diff --git a/tools/chatgui/build.sh b/tools/chatgui/build.sh
index 26777478..cd195e15 100755
--- a/tools/chatgui/build.sh
+++ b/tools/chatgui/build.sh
@@ -41,20 +41,28 @@ if [ -x "$WINDEPLOYQT" ]; then
     fi
 else
     log "  WARN: $WINDEPLOYQT not found (install: pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-qt5-tools)"
-    log "  Using objdump to find dependencies..."
-    DLL_LIST=$(objdump -p "$BUILD_DIR/chatgui.exe" 2>/dev/null | grep "DLL Name:" | awk '{print $3}')
-    if [ -n "$DLL_LIST" ]; then
-        for dll in $DLL_LIST; do
-            # skip system DLLs
-            case "$dll" in KERNEL32.dll|msvcrt.dll|USER32.dll|GDI32.dll|SHELL32.dll|ADVAPI32.dll|WS2_32.dll|ole32.dll|OLEAUT32.dll|IPHLPAPI.DLL|BCRYPT.dll|dbghelp.dll) continue ;; esac
-            cp "/ucrt64/bin/$dll" "$BUILD_DIR/" 2>/dev/null && log "  OK: $dll" || \
-              cp "/mingw64/bin/$dll" "$BUILD_DIR/" 2>/dev/null || \
-              log "  WARN: $dll not found"
+    log "  Resolving dependencies recursively..."
+    changed=1
+    while [ $changed -eq 1 ]; do
+        changed=0
+        for src in "$BUILD_DIR"/chatgui.exe "$BUILD_DIR"/*.dll; do
+            [ -f "$src" ] || continue
+            for dep in $(objdump -p "$src" 2>/dev/null | grep "DLL Name:" | awk '{print $3}'); do
+                case "$dep" in
+                    KERNEL32.dll|msvcrt.dll|USER32.dll|GDI32.dll|SHELL32.dll|ADVAPI32.dll|\
+                    WS2_32.dll|ole32.dll|OLEAUT32.dll|IPHLPAPI.DLL|BCRYPT.dll|dbghelp.dll|\
+                    api-ms-win-*)
+                        continue ;;
+                esac
+                [ -f "$BUILD_DIR/$dep" ] && continue
+                if cp "/ucrt64/bin/$dep" "$BUILD_DIR/" 2>/dev/null; then
+                    log "  OK: $dep"; changed=1
+                elif cp "/mingw64/bin/$dep" "$BUILD_DIR/" 2>/dev/null; then
+                    log "  OK: $dep (mingw64)"; changed=1
+                fi
+            done
         done
-    else
-        log "  FAIL: objdump failed, cannot determine dependencies"
-        exit 1
-    fi
+    done
 fi
 cp "$SRC_DIR/rlottie_build/librlottie.dll" "$BUILD_DIR/" 2>/dev/null && log "  OK: librlottie.dll" || log "  WARN: librlottie.dll not found"