diff --git a/windows/CMakeLists.txt b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
index 88576bf44..ecb618323 100644
--- a/windows/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,56 @@ else()
   set(MPV_LIB_DIR "${mpv_dev_SOURCE_DIR}")
 endif()
 
+# libmpv >= 20260809 dynamically links the Khronos Vulkan loader instead of
+# statically linking it, so libmpv-2.dll hard-imports vulkan-1.dll. On x64
+# the GPU driver normally installs the loader into System32, but
+# Windows-on-ARM Adreno drivers (and driverless x64 machines such as VMs)
+# do not ship it, which made the process fail before WinMain (#2110).
+# Bundle the LunarG-built loader next to the executable; without a Vulkan
+# ICD, gpu-api=auto falls back to D3D11 exactly as the old static loader
+# did.
+set(VULKAN_RT_VERSION "1.4.357.0")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "ARM64")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_SLUG "warm")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS "VulkanRT-ARM64-${VULKAN_RT_VERSION}-Components")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_DLL_SUBPATH "${VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS}/vulkan-1.dll")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_SHA256 "0a51a619525e0c7a156125c4f80c4f591c494cef9ff59dc4481735779a9a280c")
+else()
+  set(VULKAN_RT_SLUG "windows")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS "VulkanRT-X64-${VULKAN_RT_VERSION}-Components")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_DLL_SUBPATH "${VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS}/x64/vulkan-1.dll")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_SHA256 "a14672efed15aafc7f5a16572d35cd3a3416eadf670aeee3cdf50ee32d5fbf83")
+endif()
+set(VULKAN_RT_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vulkan-runtime")
+if(NOT EXISTS "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/vulkan-1.dll" OR NOT EXISTS "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/VulkanRT-License.txt")
+  set(VULKAN_RT_ZIP "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/vulkan-runtime-components.zip")
+  message(STATUS "Downloading Vulkan runtime (${VULKAN_RT_SLUG} ${VULKAN_RT_VERSION})...")
+  # sdk.lunarg.com rejects requests without a recognized User-Agent.
+  file(DOWNLOAD
+    "https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/${VULKAN_RT_VERSION}/${VULKAN_RT_SLUG}/vulkan-runtime-components.zip"
+    "${VULKAN_RT_ZIP}"
+    HTTPHEADER "User-Agent: curl/8.4.0"
+    EXPECTED_HASH SHA256=${VULKAN_RT_SHA256}
+    STATUS VULKAN_RT_DL_STATUS)
+  list(GET VULKAN_RT_DL_STATUS 0 VULKAN_RT_DL_RESULT)
+  if(NOT VULKAN_RT_DL_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to download Vulkan runtime: ${VULKAN_RT_DL_STATUS}")
+  endif()
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E tar xf "${VULKAN_RT_ZIP}"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}"
+    RESULT_VARIABLE VULKAN_RT_EXTRACT_RESULT
+  )
+  if(NOT VULKAN_RT_EXTRACT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to extract Vulkan runtime archive")
+  endif()
+  file(RENAME "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/${VULKAN_RT_DLL_SUBPATH}" "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/vulkan-1.dll")
+  file(RENAME "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/${VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS}/VulkanRT-License.txt"
+    "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/VulkanRT-License.txt")
+  file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/${VULKAN_RT_COMPONENTS}")
+  file(REMOVE "${VULKAN_RT_ZIP}")
+endif()
+
 # Fetch simdutf for SIMD-accelerated UTF-8 validation.
 # mpv strings are not guaranteed to be valid UTF-8; invalid bytes sent through
 # Flutter's StandardMessageCodec cause FormatException crashes.
@@ -200,3 +250,10 @@ install(FILES "${AOT_LIBRARY}" DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BUNDLE_DATA_DIR}"
 install(FILES "${MPV_LIB_DIR}/libmpv-2.dll"
   DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BUNDLE_LIB_DIR}"
   COMPONENT Runtime)
+
+# Install the Vulkan loader (and its license) next to the executable so the
+# hard import in libmpv-2.dll resolves on machines whose GPU driver does not
+# provide vulkan-1.dll.
+install(FILES "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/vulkan-1.dll" "${VULKAN_RT_DIR}/VulkanRT-License.txt"
+  DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BUNDLE_LIB_DIR}"
+  COMPONENT Runtime)