diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/conditional-build-image-tags.yml b/.gitlab-ci/conditional-build-image-tags.yml
index bf7e803f816..596abdf878c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/conditional-build-image-tags.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/conditional-build-image-tags.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ variables:
   CONDITIONAL_BUILD_CROSVM_TAG: bb7f75d912ef43be8c9204385d79820a
   CONDITIONAL_BUILD_FLUSTER_TAG: 3bc3afd7468e106afcbfd569a85f34f9
   CONDITIONAL_BUILD_PIGLIT_TAG: 009be6e9949c1121f67c8a3985b08505
-  CONDITIONAL_BUILD_VKD3D_PROTON_TAG: 5b73ce9ca2be32a54b88af1949e31ace
+  CONDITIONAL_BUILD_VKD3D_PROTON_TAG: dea4be3035832821bfb4bb24ec9c4308
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-vkd3d-proton.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-vkd3d-proton.sh
index e4413598462..ea8dad9da42 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/build-vkd3d-proton.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/build-vkd3d-proton.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ VKD3D_PROTON_COMMIT="041cfa75580090c6b30af2f2721015d15493f14b"
 VKD3D_PROTON_DST_DIR="/vkd3d-proton-tests"
 VKD3D_PROTON_SRC_DIR="/vkd3d-proton-src"
 VKD3D_PROTON_BUILD_DIR="/vkd3d-proton-build"
+VKD3D_PROTON_WINE_DIR="/vkd3d-proton-wine64"
+VKD3D_PROTON_S3_ARTIFACT="vkd3d-proton.tar.zst"
+
+if [ ! -d "$VKD3D_PROTON_WINE_DIR" ]; then
+  echo "Fatal: Directory '$VKD3D_PROTON_WINE_DIR' does not exist. Aborting."
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 git clone https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton.git --single-branch -b master --no-checkout "$VKD3D_PROTON_SRC_DIR"
 pushd "$VKD3D_PROTON_SRC_DIR"
@@ -42,7 +49,19 @@ cp \
   "$VKD3D_PROTON_DST_DIR/tests/"
 popd
 
+# Archive and upload vkd3d-proton for use as a LAVA overlay, if the archive doesn't exist yet
+ARTIFACT_PATH="${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/vkd3d-proton/${VKD3D_PROTON_TAG}/${CI_JOB_NAME}/${VKD3D_PROTON_S3_ARTIFACT}"
+if FOUND_ARTIFACT_URL="$(find_s3_project_artifact "${ARTIFACT_PATH}")"; then
+    echo "Found vkd3d-proton at: ${FOUND_ARTIFACT_URL}, skipping upload"
+else
+    echo "Uploaded vkd3d-proton not found, reuploading..."
+    tar --zstd -cf "$VKD3D_PROTON_S3_ARTIFACT" -C / "${VKD3D_PROTON_DST_DIR#/}" "${VKD3D_PROTON_WINE_DIR#/}"
+    ci-fairy s3cp --token-file "${S3_JWT_FILE}" "$VKD3D_PROTON_S3_ARTIFACT" \
+      "https://${S3_BASE_PATH}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}/${ARTIFACT_PATH}"
+fi
+
 rm -rf "$VKD3D_PROTON_BUILD_DIR"
 rm -rf "$VKD3D_PROTON_SRC_DIR"
+rm "$VKD3D_PROTON_S3_ARTIFACT"
 
 section_end vkd3d-proton
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/fdo_cntr_export.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/fdo_cntr_export.sh
index cc5041e344c..6a0cbd11311 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/fdo_cntr_export.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/fdo_cntr_export.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ buildah_export() {
         exit 1
     fi
 
+    # These components will be provided via LAVA overlays,
+    # so remove them from the core rootfs
+    rm -rf "${mountpoint}/vkd3d-proton-tests"
+    rm -rf "${mountpoint}/vkd3d-proton-wine64"
+
     # Compress to zstd
     ZSTD_CLEVEL=10 tar -C "$mountpoint" -I zstd -cf "$2" .
 }
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava-submit.sh b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava-submit.sh
index 7011dccb875..52b4dbe0ecf 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava-submit.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava-submit.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ if [ -n "${HWCI_KERNEL_MODULES:-}" ]; then
 		  --format=tar
 	)
 fi
+if [ -n "${VKD3D_PROTON_TAG:-}" ]; then
+	LAVA_EXTRA_OVERLAYS+=(
+		- append-overlay
+		  --name=vkd3d-proton
+		  --url="$(find_s3_project_artifact "${DATA_STORAGE_PATH}/vkd3d-proton/${VKD3D_PROTON_TAG}/${MESA_IMAGE_PATH}/vkd3d-proton.tar.zst")"
+		  --path="/"
+		  --format=tar
+		  --compression=zstd
+	)
+fi
 
 PYTHONPATH=/ /lava/lava_job_submitter.py \
 	--farm "${FARM}" \