diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/preview/tasks/AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/preview/tasks/AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask.kt
index 37c6e0623b..6eab501556 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/preview/tasks/AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/preview/tasks/AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
 import org.jetbrains.compose.ComposeBuildConfig
+import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.currentTarget
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.javaExecutable
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.notNullProperty
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.tasks.AbstractComposeDesktopTask
@@ -52,8 +53,10 @@ abstract class AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask : AbstractComposeDesktopTask(
                 hostClasspath = hostClasspath.files.asSequence().pathString()
             )
         val previewClasspathString =
-            (previewClasspath.files.asSequence() + uiTooling.files.asSequence())
-                .pathString()
+            (previewClasspath.files.asSequence() +
+                    uiTooling.files.asSequence() +
+                    tryGetSkikoRuntimeFilesIfNeeded().asSequence()
+            ).pathString()
 
         val gradleLogger = logger
         val previewLogger = GradlePreviewLoggerAdapter(gradleLogger)
@@ -72,6 +75,39 @@ abstract class AbstractConfigureDesktopPreviewTask : AbstractComposeDesktopTask(
         }
     }
 
+    private fun tryGetSkikoRuntimeFilesIfNeeded(): Collection<File> {
+        try {
+            var hasSkikoJvm = false
+            var hasSkikoJvmRuntime = false
+            var skikoVersion: String? = null
+            for (file in previewClasspath.files) {
+                if (file.name.endsWith(".jar")) {
+                    if (file.name.startsWith("skiko-jvm-runtime-")) {
+                        hasSkikoJvmRuntime = true
+                        continue
+                    } else if (file.name.startsWith("skiko-jvm-")) {
+                        hasSkikoJvm = true
+                        skikoVersion = file.name
+                            .removePrefix("skiko-jvm-")
+                            .removeSuffix(".jar")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (hasSkikoJvmRuntime) return emptyList()
+
+            if (hasSkikoJvm && skikoVersion != null && skikoVersion.isNotBlank()) {
+                val skikoRuntimeConfig = project.configurations.detachedConfiguration(
+                    project.dependencies.create("org.jetbrains.skiko:skiko-jvm-runtime-${currentTarget.id}:$skikoVersion")
+                ).apply { isTransitive = false }
+                return skikoRuntimeConfig.files
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            // OK
+        }
+
+        return emptyList()
+    }
+
     private fun Sequence<File>.pathString(): String =
         joinToString(File.pathSeparator) { it.absolutePath }