diff --git a/.woodpecker/ci.yaml b/.woodpecker/ci.yaml
index 668be16db5..1871315a0f 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/ci.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/ci.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ steps:
       JELLYFIN_TEST_REDIS: "127.0.0.1:6379"
     commands:
       - apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update || apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update
-      - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql valkey-server
+      # libfontconfig1 is needed here too: the startup tests build a real app host, which probes
+      # the Skia encoder, and loading libSkiaSharp pulls fontconfig in.
+      - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql valkey-server libfontconfig1
       - install -d -o postgres -g postgres /tmp/pgdata /tmp/pgrun
       - PGBIN=$(ls -d /usr/lib/postgresql/*/bin | tail -1)
       - su postgres -c "$PGBIN/initdb -D /tmp/pgdata -A trust -U postgres"