diff --git a/scripts/assemble_release.py b/scripts/assemble_release.py
index 29050ad..8cbe168 100644
--- a/scripts/assemble_release.py
+++ b/scripts/assemble_release.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ def _download(url: str, expected_sha: str, label: str) -> bytes:
 def assemble(entry: dict, out: Path, index_dir: Path | None = None) -> Path:
     parts = entry.get("parts") or []
     chunks: list[bytes] = []
+    if not parts and entry.get("url"):
+        chunks = [_download(entry["url"], entry.get("sha256", ""), entry["url"].rsplit("/", 1)[-1])]
     for p in parts:
         name = p["url"].rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
         chunks.append(_download(p["url"], p["sha256"], name))
diff --git a/tests/test_assemble_release.py b/tests/test_assemble_release.py
index 0d965b1..a59104a 100644
--- a/tests/test_assemble_release.py
+++ b/tests/test_assemble_release.py
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ def test_sha_mismatch_rejected(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "sha256"):
             assemble(self._entry(base, self.bad_sha), out)
 
+    def test_single_url_entry_assembles_and_verifies(self):
+        base = self._serve(_files_handler({"x-1.0.zip": self.whole}))
+        d = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(d.cleanup)
+        out = Path(d.name) / "x.zip"
+        entry = {"url": f"{base}/x-1.0.zip", "sha256": self.sha, "filename": "x-1.0.zip"}
+        assemble(entry, out)
+        self.assertEqual(out.read_bytes(), self.whole)
+
+    def test_single_url_entry_sha_mismatch_rejected(self):
+        base = self._serve(_files_handler({"x-1.0.zip": self.whole}))
+        d = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(d.cleanup)
+        out = Path(d.name) / "x.zip"
+        entry = {"url": f"{base}/x-1.0.zip", "sha256": self.bad_sha, "filename": "x-1.0.zip"}
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "sha256"):
+            assemble(entry, out)
+
     def test_part_sha_mismatch_rejected(self):
         parts = {"x.part-00": b"X" * 1024, "x.part-01": PART_B}
         base = self._serve(_files_handler(parts))