diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/i18n.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/i18n.ts
index f775acdc491d..c450da07cdcb 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/application/i18n.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { maxWorkers } from '../../utils/environment-options';
 import { loadTranslations } from '../../utils/i18n-options';
 import { createTranslationLoader } from '../../utils/load-translations';
 import { createProjectResolver } from '../../utils/resolve-project';
+import type { WorkerPool } from '../../utils/worker-pool';
 import { executePostBundleSteps } from './execute-post-bundle';
 import { NormalizedApplicationBuildOptions, getLocaleBaseHref } from './options';
 
@@ -31,12 +32,14 @@ import { NormalizedApplicationBuildOptions, getLocaleBaseHref } from './options'
  * @param options The normalized application builder options used to create the build.
  * @param executionResult The result of an executed build.
  * @param initialFiles A map containing initial file information for the executed build.
+ * @param workerPool An optional worker pool to use for running transformation tasks.
  */
 export async function inlineI18n(
   metafile: Metafile,
   options: NormalizedApplicationBuildOptions,
   executionResult: ExecutionResult,
   initialFiles: Map<string, InitialFileRecord>,
+  workerPool?: WorkerPool,
 ): Promise<{
   errors: string[];
   warnings: string[];
@@ -45,12 +48,15 @@ export async function inlineI18n(
   const { i18nOptions, baseHref, cacheOptions } = options;
 
   // Create the multi-threaded inliner with common options.
-  const inliner = new I18nInliner({
-    missingTranslation: i18nOptions.missingTranslationBehavior ?? 'warning',
-    maxConcurrency: maxWorkers,
-    persistentCachePath: cacheOptions.enabled ? cacheOptions.path : undefined,
-    localizeVersion: i18nOptions.localizeVersion,
-  });
+  const inliner = new I18nInliner(
+    {
+      missingTranslation: i18nOptions.missingTranslationBehavior ?? 'warning',
+      maxConcurrency: maxWorkers,
+      persistentCachePath: cacheOptions.enabled ? cacheOptions.path : undefined,
+      localizeVersion: i18nOptions.localizeVersion,
+    },
+    workerPool,
+  );
 
   const inlineResult: {
     errors: string[];
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner.ts
index d76b00c0a31a..e5ec68f48e26 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner.ts
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ interface UncachedLocaleEntry {
  */
 export class I18nInliner {
   #cacheInitFailed = false;
-  #workerPool: WorkerPool;
+  readonly #workerPool: WorkerPool;
+  readonly #ownsWorkerPool: boolean;
   #cacheStore: PersistentCacheStore | undefined;
   #transformedFileCache: Cache<TransformedFileResult> | undefined;
   #translationCache: Cache<Uint8Array> | undefined;
@@ -197,7 +198,10 @@ export class I18nInliner {
     return this.options.maxConcurrency ?? (this.#workerPool.maxThreads || 1);
   }
 
-  constructor(private readonly options: I18nInlinerOptions) {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly options: I18nInlinerOptions,
+    workerPool?: WorkerPool,
+  ) {
     if (
       options.maxConcurrency !== undefined &&
       (!Number.isInteger(options.maxConcurrency) || options.maxConcurrency < 1)
@@ -205,12 +209,15 @@ export class I18nInliner {
       throw new RangeError('options.maxConcurrency must be an integer greater than or equal to 1.');
     }
 
+    this.#ownsWorkerPool = !workerPool;
     // Piscina uses object spread against default options internally. Only define
     // maxThreads when specified to avoid overwriting Piscina's default thread count
     // with undefined.
-    this.#workerPool = new WorkerPool({
-      ...(options.maxConcurrency !== undefined && { maxThreads: options.maxConcurrency }),
-    });
+    this.#workerPool =
+      workerPool ??
+      new WorkerPool({
+        ...(options.maxConcurrency !== undefined && { maxThreads: options.maxConcurrency }),
+      });
   }
 
   #partitionFiles(files: Iterable<BuildOutputFile>): {
@@ -662,7 +669,10 @@ export class I18nInliner {
    * @returns A void promise that resolves when closing is complete.
    */
   async close(): Promise<void> {
-    await Promise.allSettled([this.#cacheStore?.close(), this.#workerPool.destroy()]);
+    await Promise.allSettled([
+      this.#cacheStore?.close(),
+      this.#ownsWorkerPool ? this.#workerPool.destroy() : undefined,
+    ]);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner_spec.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner_spec.ts
index b02b171cf399..8f73c018e4bd 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/i18n-inliner_spec.ts
@@ -1092,4 +1092,78 @@ describe('I18nInliner', () => {
       expect(maxThreadsSpy.calls.mostRecent().returnValue).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('supplied workerPool', () => {
+    let externalPool: WorkerPool | undefined;
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await externalPool?.destroy();
+      externalPool = undefined;
+    });
+
+    it('uses the supplied workerPool to execute transformation tasks', async () => {
+      externalPool = new WorkerPool({ maxThreads: 1 });
+      const runSpy = spyOn(externalPool, 'run').and.callThrough();
+
+      inliner = new I18nInliner({ missingTranslation: 'warning' }, externalPool);
+
+      const files = [browserFile('main.js', GREETING_SOURCE)];
+      const results = await inliner.inlineAll(files, [
+        {
+          locale: 'fr',
+          translation: { greeting: translationFor('Bonjour') },
+        },
+      ]);
+
+      expect(results.size).toBe(1);
+      expect(findFile(results.get('fr')?.outputFiles ?? [], 'main.js').text).toContain('"Bonjour"');
+      expect(runSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('does not destroy the supplied workerPool on close()', async () => {
+      externalPool = new WorkerPool({ maxThreads: 1 });
+      const destroySpy = spyOn(externalPool, 'destroy').and.callThrough();
+
+      inliner = new I18nInliner({ missingTranslation: 'warning' }, externalPool);
+      await inliner.close();
+
+      expect(destroySpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('destroys internally created workerPool on close()', async () => {
+      const destroySpy = spyOn(WorkerPool.prototype, 'destroy').and.callThrough();
+
+      inliner = new I18nInliner({ missingTranslation: 'warning', maxConcurrency: 1 });
+      await inliner.close();
+
+      expect(destroySpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('supports multiple sequential inlining passes with the same supplied workerPool', async () => {
+      externalPool = new WorkerPool({ maxThreads: 1 });
+
+      inliner = new I18nInliner({ missingTranslation: 'warning' }, externalPool);
+
+      const files1 = [browserFile('main.js', GREETING_SOURCE)];
+      const results1 = await inliner.inlineAll(files1, [
+        {
+          locale: 'fr',
+          translation: { greeting: translationFor('Bonjour') },
+        },
+      ]);
+      expect(findFile(results1.get('fr')?.outputFiles ?? [], 'main.js').text).toContain(
+        '"Bonjour"',
+      );
+
+      // Second inlining pass on the same pool
+      const files2 = [browserFile('main.js', GREETING_SOURCE)];
+      const results2 = await inliner.inlineAll(files2, [
+        {
+          locale: 'es',
+          translation: { greeting: translationFor('Hola') },
+        },
+      ]);
+      expect(findFile(results2.get('es')?.outputFiles ?? [], 'main.js').text).toContain('"Hola"');
+    });
+  });
 });