diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 3fa3bf1cd..d7d03d729 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -64,10 +64,13 @@ jobs:
           if [ -f build/app/oakvulkan.dll ]; then
             cp build/app/oakvulkan.dll app/packaging/windows/nsis/oak-editor/
           fi
+          # The FFmpeg bridge DLL is built outside app/ and is not reachable
+          # via PATH, so ntldd cannot discover it from the executables alone
+          cp build/ffmpeg_bridge/bin/ffmpeg_bridge.dll app/packaging/windows/nsis/oak-editor/
           windeployqt6 app/packaging/windows/nsis/oak-editor/oak-editor.exe
           # Copy all non-Qt MSYS2 DLLs recursively for every binary we ship
           cd app/packaging/windows/nsis/oak-editor
-          for binary in oak-editor.exe oak-render-worker.exe oakgl.dll oakvulkan.dll; do
+          for binary in oak-editor.exe oak-render-worker.exe oakgl.dll oakvulkan.dll ffmpeg_bridge.dll; do
             [ -f "$binary" ] || continue
             for l in $(ntldd -R "$binary" | grep -E 'mingw64|ucrt64|clang64' | sed 's/^[ \t]*//' | cut -d' ' -f3); do
               cp -v "$l" .
@@ -350,6 +353,15 @@ jobs:
           ls AppDir/usr/lib/libOpenColorIO.so*    || (echo "Missing libOpenColorIO" && exit 1)
           ls AppDir/usr/lib/libportaudio.so*      || (echo "Missing libportaudio" && exit 1)
           ls AppDir/usr/lib/libOpenEXR*.so*       || (echo "Missing libOpenEXR" && exit 1)
+          # Ensure Oak's own binaries and shared libraries are present
+          ls AppDir/usr/bin/oak-editor                       || (echo "Missing oak-editor" && exit 1)
+          ls AppDir/usr/bin/oak-render-worker                || (echo "Missing oak-render-worker" && exit 1)
+          ls AppDir/usr/lib/liboakgl.so                      || (echo "Missing liboakgl.so" && exit 1)
+          ls AppDir/usr/ffmpeg_bridge/bin/libffmpeg_bridge.so || (echo "Missing libffmpeg_bridge.so" && exit 1)
+          # Ensure every shipped binary resolves all of its dependencies
+          ! ldd AppDir/usr/bin/oak-editor | grep "not found"
+          ! ldd AppDir/usr/bin/oak-render-worker | grep "not found"
+          ! ldd AppDir/usr/lib/liboakgl.so | grep "not found"
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 54f1fdf30..2c62f6088 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -331,7 +331,9 @@ elseif (APPLE)
     endif ()
 elseif (UNIX)
     # Set Linux-specific properties for application
-    install(TARGETS olive-editor RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+    # The render worker must ship next to oak-editor: RenderWorkerPool spawns
+    # it from QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
+    install(TARGETS olive-editor olive-render-worker RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 endif ()
 
 # Set link libraries