diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aafaea9..3fa92ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -77,4 +77,7 @@ build/
 
 .vscode/settings.json
 soundboard
-soundboard.json
\ No newline at end of file
+soundboard.json
+
+AppDir/
+*.AppImage
diff --git a/soundboard.desktop b/soundboard.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c160a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soundboard.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Soundboard
+Exec=soundboard
+Icon=soundboard
+Categories=Audio;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/soundboard.pro b/soundboard.pro
index c7fcfd1..08cb3e1 100644
--- a/soundboard.pro
+++ b/soundboard.pro
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/include/ \
     $$PWD/miniaudio/ \
     $$PWD/Log/
 
+
+# build AppImage
+unix {
+    $$PWD/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage.commands = wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage && chmod u+x linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+    $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg.commands = touch $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg
+
+    appimg.depends = $$PWD/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage $${TARGET} $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg
+    appimg.commands = rm -rf AppDir ; ./linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir=AppDir -e soundboard -i $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg -d soundboard.desktop --output appimage
+
+    QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += appimg $$PWD/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg
+
+    QMAKE_CLEAN += $$PWD/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage $$MOC_DIR/soundboard.svg
+}
+
 # Default rules for deployment.
 qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
 else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin