diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 114992da08..4d7ba8e2d9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -1608,6 +1608,7 @@ struct ggml_vk_garbage_collector {
 static void ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context subctx);
 static void ggml_vk_load_shaders(vk_device& device);
 static void ggml_pipeline_allocate_descriptor_sets(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx);
+static vk_buffer ggml_vk_buffer_from_host_ptr(vk_device & device, void * ptr, size_t size);
 
 static bool vk_memory_logger_enabled = false;
 
@@ -12221,6 +12222,89 @@ static void ggml_vk_test_dequant_matmul(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t m,
     free(d);
     free(d_chk);
 }
+
+static void ggml_vk_test_single_device_buffer_from_host_ptr(vk_device& device) {
+    static std::vector<vk_device> tested_devices;
+    if (std::find(tested_devices.begin(), tested_devices.end(), device) == tested_devices.end()) {
+        tested_devices.push_back(device);
+    } else{
+        return; // Already tested this device, skip
+    }
+
+    VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_single_device_external_memory(" << device->name << ") - Single-device external host memory test");
+
+    const size_t test_buffer_size = 1024 * 1024; // 1 MB
+    const size_t test_buffer_ne = test_buffer_size / sizeof(float);
+
+    // Get required alignment for external memory
+    const vk::DeviceSize min_alignment = device->physical_device.getProperties2<vk::PhysicalDeviceProperties2, vk::PhysicalDeviceExternalMemoryHostPropertiesEXT>().get<vk::PhysicalDeviceExternalMemoryHostPropertiesEXT>().minImportedHostPointerAlignment;
+
+    // Allocate aligned host memory using aligned_alloc (C11/POSIX)
+    // Note: aligned_alloc requires size to be a multiple of alignment
+    const size_t aligned_size = ((test_buffer_size + min_alignment - 1) / min_alignment) * min_alignment;
+
+    VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_single_device_external_memory: min_alignment = " << min_alignment << ", aligned_size = " << aligned_size);
+
+    // Initialize host memory, which we will use as input to the device
+    auto input_deleter = [](float* p) { free(p); };
+    std::unique_ptr<float[], decltype(input_deleter)> input_host_memory(
+        static_cast<float*>(aligned_alloc(min_alignment, aligned_size)),
+        input_deleter
+    );
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < test_buffer_ne; i++) {
+        input_host_memory[i] = static_cast<float>(i);
+    }
+
+    // Initialize destination host memory, which we will use to verify results
+    auto result_deleter = [](float* p) { free(p); };
+    std::unique_ptr<float[], decltype(result_deleter)> result_host_memory(
+        static_cast<float*>(aligned_alloc(min_alignment, aligned_size)),
+        result_deleter
+    );
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < test_buffer_ne; i++) {
+        result_host_memory[i] = 0.0f; // Ensure we know the original contents
+    }
+
+    // Allocate an operation on-device destination buffer
+    vk_buffer device_dst_buffer = ggml_vk_create_buffer_device(device, test_buffer_size);
+
+    // Allocate an external memory buffer on device, importing the host memory
+    vk_buffer external_source_buffer = ggml_vk_buffer_from_host_ptr(device, input_host_memory.get(), test_buffer_size);
+
+    // Allocate an external memory buffer on device for the result
+    vk_buffer external_result_buffer = ggml_vk_buffer_from_host_ptr(device, result_host_memory.get(), test_buffer_size);
+
+    vk_context subctx = ggml_vk_create_temporary_context(device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool);
+    ggml_vk_ctx_begin(device, subctx);
+
+    // Submit an operation which we can observe accessing data from the source and moving to dst.
+    // For simplicity, we use a copy operation here, but this could be any compute operation (SUM, MUL_MAT, etc.).
+    ggml_vk_buffer_copy_async(subctx, device_dst_buffer, 0, external_source_buffer, 0, test_buffer_size);
+
+    // Copy from on-device dst to host memory
+    // This is really intended to be a copy, as if we had done some compute on the device and now want to read back the results.
+    ggml_vk_buffer_copy_async(subctx, external_result_buffer, 0, device_dst_buffer, 0, test_buffer_size);
+
+    // Submit and wait for completion
+    ggml_vk_ctx_end(subctx);
+    vk::Fence fence = device->device.createFence({});
+    VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_single_device_external_memory(): Submitting and waiting for device.");
+    ggml_vk_submit(subctx, fence);
+    VK_CHECK(device->device.waitForFences(fence, VK_TRUE, UINT64_MAX), "Failed to wait for fence");
+    device->device.destroyFence(fence);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < test_buffer_ne; i++) {
+        if (result_host_memory[i] != input_host_memory[i]) {
+            VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_single_device_external_memory(): External host memory test failed at index " << std::dec << i << ": expected " << input_host_memory[i] << ", got " << result_host_memory[i]);
+            GGML_ABORT("External host memory test failed");
+        }
+    }
+
+    ggml_vk_destroy_buffer(device_dst_buffer);
+    ggml_vk_destroy_buffer(external_source_buffer);
+    ggml_vk_destroy_buffer(external_result_buffer);
+    VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_test_single_device_external_memory() - Passed single-device, single-buffer external host memory test.");
+}
 #endif
 
 static void ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context subctx) {
@@ -12310,6 +12394,14 @@ static void ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_contex
         }
     }
 
+    for (size_t device_idx = 0; device_idx < GGML_VK_MAX_DEVICES; device_idx++) {
+        vk_device device = vk_instance.devices[device_idx];
+        if (device == nullptr) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        ggml_vk_test_single_device_buffer_from_host_ptr(device);
+    }
+
     GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
 #endif