diff --git a/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake b/cmake/modules/BuildLinuxAppImage.cmake
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+# Based on: https://github.com/mhoeher/opentodolist
+
+set(LINUXDEPLOYQT_URL "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/1/linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage")
+set(LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/linuxdeployqt-1-x86_64.AppImage)
+
+set(APPIMAGE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/app/SerialPlot.AppImage)
+# TODO: VERSION number
+set(APPIMAGE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/SerialPlot-VERSION)
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT
+        ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL}
+    COMMAND
+        wget ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_URL}
+    COMMAND
+        chmod a+x ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL})
+
+add_custom_target(
+    appimage
+
+    DEPENDS ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL}
+
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:${PROGRAM_NAME}> ${APPIMAGE_DIR}
+    COMMAND
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env PATH=${QT_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin:$ENV{PATH} ${LINUXDEPLOYQT_TOOL}
+            ${APPIMAGE_DIR}/${PROGRAM_NAME} -appimage
+            -always-overwrite -bundle-non-qt-libs -verbose=2
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})