diff --git a/src/Engine.Core/Components/Transform.cs b/src/Engine.Core/Components/Transform.cs
index 5e8d5d9..c47a978 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Core/Components/Transform.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Core/Components/Transform.cs
@@ -27,4 +27,25 @@ public record struct Transform
              * Matrix4x4.CreateFromQuaternion(Rotation)
              * Matrix4x4.CreateTranslation(Position);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Transform a normal vector from local to world space using the inverse-transpose of the model matrix.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Vector3 TransformNormal(Vector3 normal)
+    {
+        var matrix = GetMatrix();
+        if (!Matrix4x4.Invert(matrix, out var inverted))
+            return normal;
+
+        // Use the upper 3x3 of the transposed inverse matrix.
+        var nx = inverted.M11 * normal.X + inverted.M21 * normal.Y + inverted.M31 * normal.Z;
+        var ny = inverted.M12 * normal.X + inverted.M22 * normal.Y + inverted.M32 * normal.Z;
+        var nz = inverted.M13 * normal.X + inverted.M23 * normal.Y + inverted.M33 * normal.Z;
+
+        var result = new Vector3(nx, ny, nz);
+        if (result.LengthSquared() > 0.00001f)
+            result = Vector3.Normalize(result);
+
+        return result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Core/Vertex.cs b/src/Engine.Core/Vertex.cs
index dc96031..6ed905e 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Core/Vertex.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Core/Vertex.cs
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ using System.Numerics;
 namespace Engine.Core;
 
 /// <summary>
-/// A simple 3D vertex with position and color.
+/// A 3D vertex with position, color, and normal.
 /// Layout matches the Vulkan vertex input description.
 /// </summary>
 public struct Vertex
 {
     public Vector3 Position;
     public Vector3 Color;
+    public Vector3 Normal;
 
-    public Vertex(Vector3 position, Vector3 color)
+    public Vertex(Vector3 position, Vector3 color, Vector3 normal)
     {
         Position = position;
         Color = color;
+        Normal = normal;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/GltfLoader.cs b/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/GltfLoader.cs
index 685c12d..232885a 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/GltfLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/GltfLoader.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace Engine.Graphics.Loaders;
 /// <summary>
 /// glTF/glTF binary loader using SharpGLTF.Core.
 /// Loads the first primitive of the first mesh and converts it to a colored Mesh component.
+/// Creates per-face normals for flat shading if the glTF does not provide normals.
 /// </summary>
 public static class GltfLoader
 {
@@ -31,28 +32,63 @@ public static class GltfLoader
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"glTF primitive has no POSITION accessor: {path}");
 
         var positions = positionAccessor.AsVector3Array();
-        var vertices = new Vertex[positions.Count];
-        for (var i = 0; i < positions.Count; i++)
+
+        var indices = GetIndices(primitive, positions.Count);
+        var vertices = new List<Vertex>();
+        var newIndices = new List<uint>();
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < indices.Length; i += 3)
         {
-            vertices[i] = new Vertex(positions[i], color);
+            var i0 = (int)indices[i];
+            var i1 = (int)indices[i + 1];
+            var i2 = (int)indices[i + 2];
+
+            var v0 = new Vector3(positions[i0].X, positions[i0].Y, positions[i0].Z);
+            var v1 = new Vector3(positions[i1].X, positions[i1].Y, positions[i1].Z);
+            var v2 = new Vector3(positions[i2].X, positions[i2].Y, positions[i2].Z);
+
+            var normal = ComputeFaceNormal(v0, v1, v2);
+
+            var vertexBase = (uint)vertices.Count;
+            newIndices.Add(vertexBase);
+            newIndices.Add(vertexBase + 1);
+            newIndices.Add(vertexBase + 2);
+
+            vertices.Add(new Vertex(v0, color, normal));
+            vertices.Add(new Vertex(v1, color, normal));
+            vertices.Add(new Vertex(v2, color, normal));
         }
 
-        uint[] indices;
+        return new Engine.Core.Components.Mesh(vertices.ToArray(), newIndices.ToArray());
+    }
+
+    private static uint[] GetIndices(MeshPrimitive primitive, int positionCount)
+    {
         if (primitive.IndexAccessor != null)
         {
             var idx = primitive.IndexAccessor.AsIndexArray();
-            indices = new uint[idx.Count];
+            var indices = new uint[idx.Count];
             for (var i = 0; i < idx.Count; i++)
                 indices[i] = idx[i];
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // Non-indexed primitive
-            indices = new uint[positions.Count];
-            for (var i = 0; i < positions.Count; i++)
-                indices[i] = (uint)i;
+            return indices;
         }
 
-        return new Engine.Core.Components.Mesh(vertices, indices);
+        // Non-indexed primitive
+        var auto = new uint[positionCount];
+        for (var i = 0; i < positionCount; i++)
+            auto[i] = (uint)i;
+        return auto;
+    }
+
+    private static Vector3 ComputeFaceNormal(Vector3 a, Vector3 b, Vector3 c)
+    {
+        var ab = b - a;
+        var ac = c - a;
+        var normal = Vector3.Cross(ab, ac);
+        if (normal.LengthSquared() > 0.00001f)
+            normal = Vector3.Normalize(normal);
+        else
+            normal = Vector3.UnitY;
+        return normal;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/ObjLoader.cs b/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/ObjLoader.cs
index 6066d86..9112c6e 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/ObjLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/Loaders/ObjLoader.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Engine.Graphics.Loaders;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Minimal .obj loader.
-/// Supports vertices (v) and faces (f). Ignores normals/UVs for now.
+/// Supports vertices (v) and faces (f). Creates per-face normals for flat shading.
 /// Produces a colored Mesh component.
 /// </summary>
 public static class ObjLoader
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public static class ObjLoader
         var color = defaultColor ?? new Vector3(0.7f, 0.7f, 0.7f);
 
         var positions = new List<Vector3>();
+        var vertices = new List<Vertex>();
         var indices = new List<uint>();
 
         foreach (var rawLine in File.ReadLines(path))
@@ -41,28 +42,36 @@ public static class ObjLoader
                     break;
 
                 case "f" when parts.Length >= 4:
-                    // Triangulate the face as a fan. Only the position index is used.
+                    // Triangulate the face as a fan.
                     var baseIndex = ParseFaceIndex(parts[1]);
                     for (var i = 2; i < parts.Length - 1; i++)
                     {
-                        indices.Add(baseIndex);
-                        indices.Add(ParseFaceIndex(parts[i]));
-                        indices.Add(ParseFaceIndex(parts[i + 1]));
+                        var i0 = baseIndex;
+                        var i1 = ParseFaceIndex(parts[i]);
+                        var i2 = ParseFaceIndex(parts[i + 1]);
+
+                        var v0 = positions[(int)i0];
+                        var v1 = positions[(int)i1];
+                        var v2 = positions[(int)i2];
+                        var normal = ComputeFaceNormal(v0, v1, v2);
+
+                        var vertexBase = (uint)vertices.Count;
+                        indices.Add(vertexBase);
+                        indices.Add(vertexBase + 1);
+                        indices.Add(vertexBase + 2);
+
+                        vertices.Add(new Vertex(v0, color, normal));
+                        vertices.Add(new Vertex(v1, color, normal));
+                        vertices.Add(new Vertex(v2, color, normal));
                     }
                     break;
             }
         }
 
-        if (positions.Count == 0)
+        if (vertices.Count == 0)
             throw new InvalidOperationException($"OBJ file has no vertices: {path}");
 
-        var vertices = new Vertex[positions.Count];
-        for (var i = 0; i < positions.Count; i++)
-        {
-            vertices[i] = new Vertex(positions[i], color);
-        }
-
-        return new Mesh(vertices, indices.ToArray());
+        return new Mesh(vertices.ToArray(), indices.ToArray());
     }
 
     private static uint ParseFaceIndex(string part)
@@ -73,4 +82,16 @@ public static class ObjLoader
         var index = int.Parse(indexStr);
         return (uint)(index - 1); // OBJ indices are 1-based
     }
+
+    private static Vector3 ComputeFaceNormal(Vector3 a, Vector3 b, Vector3 c)
+    {
+        var ab = b - a;
+        var ac = c - a;
+        var normal = Vector3.Cross(ab, ac);
+        if (normal.LengthSquared() > 0.00001f)
+            normal = Vector3.Normalize(normal);
+        else
+            normal = Vector3.UnitY;
+        return normal;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/MeshRenderer.cs b/src/Engine.Graphics/MeshRenderer.cs
index 20ca208..6d87d66 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/MeshRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/MeshRenderer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Numerics;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Flecs.NET.Core;
 using Silk.NET.Core;
 using Silk.NET.Vulkan;
@@ -27,6 +28,18 @@ public sealed unsafe class MeshRenderer : IDisposable
     private Silk.NET.Vulkan.Fence[] _inFlightFences = null!;
     private int _currentFrame;
 
+    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+    private struct PushConstants
+    {
+        public Matrix4x4 Mvp;
+        public Vector3 LightDirection;
+        public float Pad1;
+        public Vector3 LightColor;
+        public float Pad2;
+        public Vector3 AmbientColor;
+        public float Pad3;
+    }
+
     private sealed class MeshBuffers : IDisposable
     {
         public VertexBuffer VertexBuffer;
@@ -194,7 +207,17 @@ public sealed unsafe class MeshRenderer : IDisposable
             var model = transform.GetMatrix();
             var mvp = Matrix4x4.Multiply(Matrix4x4.Multiply(model, view), proj);
             var mvpT = Matrix4x4.Transpose(mvp);
-            _context.Vk.CmdPushConstants(drawCmd, _pipeline.Layout, ShaderStageFlags.VertexBit, 0, 64, &mvpT);
+
+            var push = new PushConstants
+            {
+                Mvp = mvpT,
+                LightDirection = new Vector3(0.5f, -1.0f, -0.5f),
+                LightColor = new Vector3(1.0f, 0.95f, 0.8f),
+                AmbientColor = new Vector3(0.15f, 0.15f, 0.2f)
+            };
+
+            var pushSize = (uint)sizeof(PushConstants);
+            _context.Vk.CmdPushConstants(drawCmd, _pipeline.Layout, ShaderStageFlags.VertexBit | ShaderStageFlags.FragmentBit, 0, pushSize, &push);
 
             var vertexBuffer = buffers.VertexBuffer.Buffer;
             var offset = 0ul;
@@ -252,19 +275,22 @@ public sealed unsafe class MeshRenderer : IDisposable
 
     private MeshBuffers CreateMeshBuffers(Mesh mesh)
     {
-        var vertexBytes = new byte[mesh.Vertices.Length * 6 * sizeof(float)];
+        var vertexBytes = new byte[mesh.Vertices.Length * 9 * sizeof(float)];
         fixed (byte* p = vertexBytes)
         {
             var dst = (float*)p;
             for (var i = 0; i < mesh.Vertices.Length; i++)
             {
                 var v = mesh.Vertices[i];
-                dst[i * 6 + 0] = v.Position.X;
-                dst[i * 6 + 1] = v.Position.Y;
-                dst[i * 6 + 2] = v.Position.Z;
-                dst[i * 6 + 3] = v.Color.X;
-                dst[i * 6 + 4] = v.Color.Y;
-                dst[i * 6 + 5] = v.Color.Z;
+                dst[i * 9 + 0] = v.Position.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 1] = v.Position.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 2] = v.Position.Z;
+                dst[i * 9 + 3] = v.Color.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 4] = v.Color.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 5] = v.Color.Z;
+                dst[i * 9 + 6] = v.Normal.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 7] = v.Normal.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 8] = v.Normal.Z;
             }
         }
 
@@ -283,19 +309,24 @@ public sealed unsafe class MeshRenderer : IDisposable
     private byte[] BuildMeshVertices(Mesh mesh, Transform transform)
     {
         var matrix = transform.GetMatrix();
-        var bytes = new byte[mesh.Vertices.Length * 6 * sizeof(float)];
+        var bytes = new byte[mesh.Vertices.Length * 9 * sizeof(float)];
         fixed (byte* p = bytes)
         {
             var dst = (float*)p;
             for (var i = 0; i < mesh.Vertices.Length; i++)
             {
-                var transformed = Vector3.Transform(mesh.Vertices[i].Position, matrix);
-                dst[i * 6 + 0] = transformed.X;
-                dst[i * 6 + 1] = transformed.Y;
-                dst[i * 6 + 2] = transformed.Z;
-                dst[i * 6 + 3] = mesh.Vertices[i].Color.X;
-                dst[i * 6 + 4] = mesh.Vertices[i].Color.Y;
-                dst[i * 6 + 5] = mesh.Vertices[i].Color.Z;
+                var v = mesh.Vertices[i];
+                var transformed = Vector3.Transform(v.Position, matrix);
+                var normal = transform.TransformNormal(v.Normal);
+                dst[i * 9 + 0] = transformed.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 1] = transformed.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 2] = transformed.Z;
+                dst[i * 9 + 3] = v.Color.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 4] = v.Color.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 5] = v.Color.Z;
+                dst[i * 9 + 6] = normal.X;
+                dst[i * 9 + 7] = normal.Y;
+                dst[i * 9 + 8] = normal.Z;
             }
         }
         return bytes;
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.frag b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.frag
index 5906065..9a1a4f8 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.frag
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.frag
@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
 #version 450
 
 layout(location = 0) in vec3 fragColor;
+layout(location = 1) in vec3 fragNormal;
+layout(location = 2) in vec3 fragWorldPos;
 
 layout(location = 0) out vec4 outColor;
 
+layout(push_constant) uniform PushConstants
+{
+    mat4 mvp;
+    vec3 lightDirection;
+    float pad1;
+    vec3 lightColor;
+    float pad2;
+    vec3 ambientColor;
+    float pad3;
+} push;
+
 void main()
 {
-    outColor = vec4(fragColor, 1.0);
+    vec3 normal = normalize(fragNormal);
+    vec3 lightDir = normalize(-push.lightDirection);
+
+    float diff = max(dot(normal, lightDir), 0.0);
+    vec3 diffuse = push.lightColor * diff;
+    vec3 ambient = push.ambientColor;
+
+    vec3 result = (ambient + diffuse) * fragColor;
+    outColor = vec4(result, 1.0);
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.spv b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.spv
index 828f1e5..0789ea7 100644
Binary files a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.spv and b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/fragment.spv differ
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.spv b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.spv
index 5219475..c3e8f88 100644
Binary files a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.spv and b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.spv differ
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.vert b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.vert
index 6adc1ff..d779b1b 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.vert
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/Shaders/vertex.vert
@@ -2,16 +2,27 @@
 
 layout(location = 0) in vec3 inPosition;
 layout(location = 1) in vec3 inColor;
+layout(location = 2) in vec3 inNormal;
 
 layout(location = 0) out vec3 fragColor;
+layout(location = 1) out vec3 fragNormal;
+layout(location = 2) out vec3 fragWorldPos;
 
 layout(push_constant) uniform PushConstants
 {
     mat4 mvp;
+    vec3 lightDirection;
+    float pad1;
+    vec3 lightColor;
+    float pad2;
+    vec3 ambientColor;
+    float pad3;
 } push;
 
 void main()
 {
     gl_Position = push.mvp * vec4(inPosition, 1.0);
     fragColor = inColor;
+    fragNormal = inNormal;
+    fragWorldPos = inPosition;
 }
diff --git a/src/Engine.Graphics/VulkanPipeline.cs b/src/Engine.Graphics/VulkanPipeline.cs
index 59e8e6f..40c1def 100644
--- a/src/Engine.Graphics/VulkanPipeline.cs
+++ b/src/Engine.Graphics/VulkanPipeline.cs
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public sealed unsafe class VulkanPipeline : IDisposable
     {
         var pushConstantRange = new PushConstantRange
         {
-            StageFlags = ShaderStageFlags.VertexBit,
+            StageFlags = ShaderStageFlags.VertexBit | ShaderStageFlags.FragmentBit,
             Offset = 0,
-            Size = (uint)(16 * sizeof(float))
+            Size = (uint)(28 * sizeof(float))
         };
 
         var createInfo = new PipelineLayoutCreateInfo
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public sealed unsafe class VulkanPipeline : IDisposable
         var bindingDescription = new VertexInputBindingDescription
         {
             Binding = 0,
-            Stride = (uint)(6 * sizeof(float)),
+            Stride = (uint)(9 * sizeof(float)),
             InputRate = VertexInputRate.Vertex
         };
 
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ public sealed unsafe class VulkanPipeline : IDisposable
                 Location = 1,
                 Format = Format.R32G32B32Sfloat,
                 Offset = (uint)(3 * sizeof(float))
+            },
+            new VertexInputAttributeDescription
+            {
+                Binding = 0,
+                Location = 2,
+                Format = Format.R32G32B32Sfloat,
+                Offset = (uint)(6 * sizeof(float))
             }
         };