diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e24987954ec427320f51fd8037f9754b60ffa363..30522619ea99c6f988315b192525b647888a08e9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ const { load, currentTarget } = require("@neon-rs/load");
 const { familySync, GLIBC, MUSL } = require("detect-libc");
 
 function requireNative() {
+  // Executor patch: inside a `bun build --compile` binary the platform package
+  // `@libsql/<target>` isn't in bunfs and bun resolves this require natively
+  // (no JS module-resolver hook), so the normal walk fails. The Executor CLI
+  // copies the right `.node` next to the executable and points this env var at
+  // it; load it directly before the in-bunfs walk.
+  if (process.env.EXECUTOR_LIBSQL_NATIVE_PATH) {
+    return require(process.env.EXECUTOR_LIBSQL_NATIVE_PATH);
+  }
   if (process.env.LIBSQL_JS_DEV) {
     return load(__dirname)
   }