diff --git a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
index bfebdec..a1b644f 100644
--- a/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
+++ b/package/ci/appveyor-desktop.bat
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ cmake .. ^
     -DPYBIND11_PYTHON_VERSION=3.%PYTHON% ^
     -DMAGNUM_WITH_PYTHON=ON ^
     -DMAGNUM_BUILD_TESTS=ON ^
-    %COMPILER_EXTRA% -G Ninja || exit /b
+    %COMPILER_EXTRA% %BINDINGS_EXTRA% -G Ninja || exit /b
 cmake --build . || exit /b
 cmake --build . --target install || exit /b
 
diff --git a/package/ci/appveyor.yml b/package/ci/appveyor.yml
index e4ab5f3..a6adc26 100644
--- a/package/ci/appveyor.yml
+++ b/package/ci/appveyor.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ environment:
     BUILD_STATIC: ON
     PYTHON: 8
     PYBIND: 2.3.0
+    # The static build puts everything including Sdl2Application together so it
+    # needs the SDL DLL directory as well
+    BINDINGS_EXTRA: "-DMAGNUM_PYTHON_BINDINGS_DLL_PATH=C:/projects/magnum-bindings/deps/bin;C:/projects/magnum-bindings/SDL/lib/x64"
   - TARGET: desktop
     COMPILER: msvc
     APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Visual Studio 2022
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ environment:
     BUILD_STATIC: ON
     PYTHON: 8
     PYBIND: 2.9.0 # first supporting MSVC 2022
+    # The static build puts everything including Sdl2Application together so it
+    # needs the SDL DLL directory as well
+    BINDINGS_EXTRA: "-DMAGNUM_PYTHON_BINDINGS_DLL_PATH=C:/projects/magnum-bindings/deps/bin;C:/projects/magnum-bindings/SDL/lib/x64"
   # clang-cl crashes with pybind11, "Illegal instruction" and
   #   lld-link: warning: ignoring unknown argument '-flto'
   #   LLVM ERROR: Associative COMDAT symbol '??0type_error@pybind11@@QEAA@PEBD@Z' does not exist.