diff --git a/tests/python/relay/aot/test_crt_aot.py b/tests/python/relay/aot/test_crt_aot.py
index 3c44d2bf1bc8..2991cc01fc92 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/aot/test_crt_aot.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/aot/test_crt_aot.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 from tvm.relay.backend import Executor, Runtime
 from tvm.micro import model_library_format as mlf
 from tvm.micro import export_model_library_format
+from tvm.ir.instrument import pass_instrument
 from aot_test_utils import (
     AOTTestModel,
     AOT_DEFAULT_RUNNER,
@@ -1027,5 +1028,51 @@ def test_aot_codegen_checks_returns():
     )
 
 
+def test_aot_uses_anf():
+    """Checks that A-Normal Form is being used in the AOT lowering pipeline."""
+    x = relay.var("x", shape=(1, 10, 10, 10))
+    y = relay.var("y", shape=(1, 10, 10, 10))
+    z = relay.add(x, y)
+    func = relay.Function([x, y], z)
+
+    @pass_instrument
+    class CheckANFRuns:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.did_run_anf = False
+
+        def run_before_pass(self, _, info):
+            if info.name == "ToANormalForm":
+                self.did_run_anf = True
+            if info.name == "LowerTE":
+                assert self.did_run_anf, "ToANormalForm pass should run before LowerTE."
+
+    check_run_anf = CheckANFRuns()
+
+    model = AOTTestModel(module=IRModule.from_expr(func), inputs=None, outputs=None)
+    runtime = Runtime("crt")
+    executor = Executor(
+        "aot",
+        {
+            "workspace-byte-alignment": 8,
+            "interface-api": "c",
+            "unpacked-api": True,
+        },
+    )
+    config = {"tir.disable_vectorize": True}
+
+    with tvm.transform.PassContext(opt_level=3, config=config, instruments=[check_run_anf]):
+        tvm.relay.build(
+            model.module,
+            tvm.target.Target("c"),
+            executor=executor,
+            runtime=runtime,
+            workspace_memory_pools=None,
+            params=model.params,
+            mod_name=model.name,
+        )
+
+    assert check_run_anf.did_run_anf, "Expected ToANormalForm pass to have run."
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sys.exit(pytest.main([__file__] + sys.argv[1:]))