diff --git a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
index 3a177cc5..5da0ce46 100644
--- a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
+++ b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ extension AXUIElement {
                         sanGuoShaAirWD(runningApp) ||
                         dvdFab(runningApp) ||
                         drBetotte(runningApp) ||
-                        androidEmulator(runningApp, title)
+                        androidEmulator(runningApp, title) ||
+                        autocad(runningApp, subrole)
                 ) && (
                     mustHaveIfJetbrainApp(runningApp, title, subrole, size!) &&
                         mustHaveIfSteam(runningApp, title, role) &&
@@ -225,6 +226,11 @@ extension AXUIElement {
         return runningApp.localizedName == "scrcpy" && level == CGWindow.floatingWindow && role == kAXWindowRole && subrole == kAXStandardWindowSubrole
     }
 
+    private static func autocad(_ runningApp: NSRunningApplication, _ subrole: String?) -> Bool {
+        // AutoCAD uses the undocumented "AXDocumentWindow" subrole
+        return (runningApp.bundleIdentifier?.hasPrefix("com.autodesk.AutoCAD") ?? false) && subrole == kAXDocumentWindowSubrole
+    }
+
     func position() throws -> CGPoint? {
         return try value(kAXPositionAttribute, CGPoint.zero, .cgPoint)
     }
diff --git a/src/api-wrappers/PrivateApis.swift b/src/api-wrappers/PrivateApis.swift
index f822a6d1..4b73aabb 100644
--- a/src/api-wrappers/PrivateApis.swift
+++ b/src/api-wrappers/PrivateApis.swift
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ func SLSRequestScreenCaptureAccess() -> UInt8
 let kAXFullscreenAttribute = "AXFullScreen"
 let kAXStatusLabelAttribute = "AXStatusLabel"
 
+// for some reason, these attributes are missing from AXRoleConstants
+let kAXDocumentWindowSubrole = "AXDocumentWindow"
+
 enum CGSSymbolicHotKey: Int, CaseIterable {
     case commandTab = 1
     case commandShiftTab = 2