diff --git a/scripts/cross_reference.py b/scripts/cross_reference.py
index c3051b97..e8d03340 100644
--- a/scripts/cross_reference.py
+++ b/scripts/cross_reference.py
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ def print_report(
 
     total_gaps = 0
     totals: dict[str, int] = {"bios": 0, "data": 0, "large_file": 0, "missing": 0}
+    # A runtime component bundled with its emulator is left out of the
+    # collection by design, as verify and the gaps page say: not a file to find.
+    bundled = 0
 
     for emu_name, data in sorted(report.items()):
         gaps = data["gaps"]
@@ -764,6 +767,8 @@ def print_report(
         for g in data["gap_details"]:
             req = "*" if g["required"] else " "
             src = g.get("source", "missing").upper()
+            if g.get("bundled") and g.get("source") == "missing":
+                src = "BUNDLED"
             # One line per file: a note spanning lines fell to column 0
             # between entries and read as an emulator heading.
             note = f": {' '.join(str(g['note']).split())}" if g["note"] else ""
@@ -777,6 +782,12 @@ def print_report(
         total_gaps += gaps
         for key in totals:
             totals[key] += data.get(f"gap_{key}", 0)
+        emulator_bundled = sum(
+            1 for g in data["gap_details"]
+            if g.get("bundled") and g.get("source") == "missing"
+        )
+        bundled += emulator_bundled
+        totals["missing"] -= emulator_bundled
 
     print(f"\n{'=' * 60}")
     print(f"Total: {total_gaps} undeclared files across {scope}")
@@ -784,6 +795,8 @@ def print_report(
     print(f"  {available} available (bios: {totals['bios']}, data: {totals['data']}, "
           f"large_file: {totals['large_file']})")
     print(f"  {totals['missing']} missing (need to be sourced)")
+    if bundled:
+        print(f"  {bundled} bundled with their emulator, not collected")
 
 
 def main() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index 9f561451..5e937603 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -5304,5 +5304,28 @@ class TheTreeKeepsStandaloneEntries(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertGreater(int(undeclared.group(1)), 0)
 
 
+class TheCliSetsBundledFilesApart(unittest.TestCase):
+    """cross_reference counted daedalusx64's n64.psh and touchHLE's runtime
+    libraries as missing, to be sourced, though the project leaves them out
+    by design and verify and the gaps page already say so."""
+
+    def test_a_bundled_gap_is_not_missing(self):
+        from scripts.cross_reference import print_report
+
+        gap = {"name": "n64.psh", "required": True, "bundled": True, "note": "",
+               "source": "missing"}
+        report = {"emu": {
+            "emulator": "Emu", "systems": [], "total_files": 1, "platform_covered": 0,
+            "gaps": 1, "gap_missing": 1, "gap_details": [gap],
+        }}
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(out):
+            print_report(report)
+        text = out.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn("0 missing (need to be sourced)", text)
+        self.assertIn("1 bundled with their emulator", text)
+        self.assertIn("n64.psh [BUNDLED]", text)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()