diff --git a/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/dtb_alignment_test.py b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/dtb_alignment_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49c0ba29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/dtb_alignment_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2026, Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier : Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+import argparse
+import re
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+DEFAULT_DMEM_LOG = Path(
+    "/mnt/acs_results_template/"
+    "acs_results/uefi_dump/dmem.log"
+)
+
+DEFAULT_OUT_LOG_PATH = Path(
+    "/mnt/acs_results_template/"
+    "acs_results/linux_tools/dtb_alignment_test.log"
+)
+
+
+DMEM_LOG = DEFAULT_DMEM_LOG
+OUT_LOG_PATH = DEFAULT_OUT_LOG_PATH
+
+_LOG_FH = None
+
+
+def read_text_smart(path: Path) -> str:
+    """Read UEFI shell output while tolerating common firmware encodings."""
+    content = path.read_bytes()
+
+    if content.startswith(b"\xff\xfe") or content.startswith(b"\xfe\xff"):
+        return content.decode("utf-16", errors="replace")
+
+    if content.count(b"\x00") > max(16, len(content) // 10):
+        try:
+            return content.decode("utf-16-le", errors="replace")
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            return content.decode("utf-16", errors="replace")
+
+    return content.decode("utf-8-sig", errors="replace")
+
+
+def log(message: str) -> None:
+    """Write one message to the DTB alignment test log."""
+    global _LOG_FH
+
+    if _LOG_FH is None:
+        OUT_LOG_PATH.parent.mkdir(
+            parents=True,
+            exist_ok=True,
+        )
+
+        _LOG_FH = OUT_LOG_PATH.open(
+            "w",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+            errors="replace",
+        )
+
+    _LOG_FH.write(message + "\n")
+    _LOG_FH.flush()
+
+
+def close_log() -> None:
+    """Flush and close the DTB alignment test log."""
+    global _LOG_FH
+
+    if _LOG_FH is not None:
+        _LOG_FH.flush()
+        _LOG_FH.close()
+        _LOG_FH = None
+
+
+def report(message: str) -> None:
+    """Print a message to console and write it to the log."""
+    print(message)
+    log(message)
+
+
+def configure_paths_from_args(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
+    """Apply CLI path overrides."""
+    global DMEM_LOG, OUT_LOG_PATH
+
+    DMEM_LOG = args.dmem_log
+    OUT_LOG_PATH = args.out
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    """Parse command-line arguments."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Check that the DTB address is 8-byte aligned."
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dmem-log",
+        "--dmem_log",
+        dest="dmem_log",
+        type=Path,
+        default=DEFAULT_DMEM_LOG,
+        help=(
+            "Path to the dmem.log input. "
+            f"Default: {DEFAULT_DMEM_LOG}"
+        ),
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--out",
+        type=Path,
+        default=DEFAULT_OUT_LOG_PATH,
+        help=(
+            "Path to the output log file. "
+            f"Default: {DEFAULT_OUT_LOG_PATH}"
+        ),
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    """Check the DTB address reported in dmem.log."""
+    try:
+        report(f"-"*60)
+        report("INFO: Starting DTB alignment test")
+
+        if not DMEM_LOG.is_file():
+            report(f"ERROR: dmem.log not found: {DMEM_LOG}")
+            report("RESULT: FAIL")
+            report(
+                "REASON: DTB alignment could not be checked "
+                "because dmem.log is missing"
+            )
+            return 1
+
+        content = read_text_smart(DMEM_LOG)
+
+        #
+        # Expected dmem output, for example:
+        #
+        # DTB Table                     00000000FCEAD000
+        #
+        match = re.search(
+            r"^\s*DTB Table\s+(?:0[xX])?([0-9A-Fa-f]+)\s*$",
+            content,
+            re.MULTILINE,
+        )
+
+        if match is None:
+            
+            report(
+                "ERROR: DTB Table entry not found in dmem.log"
+            )
+            report("RESULT: FAIL")
+            return 1
+
+        dtb_address = int(match.group(1), 16)
+
+        report(
+            f"INFO: DTB address is 0x{dtb_address:X}"
+        )
+        report(
+            "INFO: Required alignment is 8 bytes"
+        )
+
+        if dtb_address == 0:
+            
+            report("ERROR: DTB address is NULL")
+            report("RESULT: FAIL")
+            return 1
+
+        if (dtb_address & 0x7) != 0:
+            
+            report(
+                f"ERROR: DTB address 0x{dtb_address:X} "
+                "is not 8-byte aligned"
+            )
+            report("RESULT: FAIL")
+            return 1
+
+        
+        report(
+            f"INFO: DTB address 0x{dtb_address:X} "
+            "is 8-byte aligned"
+        )
+        report("RESULT: PASS")
+
+        return 0
+
+    except Exception as error:
+        print(f"ERROR: {error}")
+
+        try:
+            log(f"ERROR: {error}")
+            
+            log(
+                "ERROR: Unexpected error while checking DTB alignment"
+            )
+            log("RESULT: FAIL")
+        except Exception as log_error:
+            print(f"LOG ERROR: {log_error}")
+
+        return 1
+
+    finally:
+        close_log()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    configure_paths_from_args(parse_args())
+    sys.exit(main())
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diff --git a/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/init.sh b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/init.sh
index b399ba1e..e3987eea 100644
--- a/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/init.sh
+++ b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/files/init.sh
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ if [ $ADDITIONAL_CMD_OPTION != "noacs" ]; then
         sync
         sleep 5
 
+        # DTB ALIGNMENT TEST
+        echo "Running DTB alignment test"
+        if [ -f /usr/bin/dtb_alignment_test.py ]; then
+          python3 /usr/bin/dtb_alignment_test.py --dmem-log /mnt/acs_results_template/acs_results/uefi_dump/dmem.log --out /mnt/acs_results_template/acs_results/linux_tools/dtb_alignment_test.log
+          ret=$?
+          echo "INFO: dtb_alignment_test.py returned $ret"
+        else
+          echo "WARNING: /usr/bin/dtb_alignment_test.py not found"
+        fi
+        sync
+        sleep 5
+        echo "DTB alignment test - Completed"
 
         # DT VALIDATE RUN
         # Generate the .dts file and move it to /mnt/acs_results_template/acs_results/linux_tools
@@ -478,4 +490,4 @@ fi
 
 echo "Please press <Enter> to continue ..."
 echo -e -n "\n"
-exit 0
+exit 0
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diff --git a/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/systemd-init-install.bb b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/systemd-init-install.bb
index f2a5cb1b..6f57cfbd 100644
--- a/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/systemd-init-install.bb
+++ b/SystemReady-devicetree-band/Yocto/meta-woden/recipes-acs/install-files/systemd-init-install.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI:append = " file://acs_run-before-login-prompt.service \
                    file://log_parser \
                    file://capsule_ondisk_reporting_vars_check.py \
                    file://runtime_device_mapping_conflict_checker.py \
+                   file://dtb_alignment_test.py \
                  "
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${systemd_unitdir}/system"
@@ -44,5 +45,6 @@ do_install:append() {
   install -m 0770 ${WORKDIR}/acs_network_boot_parser.sh          ${D}${bindir}
   install -m 0770 ${WORKDIR}/capsule_ondisk_reporting_vars_check.py   ${D}${bindir}
   install -m 0770 ${WORKDIR}/runtime_device_mapping_conflict_checker.py ${D}${bindir}
+  install -m 0770 ${WORKDIR}/dtb_alignment_test.py               ${D}${bindir}
   cp -r ${WORKDIR}/log_parser                                    ${D}${bindir}/
-}
+}
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