diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 269c404..28ee611 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## {{ UNRELEASED_VERSION }} - [{{ UNRELEASED_DATE }}]({{ UNRELEASED_LINK }})
 
+* Updated `lando setup` to install `docker-buildx` if missing
+
 ## v4.0.0-unstable.8 - [December 9, 2025](https://github.com/lando/core-next/releases/tag/v4.0.0-unstable.8)
 
 * Updated to prep for `bunification` part 2
diff --git a/examples/setup-linux-buildx/README.md b/examples/setup-linux-buildx/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bae79a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/setup-linux-buildx/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Setup Linux Buildx Tests
+
+This example exists primarily to test that `lando setup` correctly installs buildx when it is not present.
+
+* [lando setup](https://docs.lando.dev/cli/setup.html)
+
+## Verification commands
+
+Run the following commands to validate things are rolling as they should.
+
+```bash
+# Should dogfood the core plugin we are testing against
+lando plugin-add "@lando/core@file:../.."
+
+# Should have buildx installed by default on GitHub runners
+docker buildx version
+
+# Should be able to remove buildx
+rm -f ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+sudo rm -f /usr/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+sudo rm -f /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+# Should confirm buildx is no longer available
+(docker buildx version 2>&1 || true) | tee >(cat) | grep -i "not found\|is not a docker command\|unknown command"
+
+# Should be able to run lando setup and have it reinstall buildx
+lando setup -y --skip-common-plugins
+
+# Should have buildx installed again
+docker buildx version
+```
diff --git a/hooks/lando-setup-buildx.js b/hooks/lando-setup-buildx.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291afde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/lando-setup-buildx.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const axios = require('../utils/get-axios')();
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+/*
+ * Helper to get buildx download url
+ */
+const getBuildxDownloadUrl = (version = '0.30.1') => {
+  const arch = process.arch === 'arm64' ? 'arm64' : 'amd64';
+
+  switch (process.platform) {
+    case 'darwin':
+      return `https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v${version}/buildx-v${version}.darwin-${arch}`;
+    case 'linux':
+      return `https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v${version}/buildx-v${version}.linux-${arch}`;
+    case 'win32':
+      return `https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v${version}/buildx-v${version}.windows-${arch}.exe`;
+  }
+};
+
+/*
+ * Helper to get buildx download destination
+ */
+const getBuildxDownloadDest = home => {
+  const dir = path.join(home, '.docker', 'cli-plugins');
+  switch (process.platform) {
+    case 'linux':
+    case 'darwin':
+      return path.join(dir, 'docker-buildx');
+    case 'win32':
+      return path.join(dir, 'docker-buildx.exe');
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports = async (lando, options) => {
+  const debug = require('../utils/debug-shim')(lando.log);
+  const {color} = require('listr2');
+
+  // get stuff from config/opts
+  const {home} = lando.config;
+  const {buildx} = options;
+
+  // if buildx is set to false allow it to be skipped
+  if (buildx === false) return;
+
+  const dest = getBuildxDownloadDest(home);
+  const url = getBuildxDownloadUrl(buildx);
+
+  options.tasks.push({
+    title: `Downloading buildx`,
+    id: 'setup-buildx',
+    dependsOn: ['setup-build-engine'],
+    description: '@lando/buildx (docker-buildx)',
+    version: `Docker Buildx v${buildx}`,
+    hasRun: async () => {
+      try {
+        await require('../utils/run-command')('docker', ['buildx', 'version'], {debug});
+        return true;
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+    },
+    canRun: async () => {
+      // throw error if we cannot ping the download link
+      await axios.head(url);
+      // true if we get here
+      return true;
+    },
+    task: async (ctx, task) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // ensure the cli-plugins directory exists
+      fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dest), {recursive: true});
+
+      const download = require('../utils/download-x')(url, {debug, dest, test: ['version']});
+      // success
+      download.on('done', data => {
+        task.title = `Installed buildx (Docker Buildx) to ${dest}`;
+        resolve(data);
+      });
+      // handle errors
+      download.on('error', error => {
+        reject(error);
+      });
+      // update title to reflect download progress
+      download.on('progress', progress => {
+        task.title = `Downloading buildx ${color.dim(`[${progress.percentage}%]`)}`;
+      });
+    }),
+  });
+};
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 090bed0..053f669 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ module.exports = async lando => {
   // ensure we setup docker-compose if needed
   lando.events.once('pre-setup', async options => await require('./hooks/lando-setup-orchestrator')(lando, options));
 
+  // ensure we setup buildx if needed
+  lando.events.once('pre-setup', async options => await require('./hooks/lando-setup-buildx')(lando, options));
+
   // ensure we setup landonet
   lando.events.once('pre-setup', async options => await require('./hooks/lando-setup-landonet')(lando, options));
 
diff --git a/tasks/setup.js b/tasks/setup.js
index cd097a5..0d5cae1 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.js
+++ b/tasks/setup.js
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ module.exports = lando => {
       default: defaults.orchestrator,
       string: true,
     },
+    'buildx': {
+      describe: 'Sets the version of buildx to install',
+      default: defaults.buildx,
+      string: true,
+    },
     'plugin': {
       describe: 'Sets additional plugin(s) to install',
       default: require('../utils/parse-to-plugin-strings')(defaults.plugins),
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ module.exports = lando => {
     [--build-engine <version>]
     [--build-engine-accept-license]
     [--orchestrator <version>]
+    [--buildx <version>]
     [--plugin <plugin>...]
     [--skip-common-plugins]
     [--skip-install-ca]
diff --git a/utils/get-config-defaults.js b/utils/get-config-defaults.js
index ead6181..18d10c1 100644
--- a/utils/get-config-defaults.js
+++ b/utils/get-config-defaults.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const defaultConfig = options => ({
   // @TODO: orchestrator works a bit differently because it predates lando.setup() we set it elsewhere
   setup: {
     buildEngine: getBuildEngineVersion(process.landoPlatform ?? process.platform),
+    buildx: '0.30.1',
     buildEngineAcceptLicense: !require('is-interactive')(),
     commonPlugins: {
       '@lando/acquia': 'latest',