diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c992451c4f..63d8d156f6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ jobs:
         - go run build/ci.go install
         - go run build/ci.go test -coverage $TEST_PACKAGES
 
+    - stage: build
+      # if: type = push
+      os: linux
+      dist: xenial
+      go: 1.13.x
+      git:
+        submodules: false
+      script:
+        - wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+        - go build ./cmd/geth/...
+        - mkdir appdir
+        - cp geth appdir/AppRun
+        - cp geth.desktop appdir
+        - cp geth.png appdir
+        - chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+        - ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage ./appdir geth.AppImage
+        - rm -rf appdir
+
     # This builder does the Ubuntu PPA upload
     - stage: build
       if: type = push
diff --git a/geth.desktop b/geth.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1c489fba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geth.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name="Go Ethereum Client"
+Terminal=true
+Type=Application
+Comment="An Ethereum client written in Go"
+Categories=Finance;Network;
+Icon=geth
diff --git a/geth.png b/geth.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79a5eafdf4
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