diff --git a/cmake/targets/psp.cmake b/cmake/targets/psp.cmake
index 32a2b5a5..13b9bb85 100644
--- a/cmake/targets/psp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/targets/psp.cmake
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
   )
 endif()
 
+# Generate PARAM.SFO as a normal tracked build output (instead of letting
+# create_pbp_file() auto-generate + delete it) so it can be reused below by
+# a properly dependency-tracked EBOOT.PBP repack step.
+set(DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO "${DUSK_BUILD_DIR}/PARAM.SFO")
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}"
+  COMMAND "$ENV{PSPDEV}/bin/mksfoex" "-d" "MEMSIZE=1" "-s" "APP_VER=01.00"
+          "${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}" "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}"
+  COMMENT "Generating PARAM.SFO for ${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}"
+  VERBATIM
+)
+add_custom_target(DuskPspParamSfo DEPENDS "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}")
+
+# create_pbp_file()'s own POST_BUILD chain (below) also consumes
+# DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO, so make sure it exists before that chain runs.
+add_dependencies(${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME} DuskPspParamSfo)
+
 # Postbuild, create .pbp file for PSP.
 create_pbp_file(
   TARGET "${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}"
@@ -74,4 +91,33 @@ create_pbp_file(
   TITLE "${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}"
   PSAR_PATH ${DUSK_ASSETS_ZIP}
   VERSION 01.00
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+  SFO_PATH "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}"
+  OUTPUT_DIR "${DUSK_BUILD_DIR}"
+)
+
+# CreatePBP.cmake's pack-pbp step is a POST_BUILD command tied to the
+# executable target, so it only reruns when the ELF itself relinks. That
+# means regenerating dusk.dsk (assets) alone, without touching any C
+# source, silently leaves EBOOT.PBP embedding a stale asset pak. Repack it
+# here as a normal file-tracked custom command depending on both the
+# executable and the asset zip, so EBOOT.PBP always reflects the current
+# assets even when nothing else about the build changed.
+set(DUSK_PSP_EBOOT "${DUSK_BUILD_DIR}/EBOOT.PBP")
+if(BUILD_PRX)
+  set(DUSK_PSP_EXECUTABLE "$<TARGET_FILE:${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}>.prx")
+else()
+  set(DUSK_PSP_EXECUTABLE "$<TARGET_FILE:${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}>")
+endif()
+add_custom_command(
+  OUTPUT "${DUSK_PSP_EBOOT}"
+  COMMAND "$ENV{PSPDEV}/bin/pack-pbp" "${DUSK_PSP_EBOOT}" "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}"
+          "NULL" "NULL" "NULL" "NULL" "NULL"
+          "${DUSK_PSP_EXECUTABLE}" "${DUSK_ASSETS_ZIP}"
+  DEPENDS
+    "$<TARGET_FILE:${DUSK_BINARY_TARGET_NAME}>"
+    "${DUSK_PSP_PARAM_SFO}"
+    "${DUSK_ASSETS_ZIP}"
+  COMMENT "Repacking EBOOT.PBP (tracks executable + asset pak freshness)"
+  VERBATIM
+)
+add_custom_target(DuskPspEbootRepack ALL DEPENDS "${DUSK_PSP_EBOOT}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.c b/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.c
index a348eb0d..fafc8028 100644
--- a/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.c
+++ b/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.c
@@ -87,13 +87,30 @@ errorret_t assetFileRead(
     errorOk();
   }
 
-  // I assume zip_fread takes buffer NULL for skipping?
-  zip_int64_t bytesRead = zip_fread(file->zipFile, buffer, bufferSize);
-  if(bytesRead < 0) {
-    errorThrow("Failed to read from asset file: %s", file->filename);
+  // Some zip_fread() implementations (seen on PSP) reject a single call
+  // asking for the entire (potentially large) file at once with EINVAL;
+  // the line reader above only ever asks for up to 1024 bytes per call and
+  // works fine, so read in bounded chunks here too.
+  size_t totalRead = 0;
+  uint8_t *dest = (uint8_t *)buffer;
+  while(totalRead < bufferSize) {
+    size_t chunkSize = mathMin(
+      bufferSize - totalRead, ASSET_FILE_READ_CHUNK_MAX
+    );
+    zip_int64_t bytesRead = zip_fread(
+      file->zipFile, dest + totalRead, chunkSize
+    );
+    if(bytesRead < 0) {
+      errorThrow(
+        "Failed to read from asset file: %s (%s)",
+        file->filename, zip_file_strerror(file->zipFile)
+      );
+    }
+    if(bytesRead == 0) break;
+    totalRead += (size_t)bytesRead;
   }
-  file->position += bytesRead;
-  file->lastRead = bytesRead;
+  file->position += totalRead;
+  file->lastRead = totalRead;
   errorOk();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.h b/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.h
index 806b9cb9..679baac5 100644
--- a/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.h
+++ b/src/dusk/asset/assetfile.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 #define ASSET_FILE_NAME_MAX 48
 
+// Max bytes requested per zip_fread() call in assetFileRead(). Some
+// zip_fread() implementations (seen on PSP) reject a single call asking
+// for very large amounts of data at once; the locale line reader has
+// always used 1024-byte reads successfully, so that's the proven-safe cap.
+#define ASSET_FILE_READ_CHUNK_MAX 1024
+
 typedef struct assetfile_s assetfile_t;
 
 typedef errorret_t (*assetfileloader_t)(assetfile_t *file);
diff --git a/src/duskpsp/asset/assetpbp.c b/src/duskpsp/asset/assetpbp.c
index 4092bfda..1aeb3669 100644
--- a/src/duskpsp/asset/assetpbp.c
+++ b/src/duskpsp/asset/assetpbp.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "asset/asset.h"
 #include "assert/assert.h"
 #include "util/memory.h"
+#include "util/math.h"
 
 errorret_t assetInitPBP(const char_t *pbpPath) {
   assertNotNull(pbpPath, "PBP path cannot be null.");
@@ -73,24 +74,49 @@ errorret_t assetInitPBP(const char_t *pbpPath) {
     errorThrow("Failed to seek to PSAR offset in PBP file: %s", pbpPath);
   }
 
-  zip_uint64_t zipPsarOffset = (zip_uint64_t)(
-    ASSET.platform.pbpHeader.psarOffset
-  );
-  zip_int64_t zipPsarSize = (zip_int64_t)(
-    pbpSize - ASSET.platform.pbpHeader.psarOffset
-  );
+  size_t psarSize = pbpSize - ASSET.platform.pbpHeader.psarOffset;
 
-  zip_source_t *psarSource = zip_source_filep_create(
-    ASSET.platform.pbpFile,
-    zipPsarOffset,
-    zipPsarSize,
-    NULL
+  // Read the whole PSAR (the embedded dusk.dsk zip archive) into memory up
+  // front and hand libzip an in-memory buffer, instead of a lazily-seeked
+  // FILE source: repeated seeked reads directly against the open PBP file
+  // proved unreliable on PSP (zip_fread() failing with EINVAL, then with
+  // zlib data corruption, depending on the read chunk size used). Reading
+  // once, straight through, and letting libzip operate on memory from then
+  // on avoids that read path entirely. psarSize is small (tens of KB) so
+  // holding it fully in RAM is cheap.
+  uint8_t *psarData = (uint8_t *)malloc(psarSize);
+  if(psarData == NULL) {
+    fclose(ASSET.platform.pbpFile);
+    errorThrow("Failed to allocate PSAR buffer for file: %s", pbpPath);
+  }
+
+  size_t totalRead = 0;
+  while(totalRead < psarSize) {
+    size_t chunkSize = mathMin(
+      psarSize - totalRead, ASSET_FILE_READ_CHUNK_MAX
+    );
+    size_t chunkRead = fread(
+      psarData + totalRead, 1, chunkSize, ASSET.platform.pbpFile
+    );
+    if(chunkRead == 0) {
+      free(psarData);
+      fclose(ASSET.platform.pbpFile);
+      errorThrow("Failed to read PSAR data from file: %s", pbpPath);
+    }
+    totalRead += chunkRead;
+  }
+
+  fclose(ASSET.platform.pbpFile);
+  ASSET.platform.pbpFile = NULL;
+
+  zip_source_t *psarSource = zip_source_buffer_create(
+    psarData, (zip_uint64_t)psarSize, 1, NULL
   );
   if(psarSource == NULL) {
-    fclose(ASSET.platform.pbpFile);
+    free(psarData);
     errorThrow("Failed to create zip source in PBP file: %s", pbpPath);
   }
-    
+
   ASSET.zip = zip_open_from_source(
     psarSource,
     ZIP_RDONLY,
@@ -98,7 +124,6 @@ errorret_t assetInitPBP(const char_t *pbpPath) {
   );
   if(ASSET.zip == NULL) {
     zip_source_free(psarSource);
-    fclose(ASSET.platform.pbpFile);
     errorThrow("Failed to open zip from PBP file: %s", pbpPath);
   }