diff --git a/app/Build/Commands/Library.cs b/app/Build/Commands/Library.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..354dc504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Build/Commands/Library.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+namespace Build.Commands;
+
+public record Library(string Path, string Filename);
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diff --git a/app/Build/Commands/Pdfium.cs b/app/Build/Commands/Pdfium.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3e72ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Build/Commands/Pdfium.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+using System.Formats.Tar;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+
+using SharedTools;
+
+namespace Build.Commands;
+
+public static class Pdfium
+{
+    public static async Task InstallAsync(RID rid, string version)
+    {
+        Console.Write($"- Installing Pdfium {version} for {rid.ToUserFriendlyName()} ...");
+
+        var cwd = Environment.GetRustRuntimeDirectory();
+        var pdfiumTmpDownloadPath = Path.GetTempFileName();
+        var pdfiumTmpExtractPath = Directory.CreateTempSubdirectory();
+        var pdfiumUrl = GetPdfiumDownloadUrl(rid, version);
+
+        //
+        // Download the file:
+        //
+        Console.Write(" downloading ...");
+        using (var client = new HttpClient())
+        {
+            var response = await client.GetAsync(pdfiumUrl);
+            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($" failed to download Pdfium {version} for {rid.ToUserFriendlyName()}");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            await using var fileStream = File.Create(pdfiumTmpDownloadPath);
+            await response.Content.CopyToAsync(fileStream);
+        }
+        
+        //
+        // Extract the downloaded file:
+        //
+        Console.Write(" extracting ...");
+        await using(var tgzStream = File.Open(pdfiumTmpDownloadPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
+        {
+            await using var uncompressedStream = new GZipStream(tgzStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+            await TarFile.ExtractToDirectoryAsync(uncompressedStream, pdfiumTmpExtractPath.FullName, true);
+        }
+        
+        //
+        // Copy the library to the target directory:
+        //
+        Console.Write(" deploying ...");
+        var library = GetLibraryPath(rid);
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(library.Path))
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($" failed to find the library path for {rid.ToUserFriendlyName()}");
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        var pdfiumLibSourcePath = Path.Join(pdfiumTmpExtractPath.FullName, library.Path);
+        var pdfiumLibTargetPath = Path.Join(cwd, "target", "resources", library.Filename);
+        if (!File.Exists(pdfiumLibSourcePath))
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($" failed to find the library file '{pdfiumLibSourcePath}'");
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Join(cwd, "target", "resources"));
+        if (File.Exists(pdfiumLibTargetPath))
+            File.Delete(pdfiumLibTargetPath);
+        
+        File.Copy(pdfiumLibSourcePath, pdfiumLibTargetPath);
+        
+        //
+        // Cleanup:
+        //
+        Console.Write(" cleaning up ...");
+        File.Delete(pdfiumTmpDownloadPath);
+        Directory.Delete(pdfiumTmpExtractPath.FullName, true);
+        
+        Console.WriteLine(" done.");
+    }
+    
+    private static Library GetLibraryPath(RID rid) => rid switch
+    {
+        RID.LINUX_ARM64 or RID.LINUX_X64 => new(Path.Join("lib", "libpdfium.so"), "libpdfium.so"),
+        RID.OSX_ARM64 or RID.OSX_X64 => new(Path.Join("lib", "libpdfium.dylib"), "libpdfium.dylib"),
+        RID.WIN_ARM64 or RID.WIN_X64 => new(Path.Join("bin", "pdfium.dll"), "pdfium.dll"),
+        
+        _ => new(string.Empty, string.Empty),
+    };
+
+    private static string GetPdfiumDownloadUrl(RID rid, string version)
+    {
+        var baseUrl = $"https://github.com/bblanchon/pdfium-binaries/releases/download/chromium%2F{version}/pdfium-";
+        return rid switch
+        {
+            RID.LINUX_ARM64 => $"{baseUrl}linux-arm64.tgz",
+            RID.LINUX_X64 => $"{baseUrl}linux-x64.tgz",
+            
+            RID.OSX_ARM64 => $"{baseUrl}mac-arm64.tgz",
+            RID.OSX_X64 => $"{baseUrl}mac-x64.tgz",
+            
+            RID.WIN_ARM64 => $"{baseUrl}win-arm64.zip",
+            RID.WIN_X64 => $"{baseUrl}win-x64.zip",
+            
+            _ => string.Empty,
+        };
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Build/Commands/UpdateMetadataCommands.cs b/app/Build/Commands/UpdateMetadataCommands.cs
index 09592169..b9b01357 100644
--- a/app/Build/Commands/UpdateMetadataCommands.cs
+++ b/app/Build/Commands/UpdateMetadataCommands.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ public sealed partial class UpdateMetadataCommands
         Console.WriteLine("==============================");
         await this.UpdateArchitecture(rid);
         
-        Console.Write($"- Start .NET build for '{rid.AsMicrosoftRid()}' ...");
+        var pdfiumVersion = await this.ReadPdfiumVersion();
+        await Pdfium.InstallAsync(rid, pdfiumVersion);
+        
+        Console.Write($"- Start .NET build for {rid.ToUserFriendlyName()} ...");
         await this.ReadCommandOutput(pathApp, "dotnet", $"clean --configuration release --runtime {rid.AsMicrosoftRid()}");
         var dotnetBuildOutput = await this.ReadCommandOutput(pathApp, "dotnet", $"publish --configuration release --runtime {rid.AsMicrosoftRid()} --disable-build-servers --force");
         var dotnetBuildOutputLines = dotnetBuildOutput.Split([global::System.Environment.NewLine], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
@@ -308,6 +311,18 @@ public sealed partial class UpdateMetadataCommands
         await File.WriteAllTextAsync(changelogCodePath, changelogCode, Environment.UTF8_NO_BOM);
         Console.WriteLine(" done.");
     }
+    
+    private async Task<string> ReadPdfiumVersion()
+    {
+        const int PDFIUM_VERSION_INDEX = 10;
+        
+        var pathMetadata = Environment.GetMetadataPath();
+        var lines = await File.ReadAllLinesAsync(pathMetadata, Encoding.UTF8);
+        var currentPdfiumVersion = lines[PDFIUM_VERSION_INDEX].Trim();
+        var shortVersion = currentPdfiumVersion.Split('.')[2];
+        
+        return shortVersion;
+    }
 
     private async Task UpdateArchitecture(RID rid)
     {
@@ -315,7 +330,7 @@ public sealed partial class UpdateMetadataCommands
         
         var pathMetadata = Environment.GetMetadataPath();
         var lines = await File.ReadAllLinesAsync(pathMetadata, Encoding.UTF8);
-        Console.Write("- Updating architecture ...");
+        Console.Write($"- Updating architecture to {rid.ToUserFriendlyName()} ...");
         lines[ARCHITECTURE_INDEX] = rid.AsMicrosoftRid();
         
         await File.WriteAllLinesAsync(pathMetadata, lines, Environment.UTF8_NO_BOM);