diff --git a/src/bootstrap/cc_detect.rs b/src/bootstrap/cc_detect.rs
index 7795bebaed55f..65c882fb801e5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/cc_detect.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/cc_detect.rs
@@ -168,23 +168,7 @@ fn set_compiler(
         // compiler already takes into account the triple in question.
         t if t.contains("android") => {
             if let Some(ndk) = config.and_then(|c| c.ndk.as_ref()) {
-                let mut triple_iter = target.triple.split("-");
-                let triple_translated = if let Some(arch) = triple_iter.next() {
-                    let arch_new = match arch {
-                        "arm" | "armv7" | "armv7neon" | "thumbv7" | "thumbv7neon" => "armv7a",
-                        other => other,
-                    };
-                    std::iter::once(arch_new).chain(triple_iter).collect::<Vec<&str>>().join("-")
-                } else {
-                    target.triple.to_string()
-                };
-
-                // API 19 is the earliest API level supported by NDK r25b but AArch64 and x86_64 support
-                // begins at API level 21.
-                let api_level =
-                    if t.contains("aarch64") || t.contains("x86_64") { "21" } else { "19" };
-                let compiler = format!("{}{}-{}", triple_translated, api_level, compiler.clang());
-                cfg.compiler(ndk.join("bin").join(compiler));
+                cfg.compiler(ndk_compiler(compiler, &*target.triple, ndk));
             }
         }
 
@@ -236,8 +220,28 @@ fn set_compiler(
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn ndk_compiler(compiler: Language, triple: &str, ndk: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut triple_iter = triple.split("-");
+    let triple_translated = if let Some(arch) = triple_iter.next() {
+        let arch_new = match arch {
+            "arm" | "armv7" | "armv7neon" | "thumbv7" | "thumbv7neon" => "armv7a",
+            other => other,
+        };
+        std::iter::once(arch_new).chain(triple_iter).collect::<Vec<&str>>().join("-")
+    } else {
+        triple.to_string()
+    };
+
+    // API 19 is the earliest API level supported by NDK r25b but AArch64 and x86_64 support
+    // begins at API level 21.
+    let api_level =
+        if triple.contains("aarch64") || triple.contains("x86_64") { "21" } else { "19" };
+    let compiler = format!("{}{}-{}", triple_translated, api_level, compiler.clang());
+    ndk.join("bin").join(compiler)
+}
+
 /// The target programming language for a native compiler.
-enum Language {
+pub(crate) enum Language {
     /// The compiler is targeting C.
     C,
     /// The compiler is targeting C++.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
index af004aa509854..c61025b556aa5 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::builder::TaskPath;
 use crate::cache::{Interned, INTERNER};
+use crate::cc_detect::{ndk_compiler, Language};
 use crate::channel::{self, GitInfo};
 pub use crate::flags::Subcommand;
 use crate::flags::{Color, Flags};
@@ -1237,8 +1238,12 @@ impl Config {
                 if let Some(s) = cfg.no_std {
                     target.no_std = s;
                 }
-                target.cc = cfg.cc.map(PathBuf::from);
-                target.cxx = cfg.cxx.map(PathBuf::from);
+                target.cc = cfg.cc.map(PathBuf::from).or_else(|| {
+                    target.ndk.as_ref().map(|ndk| ndk_compiler(Language::C, &triple, ndk))
+                });
+                target.cxx = cfg.cxx.map(PathBuf::from).or_else(|| {
+                    target.ndk.as_ref().map(|ndk| ndk_compiler(Language::CPlusPlus, &triple, ndk))
+                });
                 target.ar = cfg.ar.map(PathBuf::from);
                 target.ranlib = cfg.ranlib.map(PathBuf::from);
                 target.linker = cfg.linker.map(PathBuf::from);
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/armhf-gnu/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/armhf-gnu/Dockerfile
index 69f88e4952019..57e63cd39d2f8 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/armhf-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/armhf-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-
       curl \
       file \
       g++ \
-      gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
+      g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf \
       git \
       libc6-dev \
       libc6-dev-armhf-cross \
diff --git a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
index 33bf95ac1657e..0f5425daa1684 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
+++ b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ endif
 # e.g. for `$(CC) -o $(RUN_BINFILE)`.
 RUN_BINFILE = $(TMPDIR)/$(1)
 
+# Invoke the generated binary on the remote machine if compiletest was
+# configured to use a remote test device, otherwise run it on the current host.
+ifdef REMOTE_TEST_CLIENT
+# FIXME: if a test requires additional files, this will need to be changed to
+# also push them (by changing the 0 to the number of additional files, and
+# providing the path of the additional files as the last arguments).
+EXECUTE = $(REMOTE_TEST_CLIENT) run 0 $(RUN_BINFILE)
+else
+EXECUTE = $(RUN_BINFILE)
+endif
+
 # RUN and FAIL are basic way we will invoke the generated binary.  On
 # non-windows platforms, they set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment
 # variable before running the binary.
@@ -50,16 +61,16 @@ BIN = $(1)
 UNAME = $(shell uname)
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
-RUN = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(RUN_BINFILE)
-FAIL = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(RUN_BINFILE) && exit 1 || exit 0
+RUN = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(EXECUTE)
+FAIL = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(EXECUTE) && exit 1 || exit 0
 DYLIB_GLOB = lib$(1)*.dylib
 DYLIB = $(TMPDIR)/lib$(1).dylib
 STATICLIB = $(TMPDIR)/lib$(1).a
 STATICLIB_GLOB = lib$(1)*.a
 else
 ifdef IS_WINDOWS
-RUN = PATH="$(PATH):$(TARGET_RPATH_DIR)" $(RUN_BINFILE)
-FAIL = PATH="$(PATH):$(TARGET_RPATH_DIR)" $(RUN_BINFILE) && exit 1 || exit 0
+RUN = PATH="$(PATH):$(TARGET_RPATH_DIR)" $(EXECUTE)
+FAIL = PATH="$(PATH):$(TARGET_RPATH_DIR)" $(EXECUTE) && exit 1 || exit 0
 DYLIB_GLOB = $(1)*.dll
 DYLIB = $(TMPDIR)/$(1).dll
 ifdef IS_MSVC
@@ -73,8 +84,8 @@ endif
 BIN = $(1).exe
 LLVM_FILECHECK := $(shell cygpath -u "$(LLVM_FILECHECK)")
 else
-RUN = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(RUN_BINFILE)
-FAIL = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(RUN_BINFILE) && exit 1 || exit 0
+RUN = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(EXECUTE)
+FAIL = $(TARGET_RPATH_ENV) $(EXECUTE) && exit 1 || exit 0
 DYLIB_GLOB = lib$(1)*.so
 DYLIB = $(TMPDIR)/lib$(1).so
 STATICLIB = $(TMPDIR)/lib$(1).a
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/issue-36710/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/issue-36710/Makefile
index 986a3f4e64bab..d6145c07126b8 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/issue-36710/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/run-make/issue-36710/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# ignore-cross-compile $(call RUN,foo) expects to run the target executable natively
-#                              so it won't work with remote-test-server
 # ignore-none no-std is not supported
+# ignore-wasm32 FIXME: don't attempt to compile C++ to WASM
+# ignore-wasm64 FIXME: don't attempt to compile C++ to WASM
+# ignore-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda FIXME: can't find crate for `std`
 # ignore-musl FIXME: this makefile needs teaching how to use a musl toolchain
 #                    (see dist-i586-gnu-i586-i686-musl Dockerfile)
 
diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
index 8d8ca101cd037..ebce0283fbaf1 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest.rs
@@ -2987,6 +2987,10 @@ impl<'test> TestCx<'test> {
             cmd.env("LLVM_BIN_DIR", llvm_bin_dir);
         }
 
+        if let Some(ref remote_test_client) = self.config.remote_test_client {
+            cmd.env("REMOTE_TEST_CLIENT", remote_test_client);
+        }
+
         // We don't want RUSTFLAGS set from the outside to interfere with
         // compiler flags set in the test cases:
         cmd.env_remove("RUSTFLAGS");