diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1d1056de25c10..cd13ce35007b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ jobs:
           - name: x86_64-gnu-distcheck
             os: ubuntu-20.04-8core-32gb
             env: {}
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-18
+            env:
+              RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+            os: ubuntu-20.04-8core-32gb
           - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-17
             env:
               RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-17/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-17/Dockerfile
index fe30a95344104..1eedfe3f09b4d 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-17/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-17/Dockerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 ENV NO_DOWNLOAD_CI_LLVM 1
 ENV EXTERNAL_LLVM 1
 
+# This is not the latest LLVM version, so some components required by tests may
+# be missing.
+ENV IS_NOT_LATEST_LLVM 1
+
 # Using llvm-link-shared due to libffi issues -- see #34486
 ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS \
       --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e8383500dfc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  g++ \
+  gcc-multilib \
+  make \
+  ninja-build \
+  file \
+  curl \
+  ca-certificates \
+  python3 \
+  git \
+  cmake \
+  sudo \
+  gdb \
+  llvm-18-tools \
+  llvm-18-dev \
+  libedit-dev \
+  libssl-dev \
+  pkg-config \
+  zlib1g-dev \
+  xz-utils \
+  nodejs \
+  mingw-w64 \
+  libgccjit-13-dev \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Note: libgccjit needs to match the default gcc version for the linker to find it.
+
+# Install powershell (universal package) so we can test x.ps1 on Linux
+# FIXME: need a "universal" version that supports libicu74, but for now it still works to ignore that dep.
+RUN curl -sL "https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.3.1/powershell_7.3.1-1.deb_amd64.deb" > powershell.deb && \
+    dpkg --ignore-depends=libicu72 -i powershell.deb && \
+    rm -f powershell.deb
+
+COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
+RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
+
+# We are disabling CI LLVM since this builder is intentionally using a host
+# LLVM, rather than the typical src/llvm-project LLVM.
+ENV NO_DOWNLOAD_CI_LLVM 1
+ENV EXTERNAL_LLVM 1
+
+# Using llvm-link-shared due to libffi issues -- see #34486
+ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS \
+      --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
+      --llvm-root=/usr/lib/llvm-18 \
+      --enable-llvm-link-shared \
+      --set rust.thin-lto-import-instr-limit=10
+
+COPY host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-16/script.sh /tmp/
+
+ENV SCRIPT /tmp/script.sh
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 2ba5d357a1d00..c392ccec3dc2b 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -510,6 +510,11 @@ jobs:
           - name: x86_64-gnu-distcheck
             <<: *job-linux-8c
 
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-18
+            env:
+              RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+            <<: *job-linux-8c
+
           - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-17
             env:
               RUST_BACKTRACE: 1