPath() {
     String uniqueId =
         System.currentTimeMillis() + "_" + System.nanoTime() + "_" + Thread.currentThread().getId();
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleDaemonSmokeTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleDaemonSmokeTest.java
index 22dc76ce8a6..86a54b0488c 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleDaemonSmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleDaemonSmokeTest.java
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ private BuildResult runGradle(
       buildEnv.put("MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PROXY", mavenRepositoryProxy);
     }
     GradleDistribution.propagateMassReadUrl(buildEnv);
+    disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(buildEnv);
 
     GradleRunner gradleRunner =
         GradleDistribution.withDistribution(
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleLauncherSmokeTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleLauncherSmokeTest.java
index 199e21bfe70..8f3e776cdb1 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleLauncherSmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/GradleLauncherSmokeTest.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ void stopGradleBuildDaemon() {
     Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<>();
     env.put("JAVA_HOME", JAVA_HOME);
     env.put("GRADLE_USER_HOME", gradleUserHome.toString());
+    disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(env);
     env.put("GRADLE_ARGS", "");
     env.put("GRADLE_OPTS", "");
     ShellCommandExecutor shellCommandExecutor =
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ private void givenGradleWrapper(String gradleVersion) throws Exception {
     Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<>();
     env.put("JAVA_HOME", JAVA_HOME);
     env.put("GRADLE_USER_HOME", gradleUserHome.toString());
+    disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(env);
     // Avoid inheriting CI Gradle launcher settings that might be incompatible with this wrapper.
     env.put("GRADLE_ARGS", "");
     env.put("GRADLE_OPTS", "");
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ private String whenRunningGradleLauncherWithJavaTracerInjected(String gradleDaem
     Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<>();
     env.put("JAVA_HOME", JAVA_HOME);
     env.put("GRADLE_USER_HOME", gradleUserHome.toString());
+    disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(env);
     env.put("GRADLE_ARGS", "");
     env.put("GRADLE_OPTS", "-javaagent:" + AGENT_JAR);
     env.put("DD_CIVISIBILITY_ENABLED", "true");
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
index 1f8bca1da85..11dfe175af8 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ ProcessBuilder createProcessBuilder(
     if (mavenRepositoryProxy != null) {
       processBuilder.environment().put("MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PROXY", mavenRepositoryProxy);
     }
+    disableCdsOnLinuxArm64(processBuilder.environment());
 
     return processBuilder;
   }