diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7116a65f..30ba4d89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -252,8 +252,40 @@ jobs:
               Remove-Item $env:UWP_PFX -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
           }
 
+  # Windows Native AOT TLS dialer. The Mac release runner fuses the win64 zip
+  # from LÖVE's prebuilt binaries and cannot cross-compile this DLL, so build
+  # it here and inject it in the release job before scripts/build.sh win.
+  native-tls-win:
+    name: build Windows gen1tls.dll
+    needs: version
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - name: Setup .NET 8
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: "8.0.x"
+      - name: Publish gen1tls (win-x64 Native AOT)
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $out = "dist/native/win-x64"
+          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $out | Out-Null
+          dotnet publish native/tls_dial/Gen1Tls.csproj `
+            -c Release -r win-x64 -o $out
+          if (-not (Test-Path "$out/gen1tls.dll")) {
+            throw "gen1tls.dll missing after publish"
+          }
+          Get-Item "$out/gen1tls.dll" | Format-List Name, Length, LastWriteTime
+      - name: Upload gen1tls.dll
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: gen1tls-win-x64
+          path: dist/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
   release:
-    needs: [version, xbox-uwp, linux-arm64]
+    needs: [version, xbox-uwp, linux-arm64, native-tls-win]
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp' && '["self-hosted", "macOS"]' || '"macos-latest"') }}
 
     steps:
@@ -269,6 +301,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
 
+      - name: Download Windows gen1tls dialer
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: gen1tls-win-x64
+          path: dist/native/win-x64
+
       - name: Import signing certificate into a temporary keychain
         if: github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp'
         run: |
@@ -307,13 +345,21 @@ jobs:
           security find-identity -v -p codesigning "$KEYCHAIN_PATH"
 
       - name: Build macOS + Windows + Linux
+        env:
+          GEN1TLS_DLL: ${{ github.workspace }}/dist/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           # Sign in-build (identity auto-detected from the temp keychain);
           # notarize separately below so it uses secret credentials, not a
           # login-keychain profile. "all" also builds the Linux AppImage,
           # which needs no signing/notarization.
+          if [ ! -f "$GEN1TLS_DLL" ]; then
+            echo "::error::gen1tls.dll missing at $GEN1TLS_DLL (native-tls-win job)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
           scripts/build.sh all --version "${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}" --no-notarize
+          unzip -l dist/win/gen1recomp-win64.zip | grep -F gen1tls.dll \
+            || { echo "::error::Windows zip is missing gen1tls.dll"; exit 1; }
 
       - name: Build Android
         run: |
diff --git a/native/tls_dial/README.md b/native/tls_dial/README.md
index 13a1540c..141d6505 100644
--- a/native/tls_dial/README.md
+++ b/native/tls_dial/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Ship `gen1tls.dll` (or `libgen1tls.so` / `libgen1tls.dylib`) **next to** the
 fused executable. Mods load it through LuaJIT FFI; no .NET runtime is
 required on the player's machine.
 
+Official Windows release zips get `gen1tls.dll` from CI: a `windows-2022`
+job publishes this project and `scripts/build.sh`'s Windows packaging copies
+it beside `gen1recomp.exe` (see `GEN1TLS_DLL` / `dist/native/win-x64`).
+
 ## Android
 
 On Android, the matching API is exposed as `love.system.tlsOpen` /
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 5c6f8bc5..f7b934fa 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -261,6 +261,21 @@ build_win() {
   cp "$love_dir"/*.dll "$out_dir"/
   cp "$love_dir"/license.txt "$out_dir"/ 2>/dev/null || true
 
+  # Native AOT TLS dialer for outbound wss:// (e.g. Archipelago hosted rooms).
+  # Release CI builds this on windows-2022 (Native AOT can't cross-compile
+  # win-x64 from the Mac runner) and either exports GEN1TLS_DLL or drops the
+  # file at dist/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll before calling build.sh.
+  local tls_dll="${GEN1TLS_DLL:-}"
+  if [ -z "$tls_dll" ] && [ -f "$DIST/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll" ]; then
+    tls_dll="$DIST/native/win-x64/gen1tls.dll"
+  fi
+  if [ -n "$tls_dll" ] && [ -f "$tls_dll" ]; then
+    cp "$tls_dll" "$out_dir/gen1tls.dll"
+    say "bundled gen1tls.dll for Windows TLS (wss://)"
+  else
+    warn "gen1tls.dll not found — Windows zip will not support wss:// (set GEN1TLS_DLL or build native/tls_dial)"
+  fi
+
   # The exe's icon lives in love.exe's PE resources, so it must be patched
   # BEFORE the .love is appended: peresed rewrites the whole file and would
   # drop the fused bytes. peresed (pipx install pe_tools) has no .ico input,