diff --git a/.github/workflows/krew-release.yml b/.github/workflows/krew-release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c5bc611b71..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/krew-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [released]
-jobs:
-  krew-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Update new version in krew-index
-        uses: rajatjindal/krew-release-bot@v0.0.47
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lepton-build-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/lepton-build-image.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac6cd59e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lepton-build-image.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Build Docker Image
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      repo:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: test$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+      commit:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: $(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+      runs-on:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ubuntu-latest
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install awscli
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install awscli
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+        id: login-ecr
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+      - name: Build and push the Docker image
+        env:
+          ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
+        run: |
+          set -x
+
+          docker build . --file Dockerfile \
+            --tag ${{ inputs.repo }}:${{ inputs.tag }} \
+            --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=${{ inputs.commit }} \
+            --build-arg REPO=$ECR_REGISTRY/ecr-public
+
+          echo "tagging container image with ${{ inputs.repo }}:${{ inputs.tag }}}"
+          docker tag ${{ inputs.repo }}:${{ inputs.tag }} $ECR_REGISTRY/${{ inputs.repo }}:${{ inputs.tag }}
+          docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/${{ inputs.repo }}:${{ inputs.tag }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lepton-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/lepton-pr.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4179636794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lepton-pr.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: lepton-pr
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+
+jobs:
+  build-release:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/lepton-build-image.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      repo: lepton-kueue
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lepton-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/lepton-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9eab875e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lepton-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: lepton-release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  build-release:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/lepton-build-image.yaml
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      repo: lepton-kueue
+      tag: ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+      commit: ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
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diff --git a/pkg/lepton/apis/lepton_apis.go b/pkg/lepton/apis/lepton_apis.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9ec7cdc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/lepton/apis/lepton_apis.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package apis
+
+import (
+	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1beta1"
+)
+
+const (
+	labelCanPreempt     = "kueue.lepton.ai/can-preempt"
+	labelCanBePreempted = "kueue.lepton.ai/can-be-preempted"
+)
+
+func CanPreempt(wl *kueue.Workload) bool {
+	return wl.Labels[labelCanPreempt] == "true"
+}
+
+func CanBePreempted(wl *kueue.Workload) bool {
+	return wl.Labels[labelCanBePreempted] == "true"
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/preemption/preemption.go b/pkg/scheduler/preemption/preemption.go
index f44b74cb6b..5dbf3102e8 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/preemption/preemption.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/preemption/preemption.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	config "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/config/v1beta1"
 	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1beta1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/cache"
+	leptonapis "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/lepton/apis"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/resources"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/scheduler/flavorassigner"
@@ -116,9 +117,23 @@ type Target struct {
 func (p *Preemptor) GetTargets(log logr.Logger, wl workload.Info, assignment flavorassigner.Assignment, snapshot *cache.Snapshot) []*Target {
 	frsNeedPreemption := flavorResourcesNeedPreemption(assignment)
 	requests := assignment.TotalRequestsFor(&wl)
+	if leptonapis.CanPreempt(wl.Obj) {
+		return p.getTargetsByLepton(log, wl, requests, frsNeedPreemption, snapshot)
+	}
 	return p.getTargets(log, wl, requests, frsNeedPreemption, snapshot)
 }
 
+func (p *Preemptor) getTargetsByLepton(log logr.Logger, wl workload.Info, requests resources.FlavorResourceQuantities,
+	frsNeedPreemption sets.Set[resources.FlavorResource], snapshot *cache.Snapshot) []*Target {
+	cq := snapshot.ClusterQueues[wl.ClusterQueue]
+	candidates := p.findCandidatesByLepton(wl.Obj, cq, frsNeedPreemption)
+	if len(candidates) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	sort.Slice(candidates, candidatesOrdering(candidates, cq.Name, p.clock.Now()))
+	return minimalPreemptions(log, requests, cq, snapshot, frsNeedPreemption, candidates, true, nil)
+}
+
 func (p *Preemptor) getTargets(log logr.Logger, wl workload.Info, requests resources.FlavorResourceQuantities,
 	frsNeedPreemption sets.Set[resources.FlavorResource], snapshot *cache.Snapshot) []*Target {
 	cq := snapshot.ClusterQueues[wl.ClusterQueue]
@@ -483,6 +498,45 @@ func flavorResourcesNeedPreemption(assignment flavorassigner.Assignment) sets.Se
 	return resPerFlavor
 }
 
+func (p *Preemptor) findCandidatesByLepton(wl *kueue.Workload, cq *cache.ClusterQueueSnapshot, frsNeedPreemption sets.Set[resources.FlavorResource]) []*workload.Info {
+	var candidates []*workload.Info
+	wlPriority := priority.Priority(wl)
+
+	for _, candidateWl := range cq.Workloads {
+		if canBeCandidateByLepton(wlPriority, candidateWl, frsNeedPreemption) {
+			candidates = append(candidates, candidateWl)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if cq.HasParent() {
+		for _, cohortCQ := range cq.Parent().Root().SubtreeClusterQueues() {
+			if cq == cohortCQ {
+				// Can't reclaim quota from itself or ClusterQueues that are not borrowing.
+				continue
+			}
+			for _, candidateWl := range cohortCQ.Workloads {
+				if canBeCandidateByLepton(wlPriority, candidateWl, frsNeedPreemption) {
+					candidates = append(candidates, candidateWl)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return candidates
+}
+
+func canBeCandidateByLepton(selfPriority int32, candidateWl *workload.Info, frsNeedPreemption sets.Set[resources.FlavorResource]) bool {
+	if !leptonapis.CanBePreempted(candidateWl.Obj) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if priority.Priority(candidateWl.Obj) >= selfPriority {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !workloadUsesResources(candidateWl, frsNeedPreemption) {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // findCandidates obtains candidates for preemption within the ClusterQueue and
 // cohort that respect the preemption policy and are using a resource that the
 // preempting workload needs.