diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7359a51fa6..ce19d21399 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,14 +128,19 @@ huggingfacenotorch = [
 ]
 # torchcodec backend for Gemma audio / datasets>=4 (#7225).
 # Pick the audio-torch* pin matching your torch minor (see TORCH_TORCHCODEC).
+# torchcodec publishes no sdist and only manylinux_2_28_x86_64, macosx_*_arm64
+# and win_amd64 wheels, so Linux aarch64, Windows ARM64 and Intel Mac have
+# nothing to resolve and pip fails the whole install rather than skipping audio.
+# Gate on the platforms that have a wheel, matching
+# PLATFORM_LACKS_TORCHCODEC_WHEEL in studio/install_python_stack.py.
 audio-torch210 = [
-    "torchcodec>=0.10.0,<0.11.0 ; python_version >= '3.10'",
+    "torchcodec>=0.10.0,<0.11.0 ; python_version >= '3.10' and (((sys_platform == 'linux' or sys_platform == 'win32') and (platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'AMD64')) or (sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'))",
 ]
 audio-torch290 = [
-    "torchcodec>=0.8.0,<0.10.0 ; python_version >= '3.10'",
+    "torchcodec>=0.8.0,<0.10.0 ; python_version >= '3.10' and (((sys_platform == 'linux' or sys_platform == 'win32') and (platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'AMD64')) or (sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'))",
 ]
 audio-torch280 = [
-    "torchcodec>=0.6.0,<0.8.0 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "torchcodec>=0.6.0,<0.8.0 ; python_version >= '3.9' and (((sys_platform == 'linux' or sys_platform == 'win32') and (platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'AMD64')) or (sys_platform == 'darwin' and platform_machine == 'arm64'))",
 ]
 huggingface = [
     "unsloth[huggingfacenotorch]",
diff --git a/tests/python/test_torchcodec_torch_compat.py b/tests/python/test_torchcodec_torch_compat.py
index 6ad16a73f4..728a51a321 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_torchcodec_torch_compat.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_torchcodec_torch_compat.py
@@ -11,12 +11,21 @@ import sys
 import types
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
+
 
 REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
 PYPROJECT = REPO_ROOT / "pyproject.toml"
 IMPORT_FIXES_PATH = REPO_ROOT / "unsloth" / "import_fixes.py"
 
 
+def _tomllib():
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+        import tomllib
+        return tomllib
+    return pytest.importorskip("tomli")
+
+
 def _load_import_fixes_module():
     spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
         "unsloth_import_fixes_under_test",
@@ -127,3 +136,41 @@ def test_import_fixes_loads_on_python39_syntax():
     """Regression: module must import on 3.9 (postponed annotations for str | None)."""
     fixes = _load_import_fixes_module()
     assert callable(fixes._torchcodec_version_mismatch_hint)
+
+
+def test_audio_extras_are_gated_to_platforms_with_a_torchcodec_wheel():
+    """torchcodec publishes no sdist and no wheel for Linux aarch64, Windows ARM64 or
+    Intel Mac, so an ungated pin makes pip fail the whole install on those hosts instead
+    of just skipping audio -- and the cu*/rocm*/intel torch 2.10 extras pull it in.
+    The marker must match PLATFORM_LACKS_TORCHCODEC_WHEEL in install_python_stack.py.
+    """
+    markers = pytest.importorskip("packaging.markers")
+    tomllib = _tomllib()
+    extras = tomllib.loads(PYPROJECT.read_text(encoding = "utf-8"))["project"][
+        "optional-dependencies"
+    ]
+    audio = {n: d for n, d in extras.items() if n.startswith("audio-torch")}
+    assert audio, "expected audio-torch* extras"
+
+    supported = [
+        {"sys_platform": "linux", "platform_machine": "x86_64"},
+        {"sys_platform": "win32", "platform_machine": "AMD64"},
+        {"sys_platform": "darwin", "platform_machine": "arm64"},
+    ]
+    unsupported = [
+        {"sys_platform": "linux", "platform_machine": "aarch64"},
+        {"sys_platform": "win32", "platform_machine": "ARM64"},
+        {"sys_platform": "darwin", "platform_machine": "x86_64"},
+    ]
+    for name, deps in audio.items():
+        for dep in deps:
+            _, _, marker_text = dep.partition(";")
+            assert marker_text.strip(), f"{name}: {dep!r} has no marker"
+            marker = markers.Marker(marker_text.strip())
+            env = {"python_version": "3.12"}
+            for case in supported:
+                assert marker.evaluate({**env, **case}), f"{name} must install on {case}"
+            for case in unsupported:
+                assert not marker.evaluate(
+                    {**env, **case}
+                ), f"{name} has no wheel for {case} and must not be resolved there"