diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 80fea4df..0de3e020 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -1066,6 +1066,19 @@ $(IOS_DEPS):
 $(filter $(BUILD_DIR)/ios%,$(APP_OBJS)): | $(IOS_DEPS)
 endif
 
+out/Tilde_Friends-x86_64.AppImage: out/release/tildefriends out/data.zip
+	@mkdir -p out/AppDir/usr/bin
+	@mkdir -p out/AppDir/usr/share/applications
+	@mkdir -p out/AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+	@echo "[Desktop Entry]\nName=Tilde Friends\nExec=tildefriends\nIcon=tildefriends\nType=Application\nCategories=Network" > out/AppDir/usr/share/applications/tildefriends.desktop
+	@cp src/ios/tildefriends.svg out/AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
+	@cat out/release/tildefriends out/data.zip > out/AppDir/usr/bin/tildefriends
+	@chmod +x out/AppDir/usr/bin/tildefriends
+	@unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH; cd out; linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage --appdir AppDir --output appimage; cd ..
+
+appimage: out/Tilde_Friends-x86_64.AppImage
+.PHONY: appimage
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
 .PHONY: clean