diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline_pr.py b/.buildkite/pipeline_pr.py
index 7f85f777c6b..f5818f8bd02 100755
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline_pr.py
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline_pr.py
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@
     for step in kani_grp["steps"]:
         step["label"] = "🔍 Kani"
 
+if any(x.parent.name == "hiding_ci" for x in changed_files):
+    pipeline.build_group_per_arch(
+        "🕵️ Build Secret Hiding Kernel",
+        pipeline.devtool_test(
+            pytest_opts="-m secret_hiding integration_tests/build/test_hiding_kernel.py",
+        ),
+        depends_on_build=False,
+    )
+
 if run_all_tests(changed_files):
     pipeline.build_group(
         "📦 Build",
diff --git a/resources/hiding_ci/build_and_install_kernel.sh b/resources/hiding_ci/build_and_install_kernel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c898a581384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/hiding_ci/build_and_install_kernel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# fail if we encounter an error, uninitialized variable or a pipe breaks
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+check_root() {
+  # We need sudo privileges to install the kernel
+  if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "To install, this script must be run as root or with sudo privileges"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+check_ubuntu() {
+  # Currently this script only works on Ubuntu instances
+  if ! grep -qi 'ubuntu' /etc/os-release; then
+    echo "This script currently only works on Ubuntu."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+tidy_up() {
+  # Some cleanup after we are done
+  echo "Cleaning up.."
+  popd
+  rm -rf $TMP_BUILD_DIR
+}
+
+confirm() {
+  if [[ "$*" == *"--no-install"* ]]; then
+    echo "Not installing new kernel."
+
+    if [[ "$*" == *"--tidy"* ]]; then
+      tidy_up
+    fi
+
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$*" == *"--install"* ]]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  while true; do
+    read -p "Do you want to install the new kernel? (y/n) " yn
+    case $yn in
+    [Yy]*) return 0 ;;
+    [Nn]*)
+      echo "Exiting..."
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+    *) echo "Please answer yes or no." ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+apply_patch_file() {
+  git apply $1
+}
+
+apply_series_mbox() {
+  git am $1 --empty=drop
+}
+
+apply_series_link() {
+  patch_url=$(cat $1)
+  echo "Fetching mbox from:" $patch_url
+  curl --output lore.mbox.gz "$patch_url/t.mbox.gz"
+  gunzip lore.mbox
+  apply_series_mbox lore.mbox
+  rm lore.mbox
+}
+
+apply_patch_or_series() {
+  case "$1" in
+  *.patch) apply_patch_file $1 ;;
+  *.mbox) apply_series_mbox $1 ;;
+  *.lore) apply_series_link $1 ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Uknown patch file: "$1
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+check_override_presence() {
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    if ! grep -Fq "$line" .config; then
+      echo "Missing config: $line"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done <"$KERNEL_CONFIG_OVERRIDES"
+
+  echo "All overrides correctly applied.."
+}
+
+KERNEL_URL=$(cat kernel_url)
+KERNEL_COMMIT_HASH=$(cat kernel_commit_hash)
+KERNEL_PATCHES_DIR=$(pwd)/patches
+KERNEL_CONFIG_OVERRIDES=$(pwd)/kernel_config_overrides
+
+TMP_BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t kernel-build-XXXX)
+
+pushd .
+cd $TMP_BUILD_DIR
+
+echo "Cloning kernel repository into" $TMP_BUILD_DIR
+
+# We checkout the repository that way to make it as
+# small and fast as possible
+git init
+git remote add origin $KERNEL_URL
+git fetch --depth 1 origin $KERNEL_COMMIT_HASH
+git checkout FETCH_HEAD
+
+# Apply our patches on top
+for PATCH in $KERNEL_PATCHES_DIR/*.*; do
+  echo "Applying patch:" $(basename $PATCH)
+  apply_patch_or_series $PATCH
+done
+
+echo "Making kernel config ready for build"
+# We use olddefconfig to automatically pull in the
+# config from the AMI and update to the newest
+# defaults
+make olddefconfig
+
+# Disable the ubuntu keys
+scripts/config --disable SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS
+scripts/config --disable SYSTEM_REVOCATION_KEYS
+
+# We run this again to default options now changed by
+# the disabling of the ubuntu keys
+make olddefconfig
+
+# Apply our config overrides on top of the config
+scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m .config $KERNEL_CONFIG_OVERRIDES
+
+check_override_presence
+
+echo "Building kernel this may take a while"
+make -s -j $(nproc)
+echo "Building kernel modules"
+make modules -s -j $(nproc)
+echo "Kernel build complete!"
+
+KERNEL_VERSION=$(KERNELVERSION=$(make -s kernelversion) ./scripts/setlocalversion)
+
+echo "New kernel version:" $KERNEL_VERSION
+
+# Make sure a user really wants to install this kernel
+confirm "$@"
+
+check_root
+check_ubuntu
+
+echo "Installing kernel modules..."
+make INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install
+echo "Installing kernel..."
+make INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 install
+echo "Update initramfs"
+update-initramfs -c -k $KERNEL_VERSION
+echo "Updating GRUB..."
+update-grub
+
+echo "Kernel built and installed successfully!"
+
+tidy_up
diff --git a/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_commit_hash b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_commit_hash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39d6afaaf51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_commit_hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4701f33a10702d5fc577c32434eb62adde0a1ae1
diff --git a/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_config_overrides b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_config_overrides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e42464abb89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_config_overrides
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CONFIG_EXPERT=y
+CONFIG_KVM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_AMD_SEV=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
diff --git a/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_url b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_url
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce6e1a3e6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/hiding_ci/kernel_url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git
diff --git a/resources/hiding_ci/patches/0001.lore b/resources/hiding_ci/patches/0001.lore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7663841026d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/hiding_ci/patches/0001.lore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250318161823.4005529-1-tabba@google.com
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 1d7b7075f62..9b35c4fa4af 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ which tests are run in which context:
   in separate pipelines according to various cron schedules.
 - Tests marked as `no_block_pr` are run in the "optional" PR CI pipeline. This
   pipeline is not required to pass for merging a PR.
+- Tests marked as `secret_hiding` are secret hiding specifc tests. They don't
+  run by default.
 
 All tests without markers are run for every pull request, and are required to
 pass for the PR to be merged.
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/build/test_hiding_kernel.py b/tests/integration_tests/build/test_hiding_kernel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a85a73143cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/build/test_hiding_kernel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""A test which checks that the secret hiding enable kernel builds successfully."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from framework import utils
+
+
+@pytest.mark.timeout(600)
+@pytest.mark.secret_hiding
+def test_build_hiding_kernel():
+    """
+    In the test we will run our kernel build script to check it succeeds and builds the hidden kernel
+    """
+
+    # We have some extra deps for building the kernel that are not in the dev contaner
+    utils.check_output(
+        "apt install -y build-essential libncurses-dev bison flex libssl-dev libelf-dev bc dwarves libncurses5-dev kmod fakeroot"
+    )
+
+    # We have to configure git otherwise patch application fails
+    # the git log still credits the original author
+    utils.check_output('git config --global user.name "Firecracker CI"')
+    utils.check_output('git config --global user.email "ci@email.com"')
+
+    utils.check_output(
+        "cd ../resources/hiding_ci; ./build_and_install_kernel.sh --no-install --tidy"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
index 5656c8eee4d..930c4891814 100644
--- a/tests/pytest.ini
+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ addopts =
     -vv
     --durations=10
     --showlocals
-    -m 'not nonci and not no_block_pr'
+    -m 'not nonci and not no_block_pr and not secret_hiding'
     --json-report --json-report-file=../test_results/test-report.json
 
 markers =
     no_block_pr: tests whose failure does not block PR merging.
     nonci: mark test as nonci.
+    secret_hiding: tests related to secret hiding.
 
 ; Overwrite the default norecursedirs, which includes 'build'.
 norecursedirs = .*