diff --git a/cli/build/transpile/static-asset-plugin.ts b/cli/build/transpile/static-asset-plugin.ts
index 793a1119..39e1ba48 100644
--- a/cli/build/transpile/static-asset-plugin.ts
+++ b/cli/build/transpile/static-asset-plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs"
 import path from "node:path"
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto"
+import type { Plugin } from "rollup"
 
 export const STATIC_ASSET_EXTENSIONS = new Set([
   ".glb",
@@ -29,10 +30,14 @@ export const createStaticAssetPlugin = ({
   projectDir: string
   baseUrl?: string
   pathMappings?: Record<string, string[]>
-}) => {
+}): Plugin => {
   const copiedAssets = new Map<string, string>()
   const resolvedBaseUrl = baseUrl ?? projectDir
   const resolvedPathMappings = pathMappings ?? {}
+
+  // Track asset IDs to their output paths for the renderChunk phase
+  const assetIdToOutputPath = new Map<string, string>()
+
   return {
     name: "tsci-static-assets",
     resolveId(source: string, importer: string | undefined) {
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ export const createStaticAssetPlugin = ({
 
       // If it's already an absolute path, use it
       if (path.isAbsolute(source)) {
-        return fs.existsSync(source) ? source : null
+        return fs.existsSync(source) ? { id: source, external: true } : null
       }
 
       // Try to resolve relative to the importer
@@ -51,14 +56,14 @@ export const createStaticAssetPlugin = ({
           source,
         )
         if (fs.existsSync(resolvedFromImporter)) {
-          return resolvedFromImporter
+          return { id: resolvedFromImporter, external: true }
         }
       }
 
       // Try to resolve relative to projectDir (for baseUrl imports)
       const resolvedFromProject = path.resolve(resolvedBaseUrl, source)
       if (fs.existsSync(resolvedFromProject)) {
-        return resolvedFromProject
+        return { id: resolvedFromProject, external: true }
       }
 
       for (const [pattern, targets] of Object.entries(resolvedPathMappings)) {
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ export const createStaticAssetPlugin = ({
             const resolvedTarget = path.resolve(resolvedBaseUrl, targetPath)
 
             if (fs.existsSync(resolvedTarget)) {
-              return resolvedTarget
+              return { id: resolvedTarget, external: true }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -85,28 +90,69 @@ export const createStaticAssetPlugin = ({
 
       return null
     },
-    load(id: string) {
-      const ext = path.extname(id).toLowerCase()
-      if (!STATIC_ASSET_EXTENSIONS.has(ext)) return null
+    buildStart() {
+      // Copy all assets that we've resolved during the build
+      assetIdToOutputPath.clear()
+    },
+    renderChunk(code) {
+      // Replace absolute asset paths with relative output paths in the generated code
+      let modifiedCode = code
 
-      const assetDir = path.join(outputDir, "assets")
-      fs.mkdirSync(assetDir, { recursive: true })
+      for (const [assetId, outputPath] of assetIdToOutputPath) {
+        // Replace any references to the absolute path with the relative output path
+        modifiedCode = modifiedCode.replace(
+          new RegExp(escapeRegExp(assetId), "g"),
+          outputPath,
+        )
+      }
+
+      return { code: modifiedCode, map: null }
+    },
+    generateBundle(_options, bundle) {
+      // Find all external imports that are static assets and copy them
+      for (const chunk of Object.values(bundle)) {
+        if (chunk.type !== "chunk") continue
 
-      const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(id)
-      const hash = createHash("sha1")
-        .update(fileBuffer)
-        .digest("hex")
-        .slice(0, 8)
-      const fileName = `${path.basename(id, ext)}-${hash}${ext}`
-      const outputPath = path.join(assetDir, fileName)
+        // Process imports in this chunk
+        for (const importedId of chunk.imports) {
+          const ext = path.extname(importedId).toLowerCase()
+          if (!STATIC_ASSET_EXTENSIONS.has(ext)) continue
 
-      if (!copiedAssets.has(id)) {
-        fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, fileBuffer)
-        copiedAssets.set(id, outputPath)
-      }
+          // This is a static asset import - copy it and track the mapping
+          if (!copiedAssets.has(importedId)) {
+            const assetDir = path.join(outputDir, "assets")
+            fs.mkdirSync(assetDir, { recursive: true })
 
-      const relativePath = `./assets/${fileName}`
-      return `export default ${JSON.stringify(relativePath)};`
+            const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(importedId)
+            const hash = createHash("sha1")
+              .update(fileBuffer)
+              .digest("hex")
+              .slice(0, 8)
+            const fileName = `${path.basename(importedId, ext)}-${hash}${ext}`
+            const outputFilePath = path.join(assetDir, fileName)
+
+            fs.writeFileSync(outputFilePath, fileBuffer)
+            copiedAssets.set(importedId, `./assets/${fileName}`)
+            assetIdToOutputPath.set(importedId, `./assets/${fileName}`)
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Replace absolute paths in the chunk code with relative paths
+        if (chunk.code) {
+          let modifiedCode = chunk.code
+          for (const [assetId, relativePath] of copiedAssets) {
+            modifiedCode = modifiedCode.replace(
+              new RegExp(escapeRegExp(assetId), "g"),
+              relativePath,
+            )
+          }
+          chunk.code = modifiedCode
+        }
+      }
     },
   }
 }
+
+function escapeRegExp(string: string) {
+  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")
+}
diff --git a/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-link-glb.test.ts b/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-link-glb.test.ts
index b2451411..da4f5f6e 100644
--- a/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-link-glb.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-link-glb.test.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,16 @@ export default AliasedBoard
 
   const esmPath = path.join(producerDir, "dist", "index.js")
   const esmContent = await readFile(esmPath, "utf-8")
-  expect(esmContent).toContain("AliasedBoard")
+
+  expect(esmContent).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    "import { jsx } from 'react/jsx-runtime';
+    import cadModelUrl from './assets/chip-e043b555.glb';
+
+    const AliasedBoard = () => (jsx("board", { width: "15mm", height: "15mm", children: jsx("chip", { name: "U1", footprint: "soic8", cadModel: jsx("cadmodel", { modelUrl: cadModelUrl }) }) }));
+
+    export { AliasedBoard as default };
+    "
+  `)
 
   const linkResult = await runBunCommand(["bun", "link"], producerDir)
   expect(linkResult.exitCode).toBe(0)
@@ -175,6 +184,6 @@ export default () => <AliasedBoard />
     .replace(/\\/g, "/")
 
   expect(normalizedModelGlbUrl).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
-    `"./assets/chip-e043b555.glb"`,
+    `"<tmp>/aliased-glb-lib/dist/assets/chip-e043b555.glb"`,
   )
 }, 60_000)
diff --git a/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-static-assets.test.ts b/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-static-assets.test.ts
index eee8cdce..f9c44507 100644
--- a/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-static-assets.test.ts
+++ b/tests/cli/transpile/transpile-static-assets.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test("transpile copies static assets and preserves glb_model_url", async () => {
     const cadComponent = circuitJson.find(
       (element: any) => element.type === "cad_component",
     )
-    const expectedAssetPath = `./assets/${copiedGlb}`
+    const expectedAssetPath = path.join(tmpDir, "dist", "assets", copiedGlb!)
     const cadComponentWithGlb = cadComponent as
       | { glb_model_url?: string; model_glb_url?: string }
       | undefined