diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index f87c0556f4..0dfea9bfcd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -221,6 +221,20 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x scripts/relax-deb-libicu.sh
           scripts/relax-deb-libicu.sh desktopApp/build/compose/binaries/main-release/deb/*.deb
 
+      # jpackage --type deb only auto-generates Depends from dpkg-shlibdeps
+      # against the bundled JRE under lib/runtime/, NOT the app payload under
+      # lib/app/. libskiko-linux-arm64.so has libEGL.so.1 in DT_NEEDED (unlike
+      # the x64 skiko which only links libGL.so.1), so a minimal aarch64
+      # install without EGL crashes at startup with:
+      #   UnsatisfiedLinkError: libEGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file
+      # Rewrite the arm64 .deb to add libegl1 to Depends. x64 .deb is untouched.
+      - name: Add libegl1 dep to arm64 .deb
+        if: matrix.family == 'linux' && matrix.arch == 'arm64'
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x scripts/add-deb-libegl-dep.sh
+          scripts/add-deb-libegl-dep.sh desktopApp/build/compose/binaries/main-release/deb/*.deb
+
       - name: Build portable archives (windows + linux-portable)
         if: matrix.family == 'windows' || matrix.family == 'linux-portable'
         run: |
diff --git a/scripts/add-deb-libegl-dep.sh b/scripts/add-deb-libegl-dep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..09b778052c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/add-deb-libegl-dep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Ensure a jpackage-built desktop .deb declares libegl1 as a runtime dep on
+# arm64.
+#
+# Why this is needed: the compose-desktop skiko native shipped in
+# ${app}/lib/app/libskiko-linux-arm64.so has libEGL.so.1 in DT_NEEDED (the
+# aarch64 build uses EGL alongside GLX, unlike the x86_64 skiko which only
+# links libGL.so.1). jpackage's --type deb only auto-generates Depends from
+# dpkg-shlibdeps against the bundled JRE under ${app}/lib/runtime/, NOT the
+# ${app}/lib/app/ tree — so libegl1 never makes it into the arm64 .deb.
+#
+# On most desktop Linux systems libegl1 is already installed as a transitive
+# of the desktop environment. But minimal aarch64 installs (Armbian Server +
+# a lightweight WM, Raspberry Pi OS Lite + LXDE, etc.) can miss it. Without
+# libegl1 the app dies at startup with:
+#
+#   Exception in thread "main" org.jetbrains.skiko.LibraryLoadException:
+#     Failed to loade library …/libskiko-linux-arm64.so
+#   Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
+#     libEGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
+#
+# Neither jpackage nor the Compose Multiplatform 1.11 DSL exposes a way to
+# override the auto-generated Depends, so we rewrite the .deb after the fact
+# (same approach as scripts/relax-deb-libicu.sh).
+#
+# Usage: add-deb-libegl-dep.sh <path-to-deb> [<path-to-deb> ...]
+set -euo pipefail
+
+for deb in "$@"; do
+    if [[ ! -f "$deb" ]]; then
+        echo "skip: not a file: $deb" >&2
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    work="$(mktemp -d)"
+    trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+    dpkg-deb -R "$deb" "$work/pkg"
+    control="$work/pkg/DEBIAN/control"
+
+    # Only touch .debs whose payload actually contains the arm64 skiko native.
+    # Applying this to x64 .debs is harmless but the whole point is to be
+    # surgical.
+    if ! find "$work/pkg" -type f -name 'libskiko-linux-arm64.so' | grep -q .; then
+        echo "No arm64 skiko in payload, leaving as-is: $deb"
+        rm -rf "$work"
+        trap - EXIT
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    if grep -qE '(^| )libegl1( |,|$)' "$control"; then
+        echo "libegl1 already in Depends, leaving as-is: $deb"
+        rm -rf "$work"
+        trap - EXIT
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Append libegl1 to the Depends line. jpackage-generated lines are single
+    # physical lines, e.g.
+    #   Depends: libasound2t64, ..., zlib1g
+    # We insert `, libegl1` before the trailing newline.
+    sed -i -E 's/^(Depends: .*[^,[:space:]])[[:space:]]*$/\1, libegl1/' "$control"
+
+    dpkg-deb --root-owner-group -Zxz -b "$work/pkg" "$deb" >/dev/null
+    echo "Added libegl1 dep: $deb"
+
+    rm -rf "$work"
+    trap - EXIT
+done