diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5e6b9dc37..53a3f9a46 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -547,6 +547,15 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a12916984aab3fa6e39d655a33e09c0071eb36d6ab3aea5c2d78551f1df6d952"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cadeau"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cba4af571bf872af2caaed2d274439dd542db94b75cfeaa85863f674105cf1a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "xmf-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
 version = "1.1.7"
@@ -1005,6 +1014,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum-extra",
  "backoff",
  "bytes",
+ "cadeau",
  "camino",
  "ceviche",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -1145,6 +1155,15 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "59f8e79d1fbf76bdfbde321e902714bf6c49df88a7dda6fc682fc2979226962d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dlib"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
+dependencies = [
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlopen"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -5938,6 +5957,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "xmf-sys"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e17dade9447321f393019b9ced5f73c15b868d2613f736c34f648354d7641ce4"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.8.1"
diff --git a/devolutions-gateway/Cargo.toml b/devolutions-gateway/Cargo.toml
index 3d8647606..0b606e1b4 100644
--- a/devolutions-gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/devolutions-gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ utoipa = { version = "4.2", default-features = false, features = ["uuid", "time"
 # Safe pin projection
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 
-# Native plugins
+# Native plugins (QUESTION: now that we have Cadeau integrated, should we remove this feature?)
 dlopen = "0.1"
 dlopen_derive = "0.1"
 
+# Video processing for session recording
+cadeau = { version = "0.3", features = ["dlopen"] }
+
 # Dependencies required for PCAP support (QUESTION: should we keep that built-in?)
 pcap-file = "2.0"
 etherparse = "0.15"
diff --git a/devolutions-gateway/src/config.rs b/devolutions-gateway/src/config.rs
index cb7220253..135976802 100644
--- a/devolutions-gateway/src/config.rs
+++ b/devolutions-gateway/src/config.rs
@@ -1080,6 +1080,9 @@ pub mod dto {
         /// Providing this option will cause the PCAP interceptor to be attached to each stream.
         pub capture_path: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
 
+        /// Path to the XMF shared library (Cadeau) for runtime loading.
+        pub lib_xmf_path: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
+
         /// Enable unstable API which may break at any point
         #[serde(default)]
         pub enable_unstable: bool,
@@ -1095,6 +1098,7 @@ pub mod dto {
                 override_kdc: None,
                 log_directives: None,
                 capture_path: None,
+                lib_xmf_path: None,
                 enable_unstable: false,
             }
         }
diff --git a/devolutions-gateway/src/service.rs b/devolutions-gateway/src/service.rs
index b664505ff..a0627c122 100644
--- a/devolutions-gateway/src/service.rs
+++ b/devolutions-gateway/src/service.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Context as _;
+use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
 use devolutions_gateway::config::{Conf, ConfHandle};
 use devolutions_gateway::listener::GatewayListener;
 use devolutions_gateway::log::GatewayLog;
@@ -70,6 +71,38 @@ impl GatewayService {
             warn!("Anomality detected with TLS configuration: {e:#}");
         }
 
+        let xmf_lib_path;
+        let xmf_lib_path = if let Some(path) = conf.debug.lib_xmf_path.as_deref() {
+            Some(path)
+        } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+            if let Ok(mut exe_path) = std::env::current_exe() {
+                exe_path.pop();
+                exe_path.push("xmf.dll");
+                xmf_lib_path = Utf8PathBuf::from_path_buf(exe_path).ok();
+                xmf_lib_path.as_deref()
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        } else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+            xmf_lib_path = Some(Utf8PathBuf::from("/usr/lib/libxmf.so"));
+            xmf_lib_path.as_deref()
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        if let Some(path) = xmf_lib_path {
+            // SAFETY: No initialisation or termination routine in the XMF library we should worry about for preconditions.
+            let result = unsafe { cadeau::xmf::init(path.as_str()) };
+
+            match result {
+                Ok(_) => info!("XMF native library loaded and installed"),
+                Err(error) => warn!(
+                    %error,
+                    "Failed to load XMF native library, video processing features are disabled"
+                ),
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(GatewayService {
             conf_handle,
             state: GatewayState::Stopped,