1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index c5c85857..88d2123a 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     vaxis_mod.addImport("uucode", uucode_mod);
     exe.root_module.addImport("vaxis", vaxis_mod);
 
+    // zstbi: C (stb_image)-backed image decoder for the image-viewer panes. We use
+    // it instead of zigimg because zigimg's pure-Zig decoder crashes the Zig 0.16
+    // compiler here; stb_image is plain C (extern fns), so it compiles fine, decodes
+    // every common format, and offers downscaling. Its module ("root") carries the
+    // C source + include path + libc, so importing it is all that's needed.
+    const zstbi_mod = b.dependency("zstbi", .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize }).module("root");
+    exe.root_module.addImport("zstbi", zstbi_mod);
+
+    // Install the exe so `zig build` (and `zig build install`) produces it in
+    // zig-out/bin for global install, not just as a hidden dep of `run`/`test`.
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
+
     const run_exe = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
 
     const run = b.step("run", "descend to the pardes");