diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index ac8c51ff..bb0f5ad5 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ C_SRCS := $(srcroot)src/jemalloc.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/safety_check.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/sc.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/sec.c \
+	$(srcroot)src/spin_delay_arm.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/stats.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/sz.c \
 	$(srcroot)src/tcache.c \
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/spin.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/spin.h
index 87c400d5..127edfc3 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/spin.h
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/spin.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define JEMALLOC_INTERNAL_SPIN_H
 
 #include "jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_preamble.h"
+#include "jemalloc/internal/spin_delay_arm.h"
 
 #define SPIN_INITIALIZER {0U}
 
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static inline void
 spin_cpu_spinwait(void) {
-#  if HAVE_CPU_SPINWAIT
+#  if defined(__linux__) && (defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__arm64__))
+	spin_delay_arm();
+#  elif HAVE_CPU_SPINWAIT
 	CPU_SPINWAIT;
 #  else
 	volatile int x = 0;
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/spin_delay_arm.h b/include/jemalloc/internal/spin_delay_arm.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ea86c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/spin_delay_arm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_preamble.h"
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+
+/* Global variable to track SB support, declared as extern to be defined in one TU */
+extern _Atomic int arm_has_sb_instruction;
+
+/* Constructor function declaration - implementation in spin_delay_arm.c */
+__attribute__((constructor))
+void detect_arm_sb_support(void);
+
+/* Use SB instruction if available, otherwise ISB */
+static inline void
+spin_delay_arm(void) {
+	if (__builtin_expect(arm_has_sb_instruction == 1, 1)) {
+		/* SB instruction encoding */
+		asm volatile(".inst 0xd50330ff \n");
+	} else {
+		/* ISB instruction */
+		asm volatile("isb; \n");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/spin_delay_arm.c b/src/spin_delay_arm.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..975023b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spin_delay_arm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_preamble.h"
+#include "jemalloc/internal/spin_delay_arm.h"
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+
+#if defined(__linux__) && (defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__arm64__))
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+
+/* Define HWCAP_SB if not already defined in system headers */
+#ifndef HWCAP_SB
+#define HWCAP_SB (1ULL << 56) /* Speculation Barrier */
+#endif   // HWCAP_SB
+#endif   // __linux__ && (defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__arm64__))
+
+/* Global variable to track SB support, defined here to avoid multiple definitions */
+_Atomic int arm_has_sb_instruction = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(0);
+
+/* Constructor function to detect hardware capabilities at program startup */
+__attribute__((constructor))
+void
+detect_arm_sb_support(void) {
+#if defined(__linux__) && (defined(__aarch64__) || defined(__arm64__))
+	/* Check if SB instruction is supported */
+	if (getauxval(AT_HWCAP) & HWCAP_SB) {
+		atomic_store_explicit(&arm_has_sb_instruction, 1, memory_order_release);
+	}
+#endif
+}
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