diff --git a/forge.config.ts b/forge.config.ts
index 81eaff2..0879cf7 100644
--- a/forge.config.ts
+++ b/forge.config.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,44 @@ const config: ForgeConfig = {
         env: { ...process.env, npm_config_nodedir: '' },
       });
 
+      // vectordb uses platform-specific optional deps (@lancedb/vectordb-<platform>-<arch>-*).
+      // npm install on Linux only pulls the Linux variant. Force-install the target's.
+      const platformNativePackages: Record<string, Record<string, string>> = {
+        'win32-x64': {
+          '@lancedb/vectordb-win32-x64-msvc': '',
+        },
+        'linux-x64': {
+          '@lancedb/vectordb-linux-x64-gnu': '',
+        },
+        'darwin-x64': {
+          '@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-x64': '',
+        },
+        'darwin-arm64': {
+          '@lancedb/vectordb-darwin-arm64': '',
+        },
+      };
+      const targetKey = `${platform}-${arch}`;
+      const nativePkgs = platformNativePackages[targetKey];
+      if (nativePkgs) {
+        // Remove wrong-platform lancedb native packages
+        const nmPath = path.join(buildPath, 'node_modules', '@lancedb');
+        if (fs.existsSync(nmPath)) {
+          for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(nmPath)) {
+            if (entry.startsWith('vectordb-') && !Object.keys(nativePkgs).includes(`@lancedb/${entry}`)) {
+              fs.rmSync(path.join(nmPath, entry), { recursive: true, force: true });
+              console.log(`[forge] Removed non-target native package: @lancedb/${entry}`);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        // Install correct platform packages
+        const pkgsToInstall = Object.keys(nativePkgs).join(' ');
+        console.log(`[forge] Installing platform-specific packages for ${targetKey}: ${pkgsToInstall}`);
+        execSync(`npm install ${pkgsToInstall} --omit=dev --no-save`, {
+          cwd: buildPath,
+          stdio: 'inherit',
+        });
+      }
+
       // Remove cross-platform prebuilt binaries that don't match the target.
       // Packages like @github/copilot ship prebuilds for all platforms;
       // keeping foreign-arch .node files breaks rpmbuild's strip step.