diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fbfc4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: Docker image (PR)
+
+# Default permissions are least-privilege; no job needs elevated access.
+# This satisfies zizmor's excessive-permissions check.
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+# A newer push to the PR cancels any older build that is still running.
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-image-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+# Validation-only builds for pull requests: each platform builds natively on
+# its own runner, without logging in to GHCR or pushing. Publishing lives in
+# docker.yml.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  build-amd64:
+    name: Build image (amd64)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: docker/bake-action@76cc8060bdff6d632a465001e4cf300684c5472c # v5.7.0
+        with:
+          files: |
+            website/docker-bake.hcl
+          # Use the dedicated PR target, which omits `cache-to` because
+          # fork PRs lack permission to write to the GHA cache.
+          targets: synapse-website-pr
+          set: |
+            *.platform=linux/amd64
+
+  build-arm64:
+    name: Build image (arm64)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
+
+      - name: Build
+        uses: docker/bake-action@76cc8060bdff6d632a465001e4cf300684c5472c # v5.7.0
+        with:
+          files: |
+            website/docker-bake.hcl
+          targets: synapse-website-pr
+          set: |
+            *.platform=linux/arm64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 82870cf..67f2d39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Docker image
 
-# Default permissions are least-privilege; the push job elevates to
+# Default permissions are least-privilege; the push jobs elevate to
 # packages: write below. This satisfies zizmor's excessive-permissions check.
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ concurrency:
   group: docker-image-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+# Builds and publishes the multi-arch website image on pushes to main and
+# on v* tags. Pull-request validation builds live in docker-pr.yml.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
     tags: ['v*']
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -30,16 +30,22 @@ env:
   # readability.
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/synapse-website
 
+# Each platform is built natively on its own runner (arm64 on GitHub's free
+# arm runner instead of QEMU emulation on an amd64 runner) and pushed to
+# GHCR by digest; the merge job then combines the two digests into a single
+# multi-arch manifest list with the computed tags.
+#
+# Pattern documented at
+# https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/multi-platform/
 jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build & push image
+  build-amd64:
+    name: Build & push image (amd64)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Publish only on direct pushes to main or on v* tags. PRs run the
-    # build-pr job (push: false, no cache-to) below.
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
+    outputs:
+      digest: ${{ steps.digest.outputs.digest }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
@@ -61,34 +67,54 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@902fa8ec7d6ecbf8d84d538b9b233a880e428804 # v5.7.0
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          # The computed tags are only applied by the merge job; this step
+          # exists so its OCI labels get baked into the pushed image.
           tags: |
             type=ref,event=branch
             type=semver,pattern={{version}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
             type=sha,format=short
             type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
-          # bake-target makes metadata-action emit a JSON file
-          # (steps.meta.outputs.bake-file) that overrides the same-named
-          # target in docker-bake.hcl with the computed tags + labels.
+          # bake-target makes metadata-action emit a JSON file that supplies
+          # the labels for the 'synapse-website' target.
           bake-target: synapse-website
 
-      - name: Build and push
+      - name: Build and push by digest
+        id: build
         uses: docker/bake-action@76cc8060bdff6d632a465001e4cf300684c5472c # v5.7.0
         with:
-          # The third entry is the metadata-action-generated JSON; it
-          # supplies tags + labels for the 'synapse-website' target.
+          # The metadata file supplies the labels; the set overrides then
+          # replace its tags with the bare repository name, which is what
+          # push-by-digest requires (tags are attached by the merge job).
           files: |
             website/docker-bake.hcl
             ${{ steps.meta.outputs.bake-file }}
           targets: synapse-website
-          push: true
+          set: |
+            *.platform=linux/amd64
+            *.tags=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+            *.output=type=image,push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
 
-  build-pr:
-    name: Build (PR only)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      - name: Record pushed digest
+        id: digest
+        env:
+          BAKE_METADATA: ${{ steps.build.outputs.metadata }}
+        run: |
+          digest="$(jq -r '.["synapse-website"]["containerimage.digest"]' <<<"$BAKE_METADATA")"
+          if [[ -z "$digest" || "$digest" == "null" ]]; then
+            echo "bake metadata is missing containerimage.digest" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "digest=$digest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  build-arm64:
+    name: Build & push image (arm64)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     permissions:
       contents: read
+      packages: write
+    outputs:
+      digest: ${{ steps.digest.outputs.digest }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
@@ -98,12 +124,100 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
 
-      - name: Build
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@902fa8ec7d6ecbf8d84d538b9b233a880e428804 # v5.7.0
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=sha,format=short
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+          bake-target: synapse-website
+
+      - name: Build and push by digest
+        id: build
         uses: docker/bake-action@76cc8060bdff6d632a465001e4cf300684c5472c # v5.7.0
         with:
           files: |
             website/docker-bake.hcl
-          # Use the dedicated PR target, which omits `cache-to` because
-          # fork PRs lack permission to write to the GHA cache.
-          targets: synapse-website-pr
-          push: false
+            ${{ steps.meta.outputs.bake-file }}
+          targets: synapse-website
+          set: |
+            *.platform=linux/arm64
+            *.tags=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+            *.output=type=image,push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=true
+
+      - name: Record pushed digest
+        id: digest
+        env:
+          BAKE_METADATA: ${{ steps.build.outputs.metadata }}
+        run: |
+          digest="$(jq -r '.["synapse-website"]["containerimage.digest"]' <<<"$BAKE_METADATA")"
+          if [[ -z "$digest" || "$digest" == "null" ]]; then
+            echo "bake metadata is missing containerimage.digest" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "digest=$digest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  merge:
+    name: Merge manifests & push tags
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-amd64, build-arm64]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772 # v3.4.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@902fa8ec7d6ecbf8d84d538b9b233a880e428804 # v5.7.0
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=sha,format=short
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+
+      - name: Create multi-arch manifest list and push
+        env:
+          IMAGE: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          AMD64_DIGEST: ${{ needs.build-amd64.outputs.digest }}
+          ARM64_DIGEST: ${{ needs.build-arm64.outputs.digest }}
+        run: |
+          tag_args=()
+          while IFS= read -r tag; do
+            tag_args+=("-t" "$tag")
+          done <<<"$(jq -r '.tags[]' <<<"$DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON")"
+          docker buildx imagetools create "${tag_args[@]}" \
+            "$IMAGE@$AMD64_DIGEST" "$IMAGE@$ARM64_DIGEST"
+
+      - name: Inspect image
+        env:
+          IMAGE: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          # version is the branch name on main pushes and the semver on tag
+          # pushes (verified in workflow logs), so this always resolves; the
+          # guard just turns a future trigger change into a clear failure.
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect "${IMAGE}:${VERSION:?metadata-action produced no version tag}"
diff --git a/website/docker-bake.hcl b/website/docker-bake.hcl
index c4614bf..3b4bab5 100644
--- a/website/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/website/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-# Build targets consumed by docker/bake-action (see .github/workflows/docker.yml).
+# Build targets consumed by docker/bake-action (see .github/workflows/
+# docker.yml for push/tag publishes and docker-pr.yml for PR builds).
 # Defining the build here keeps the Dockerfile, tags, cache config, and
 # platform declarations in one file under the website/ source tree.
 #
+# CI builds each platform natively on its own runner (amd64 and arm64 jobs
+# override `platform` via `--set`, avoiding QEMU emulation) and merges the
+# two pushed digests into one multi-arch manifest list. A plain local
+# `docker buildx bake synapse-website` still builds both platforms on a
+# single node.
+#
 # The PR build target omits `cache-to` because fork pull requests don't have
 # permission to write to the GHA cache; trying to export there fails the
 # required check.