diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 57526c324..fbc8a5436 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -801,6 +801,23 @@ if(MSVC)
     )
 endif()
 
+if(WIN32 AND CITRON_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG)
+    set(FFMPEG_ARCHIVE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/ext-windows-bin/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-6.0.7z")
+    set(FFMPEG_EXTRACT_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/ffmpeg-6.0")
+
+    if(EXISTS "${FFMPEG_ARCHIVE}" AND NOT EXISTS "${FFMPEG_EXTRACT_DIR}")
+        message(STATUS "Found bundled FFmpeg archive. Extracting to ${FFMPEG_EXTRACT_DIR}...")
+        execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xf "${FFMPEG_ARCHIVE}"
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/externals/"
+            RESULT_VARIABLE FFMPEG_EXTRACT_RESULT
+        )
+        if(NOT FFMPEG_EXTRACT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to extract bundled FFmpeg archive.")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 # Apply the Boost.Process definition to the core target if it was found