diff --git a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Clang.cpp b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Clang.cpp
index 1de2264..4965488 100644
--- a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Clang.cpp
+++ b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Clang.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,36 @@ BuildResult Crafter::Build(Configuration& config, std::unordered_map<fs::path, s
         return {buildError, false, {}};
     }
 
+    // Ship .spv files from transitive deps' bin dirs alongside the executable
+    // so consumers find shaders next to the binary at runtime. Only an exe is
+    // a deployment unit; intermediate libs don't need to forward shaders since
+    // the exe walks all transitive deps. Runs outside the repack gate because
+    // the relink mtime check above only watches .so/.dll/.a, so a shader-only
+    // change in a dep wouldn't trigger repack but still needs the new .spv
+    // copied across.
+    if (config.type == ConfigurationType::Executable) {
+        try {
+            std::unordered_set<Configuration*> shaderSeen;
+            std::function<void(Configuration*)> copyDepShaders = [&](Configuration* dep) {
+                if (!shaderSeen.insert(dep).second) return;
+                fs::path depDir = dep->BinDir();
+                for (const Shader& shader : dep->shaders) {
+                    fs::path src = depDir / shader.path.filename().replace_extension("spv");
+                    if (!fs::exists(src)) continue;
+                    fs::path dest = outputDir / src.filename();
+                    if (!fs::exists(dest) || fs::last_write_time(src) > fs::last_write_time(dest)) {
+                        fs::copy_file(src, dest, fs::copy_options::overwrite_existing);
+                    }
+                }
+                for (Configuration* sub : dep->dependencies) copyDepShaders(sub);
+            };
+            for (Configuration* dep : config.dependencies) copyDepShaders(dep);
+        } catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e) {
+            for(std::thread& thread : threads) thread.join();
+            return {e.what(), false, {}};
+        }
+    }
+
     if(repack.load()) {
         buildResult.repack = true;
     }
diff --git a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Shader.cpp b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Shader.cpp
index 0880e88..8a8d5c8 100644
--- a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Shader.cpp
+++ b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Shader.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ namespace Crafter {
 
     }
     bool Shader::Check(const fs::path& outputDir) const {
-        return fs::exists((outputDir/path.filename()).generic_string()+".spv") && fs::last_write_time(path.generic_string()+".glsl") < fs::last_write_time((outputDir/path.filename()).generic_string()+".spv");
+        fs::path spv = outputDir / path.filename().replace_extension("spv");
+        return fs::exists(spv) && fs::last_write_time(path) < fs::last_write_time(spv);
     }
     std::string Shader::Compile(const fs::path& outputDir) const {
         EShLanguage glslangType = ToEShLanguage(type);
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/ShaderDep.cpp b/tests/ShaderDep/ShaderDep.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bf8551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/ShaderDep.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Crafter® Build
+Copyright (C) 2026 Catcrafts®
+Catcrafts.net
+
+LGPL-3.0-only.
+
+Verifies that when an executable consumes a library that registers a shader,
+the resulting .spv ships in the executable's bin dir alongside the binary —
+not just in the lib's own bin dir, where the runtime exe wouldn't find it.
+*/
+
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+#include "../_shared/TestUtil.h"
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+using namespace TestUtil;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+int main() {
+    try {
+        fs::path src = fs::current_path() / "tests" / "ShaderDep" / "inner";
+        Configuration cfg = LoadFixture("ShaderDep", src);
+
+        auto br = BuildOnce(cfg);
+        if (!br.result.empty()) {
+            std::println(std::cerr, "build failed:\n{}", br.result);
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        fs::path libSpv = cfg.dependencies[0]->BinDir() / "triangle.spv";
+        fs::path appSpv = cfg.BinDir() / "triangle.spv";
+
+        if (!fs::exists(libSpv)) {
+            std::println(std::cerr, "lib .spv missing at {}", libSpv.string());
+            return 1;
+        }
+        if (!fs::exists(appSpv)) {
+            std::println(std::cerr, "exe .spv missing at {}", appSpv.string());
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        std::ifstream f(appSpv, std::ios::binary);
+        unsigned char magic[4] = {};
+        f.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(magic), 4);
+        if (magic[0] != 0x03 || magic[1] != 0x02 || magic[2] != 0x23 || magic[3] != 0x07) {
+            std::println(std::cerr,
+                "SPIR-V magic mismatch in exe-side copy: got {:#04x} {:#04x} {:#04x} {:#04x}",
+                magic[0], magic[1], magic[2], magic[3]);
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        std::println(std::cerr, "test exception: {}", e.what());
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/ShaderLib.cppm b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/ShaderLib.cppm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5b1bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/ShaderLib.cppm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export module ShaderLib;
+
+export int Identify() { return 0; }
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/triangle.glsl b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/triangle.glsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1abf19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/lib/triangle.glsl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#version 450
+
+layout(location = 0) out vec3 color;
+
+void main() {
+    vec2 positions[3] = vec2[](
+        vec2( 0.0, -0.5),
+        vec2( 0.5,  0.5),
+        vec2(-0.5,  0.5)
+    );
+    gl_Position = vec4(positions[gl_VertexIndex], 0.0, 1.0);
+    color = vec3(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+}
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/inner/main.cpp b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b7338b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import std;
+import ShaderLib;
+
+int main() { return Identify(); }
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/inner/project.cpp b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/project.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ffb058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/inner/project.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view>) {
+    static auto ShaderLib = std::make_unique<Configuration>();
+    ShaderLib->path = "./lib/";
+    ShaderLib->name = "ShaderLib";
+    ShaderLib->outputName = "ShaderLib";
+    ShaderLib->target = "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu";
+    ShaderLib->type = ConfigurationType::LibraryStatic;
+    {
+        std::array<fs::path, 1> ifaces = { "ShaderLib" };
+        std::array<fs::path, 0> impls = {};
+        ShaderLib->GetInterfacesAndImplementations(ifaces, impls);
+    }
+    ShaderLib->shaders.emplace_back("./lib/triangle.glsl", "main", ShaderType::Vertex);
+
+    Configuration app;
+    app.path = "./";
+    app.name = "shader-dep-app";
+    app.outputName = "shader-dep-app";
+    app.target = "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu";
+    app.type = ConfigurationType::Executable;
+    app.dependencies = { ShaderLib.get() };
+    {
+        std::array<fs::path, 0> ifaces = {};
+        std::array<fs::path, 1> impls = { "main" };
+        app.GetInterfacesAndImplementations(ifaces, impls);
+    }
+    return app;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ShaderDep/project.cpp b/tests/ShaderDep/project.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..045d72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ShaderDep/project.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import std;
+import Crafter.Build;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+using namespace Crafter;
+
+extern "C" Configuration CrafterBuildProject(std::span<const std::string_view>) {
+    Configuration cfg;
+    cfg.path = "tests/ShaderDep/";
+    cfg.name = "ShaderDep";
+    cfg.outputName = "ShaderDep";
+    cfg.target = "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu";
+    cfg.type = ConfigurationType::Executable;
+    cfg.dependencies = { ParentLib("crafter.build-lib") };
+    cfg.linkFlags.push_back("-Wl,--export-dynamic");
+    cfg.linkFlags.push_back("-ldl");
+    std::array<fs::path, 0> ifaces = {};
+    std::array<fs::path, 1> impls = { "ShaderDep" };
+    cfg.GetInterfacesAndImplementations(ifaces, impls);
+    return cfg;
+}