diff --git a/appImage/.gitignore b/appImage/.gitignore
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index 000000000..1b91047ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appImage/.gitignore
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+usr/
diff --git a/appImage/AppRun b/appImage/AppRun
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index 000000000..587563c73
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+++ b/appImage/AppRun
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+SELF=$(readlink -f "$0")
+HERE=${SELF%/*}
+export PATH="${HERE}/usr/bin/:${HERE}/usr/sbin/:${HERE}/usr/games/:${HERE}/bin/:${HERE}/sbin/${PATH:+:$PATH}"
+export VERILATOR_ROOT=${HERE}/usr/share/verilator
+export VERILATOR_BIN=../../bin/verilator_bin
+
+EXEC=$(grep -e '^Exec=.*' "${HERE}"/*.desktop | head -n 1 | cut -d "=" -f 2 | cut -d " " -f 1)
+exec "${EXEC}" "$@"
diff --git a/appImage/verilator.desktop b/appImage/verilator.desktop
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index 000000000..1daed88b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appImage/verilator.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Verilator
+Exec=verilator
+Icon=verilator
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;
diff --git a/appImage/verilator.png b/appImage/verilator.png
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diff --git a/build-appImage.sh b/build-appImage.sh
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index 000000000..bc3a7f4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-appImage.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+APP_IMAGE_TOOL=${APP_IMAGE_TOOL:-appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage}
+
+./configure --prefix=${PWD}/appImage/usr --disable-defenv --enable-copy-runtime-files-default LDFLAGS=-static
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
+
+# clean up things that are not used in this setting
+rm -r appImage/usr/share/pkgconfig
+
+$APP_IMAGE_TOOL appImage