diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 7e25c8f..af71223 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         features:
+          - crosstool-ng
           - dtschema
         baseImage:
           - debian:latest
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         features:
+          - crosstool-ng
           - dtschema
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/src/crosstool-ng/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/crosstool-ng/devcontainer-feature.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72b2193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crosstool-ng/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+    "id": "crosstool-ng",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "name": "crosstool-ng",
+    "documentationURL": "http://github.com/camelot-os/devcontainer-features/tree/main/src/crosstool-ng",
+    "description": "Clone, build and install crosstool-ng",
+    "options": {
+        "version": {
+            "default": "master",
+            "description": "select version to clone",
+            "proposals": [
+                "master"
+            ],
+            "type": "string"
+        },
+        "repo_url": {
+            "default": "https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng.git",
+            "description": "crosstool-ng source repository",
+            "type": "string"
+        }
+    },
+    "dependsOn": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {
+            "installTools": false,
+            "version": "os-provided"
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/apt-packages:1": {
+            "clean_ppas": true,
+            "preserve_apt_list": true,
+            "packages": "htop,build-essential,curl,ca-certificates,automake,autoconf,flex,bison,texinfo,help2man,file,gawk,libtool-bin,pipx,unzip"
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/pipx-package:1.1.8": {
+            "package": "meson",
+            "version": "1.10.0"
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/pipx-package:1.1.8": {
+            "package": "ninja",
+            "version": "latest"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/crosstool-ng/install.sh b/src/crosstool-ng/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a1d5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crosstool-ng/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+set -e
+
+. ./library_scripts.sh
+
+# nanolayer is a cli utility which keeps container layers as small as possible
+# source code: https://github.com/devcontainers-extra/nanolayer
+# `ensure_nanolayer` is a bash function that will find any existing nanolayer installations,
+# and if missing - will download a temporary copy that automatically get deleted at the end
+# of the script
+ensure_nanolayer nanolayer_location "v0.5.0"
+
+$nanolayer_location \
+    install \
+    devcontainer-feature \
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/apt-packages:1" \
+    --option packages="git" \
+    --option clean_ppas=true \
+    --option preserve_apt_list=true
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+git clone --branch $VERSION $REPO_URL $tmpdir
+cd $tmpdir
+./bootstrap
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local
+make && make install
+cd -
+rm -rf $tmpdir
+apt remove -y git
+apt autoremove -y
diff --git a/src/crosstool-ng/library_scripts.sh b/src/crosstool-ng/library_scripts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e1072e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/crosstool-ng/library_scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+
+
+clean_download() {
+    # The purpose of this function is to download a file with minimal impact on container layer size
+    # this means if no valid downloader is found (curl or wget) then we install a downloader (currently wget) in a
+    # temporary manner, and making sure to
+    # 1. uninstall the downloader at the return of the function
+    # 2. revert back any changes to the package installer database/cache (for example apt-get lists)
+    # The above steps will minimize the leftovers being created while installing the downloader
+    # Supported distros:
+    #  debian/ubuntu/alpine
+
+    url=$1
+    output_location=$2
+    tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    downloader_installed=""
+
+    _apt_get_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        # copy current state of apt list - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size)
+        cp -p -R /var/lib/apt/lists $tempdir
+        apt-get update -y
+        apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends wget ca-certificates
+    }
+
+    _apt_get_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apt-get -y purge wget --auto-remove
+
+        echo "revert back apt lists"
+        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists && mv $tempdir/lists /var/lib/apt/lists
+    }
+
+    _apk_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+        # copy current state of apk cache - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size)
+        cp -p -R /var/cache/apk $tempdir
+
+        apk add --no-cache  wget
+    }
+
+    _apk_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apk del wget
+    }
+    # try to use either wget or curl if one of them already installer
+    if type curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=curl
+    elif type wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=wget
+    else
+        downloader=""
+    fi
+
+    # in case none of them is installed, install wget temporarly
+    if [ -z $downloader ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_install $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_install $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        downloader="wget"
+        downloader_installed="true"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $downloader = "wget" ] ; then
+        wget -q $url -O $output_location
+    else
+        curl -sfL $url -o $output_location
+    fi
+
+    # NOTE: the cleanup procedure was not implemented using `trap X RETURN` only because
+    # alpine lack bash, and RETURN is not a valid signal under sh shell
+    if ! [ -z $downloader_installed  ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_cleanup $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_cleanup $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+}
+
+
+ensure_nanolayer() {
+    # Ensure existance of the nanolayer cli program
+    local variable_name=$1
+
+    local required_version=$2
+
+    local __nanolayer_location=""
+
+    # If possible - try to use an already installed nanolayer
+    if [ -z "${NANOLAYER_FORCE_CLI_INSTALLATION}" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ]; then
+            if type nanolayer >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer in PATH"
+                __nanolayer_location=nanolayer
+            fi
+        elif [ -f "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] && [ -x "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] ; then
+            __nanolayer_location=${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}
+            echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer which were given in env variable: $__nanolayer_location"
+        fi
+
+        # make sure its of the required version
+        if ! [ -z "${__nanolayer_location}" ]; then
+            local current_version
+            current_version=$($__nanolayer_location --version)
+
+
+            if ! [ $current_version == $required_version ]; then
+                echo "skipping usage of pre-existing nanolayer. (required version $required_version does not match existing version $current_version)"
+                __nanolayer_location=""
+            fi
+        fi
+
+    fi
+
+    # If not previuse installation found, download it temporarly and delete at the end of the script
+    if [ -z "${__nanolayer_location}" ]; then
+
+        if [ "$(uname -sm)" = 'Linux x86_64' ] || [ "$(uname -sm)" = "Linux aarch64" ]; then
+            tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t nanolayer-XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+            clean_up () {
+                ARG=$?
+                rm -rf $tmp_dir
+                exit $ARG
+            }
+            trap clean_up EXIT
+
+
+            if [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+                clib_type=musl
+            else
+                clib_type=gnu
+            fi
+
+            tar_filename=nanolayer-"$(uname -m)"-unknown-linux-$clib_type.tgz
+
+            # clean download will minimize leftover in case a downloaderlike wget or curl need to be installed
+            clean_download https://github.com/devcontainers-extra/nanolayer/releases/download/$required_version/$tar_filename $tmp_dir/$tar_filename
+
+            tar xfzv $tmp_dir/$tar_filename -C "$tmp_dir"
+            chmod a+x $tmp_dir/nanolayer
+            __nanolayer_location=$tmp_dir/nanolayer
+
+
+        else
+            echo "No binaries compiled for non-x86-linux architectures yet: $(uname -m)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Expose outside the resolved location
+    export ${variable_name}=$__nanolayer_location
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/test/crosstool-ng/test.sh b/test/crosstool-ng/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de05c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/crosstool-ng/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+check "ct-ng" bash -c "ct-ng version"
+
+reportResults
diff --git a/test/dtschema/test.sh b/test/dtschema/test.sh
index 2177aca..0cfca65 100644
--- a/test/dtschema/test.sh
+++ b/test/dtschema/test.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 set -e
 
 source dev-container-features-test-lib
-check "check dtschema version" bash -c "dt-validate --version | grep '2025.8'"
+check "check dtschema version" bash -c "dt-validate --version"
 reportResults