diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index e9136bd..166a8d8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # punktfunk-client-linux link deps. Also baked into rust-ci.Dockerfile — but ci.yml
+      # runs against the image from the PREVIOUS push (docker.yml bootstrap note), so this
+      # keeps the job green across image-content changes; a no-op once the image has them.
+      - name: GTK4/libadwaita/SDL3 dev packages
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev libsdl3-dev
+
       # Best-effort caches (act_runner's built-in cache server). Keyed on Cargo.lock:
       # registry/git are download caches, target/ the incremental build. The target key
       # carries the rustc version — rust-toolchain.toml pins the floating "stable"
diff --git a/ci/rust-ci.Dockerfile b/ci/rust-ci.Dockerfile
index 35321f3..5a26e96 100644
--- a/ci/rust-ci.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/rust-ci.Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libpipewire-0.3-dev libopus-dev libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev \
     # zerocopy link deps (GL via libglvnd, EGL, GBM)
     libgl-dev libegl-dev libgbm-dev \
+    # punktfunk-client-linux (GTK4/libadwaita shell, SDL3 gamepads)
+    libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev libsdl3-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # libcuda link stub: the NVIDIA userspace library (no kernel module needed) provides