diff --git a/src/loader/mod.rs b/src/loader/mod.rs
index 48612a4c..57e33603 100644
--- a/src/loader/mod.rs
+++ b/src/loader/mod.rs
@@ -513,8 +513,7 @@ impl KernelLoader for Image {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "elf", feature = "bzimage"))]
-    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "elf", feature = "bzimage", feature = "image"))]
     use std::io::Cursor;
     use vm_memory::{Address, GuestAddress, GuestMemoryMmap};
 
@@ -541,6 +540,15 @@ mod test {
         v
     }
 
+    // first 4096 bytes of a precompiled ARM64 kernel Image.
+    #[cfg(feature = "image")]
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+    fn make_image_bin() -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut v = Vec::new();
+        v.extend_from_slice(include_bytes!("test_image.bin"));
+        v
+    }
+
     #[allow(safe_packed_borrows)]
     #[allow(non_snake_case)]
     #[test]
@@ -663,6 +671,19 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "image")]
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+    fn load_image() {
+        let gm = create_guest_mem();
+        let image = make_image_bin();
+        let kernel_addr = GuestAddress(0x200000);
+
+        let loader_result =
+            Image::load(&gm, Some(kernel_addr), &mut Cursor::new(&image), None).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(loader_result.kernel_load.raw_value(), 0x280000);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn cmdline_overflow() {
         let gm = create_guest_mem();
diff --git a/src/loader/test_image.bin b/src/loader/test_image.bin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..936281e8
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