diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c107a4d..c3ea180 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -630,6 +630,24 @@ HDR
 
         # ── xmrig binary (from prebuilt-binaries/xmrig-hac/) ────────────────
         local XMRIG_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/prebuilt-binaries/xmrig-hac"
+        # The published DRG-XMRig archives ship the binary inside a versioned subdir, not as a flat
+        # xmrig.exe. Extract it from the matching win-x64 zip if it isn't already staged — otherwise
+        # the embed below never fires (HAS_EMBEDDED_XMRIG stays undefined) and the wallet ships with
+        # no miner ("xmrig binary not found" at runtime).
+        if [[ ! -f "$XMRIG_DIR/xmrig.exe" ]]; then
+            local _xz; _xz=$(ls "$XMRIG_DIR"/drg-xmrig-*-win-x64.zip 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            if [[ -n "$_xz" ]] && command -v unzip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                local _xtmp; _xtmp=$(mktemp -d)
+                # -j flattens the versioned subdir; check the file (not unzip's exit code, which is
+                # non-zero if a pattern matches nothing).
+                unzip -j -o "$_xz" '*xmrig.exe' -d "$_xtmp" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+                if [[ -f "$_xtmp/xmrig.exe" ]]; then
+                    cp -f "$_xtmp/xmrig.exe" "$XMRIG_DIR/xmrig.exe"
+                    info "  Extracted xmrig.exe from $(basename "$_xz")"
+                fi
+                rm -rf "$_xtmp"
+            fi
+        fi
         if [[ -f "$XMRIG_DIR/xmrig.exe" ]]; then
             cp -f "$XMRIG_DIR/xmrig.exe" "$RES/xmrig.exe"
             info "  Staged xmrig.exe ($(du -h "$XMRIG_DIR/xmrig.exe" | cut -f1))"