diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9243f1d09..4b10a3065c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ libraries/source/spirv-reflect/*
 !libraries/source/**/patches/
 
 # Tools
+appimage-build/
 archives/
 build/bin/
 source/tools/spirv/rules.*.json
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ binaries/data/mods/public/gui/credits/texts/translators.json
 *.pot
 
 # Packaged mods and tarballs
+*.AppImage
 *.pyromod
 *.zip
 *.tar
diff --git a/build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12-appimage.Dockerfile b/build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12-appimage.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..201adc2d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12-appimage.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+FROM debian-12
+
+# minisign only needed for signing in pipeline
+RUN apt-get -qqy update \
+    && apt-get upgrade -qqy \
+    && apt-get install -qqy --no-install-recommends \
+        cimg-dev \
+        desktop-file-utils \
+        file \
+        git \
+        libgcrypt20-dev \
+        libgpgme-dev \
+        libjpeg-dev \
+        minisign \
+        patchelf \
+        squashfs-tools \
+        wget \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+RUN \
+  git clone --depth 1 --branch 1-alpha-20250213-2 https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy --recurse-submodules && \
+    cd linuxdeploy && cp src/core/copyright/copyright.h src/core && \
+    cmake -B build -S . \
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+      -DUSE_CCACHE=OFF \
+    && cmake --build build --target install && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf linuxdeploy
+
+RUN \
+    git clone --depth 1 --branch continuous https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool.git && \
+    cd appimagetool && \
+    cmake -B build -S . \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
+    && cmake --build build --target install && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf appimagetool
diff --git a/build/jenkins/pipelines/bundles.Jenkinsfile b/build/jenkins/pipelines/bundles.Jenkinsfile
index fb4eb91c69..357ac2b108 100644
--- a/build/jenkins/pipelines/bundles.Jenkinsfile
+++ b/build/jenkins/pipelines/bundles.Jenkinsfile
@@ -140,24 +140,67 @@ pipeline {
         stage('Create Windows Installer & Tarballs') {
             steps {
                 sh "BUNDLE_VERSION=${params.BUNDLE_VERSION} DO_GZIP=${params.DO_GZIP} source/tools/dist/build-unix-win32.sh"
+                stash(name: 'unix-sources', includes: '*.tar.gz')
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('Create AppImage') {
+            stages {
+                stage('Docker Setup') {
+                    agent {
+                        node {
+                            label 'LinuxAgent'
+                            customWorkspace 'workspace/appimage'
+                        }
+                    }
+                    steps {
+                        checkout scm
+                        sh 'git clean -dxf'
+                        sh 'docker build -t debian-12 -f build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12.Dockerfile .'
+                    }
+                }
+
+                stage('Build AppImage') {
+                    agent {
+                        dockerfile {
+                            label 'LinuxAgent'
+                            customWorkspace 'workspace/appimage'
+                            dir 'build/jenkins/dockerfiles'
+                            filename 'debian-12-appimage.Dockerfile'
+                            // Prevent Jenkins from running commands with the UID of the host's jenkins user
+                            // https://stackoverflow.com/a/42822143
+                            args '-u root'
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    steps {
+                        unstash('unix-sources')
+                        untar(dir: 'appimage-build', file: "0ad-${params.BUNDLE_VERSION}-unix-build.tar.gz", keepPermissions: true)
+                        untar(dir: 'appimage-build', file: "0ad-${params.BUNDLE_VERSION}-unix-data.tar.gz", keepPermissions: true)
+
+                        sh "source/tools/dist/build-appimage.sh --version ${params.BUNDLE_VERSION} --root appimage-build/0ad-${params.BUNDLE_VERSION}"
+                        stash(name: 'appimage', includes: '*AppImage')
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
         stage('Generate Signatures and Checksums') {
             steps {
+                unstash('appimage')
                 withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: 'minisign-releases-key', keyFileVariable: 'MINISIGN_KEY', passphraseVariable: 'MINISIGN_PASS')]) {
-                    sh 'echo ${MINISIGN_PASS} | minisign -s ${MINISIGN_KEY} -Sm *.{dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}'
+                    sh 'echo ${MINISIGN_PASS} | minisign -s ${MINISIGN_KEY} -Sm *.{AppImage,dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}'
                 }
-                sh 'for file in *.{dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do md5sum "${file}" > "${file}".md5sum; done'
-                sh 'for file in *.{dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do sha1sum "${file}" > "${file}".sha1sum; done'
-                sh 'for file in *.{dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do sha256sum "${file}" > "${file}".sha256sum; done'
+                sh 'for file in *.{AppImage,dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do md5sum "${file}" > "${file}".md5sum; done'
+                sh 'for file in *.{AppImage,dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do sha1sum "${file}" > "${file}".sha1sum; done'
+                sh 'for file in *.{AppImage,dmg,exe,tar.gz,tar.xz}; do sha256sum "${file}" > "${file}".sha256sum; done'
             }
         }
     }
 
     post {
         success {
-            archiveArtifacts '*.dmg,*.exe,*.tar.gz,*.tar.xz,*.minisig,*.md5sum,*.sha1sum,*.sha256sum'
+            archiveArtifacts '*AppImage,*.dmg,*.exe,*.tar.gz,*.tar.xz,*.minisig,*.md5sum,*.sha1sum,*.sha256sum'
         }
         cleanup {
             sh 'svn revert -R .'
diff --git a/source/tools/LICENSE.txt b/source/tools/LICENSE.txt
index 6aa382dd4b..fe663aa199 100644
--- a/source/tools/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/source/tools/LICENSE.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ in particular, let us know and we can try to clarify it.
     MIT
 
   dist
+    GPL-2.0-or-later
     MIT
     zlib/libpng (FileAssociation.nsh)
 
diff --git a/source/tools/dist/build-appimage-podman.sh b/source/tools/dist/build-appimage-podman.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..30ea567726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/tools/dist/build-appimage-podman.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+podman build -t 0ad-debian-12 -f build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12.Dockerfile
+podman build -t 0ad-debian-12-appimage --build-context debian-12=container-image://0ad-debian-12 -f build/jenkins/dockerfiles/debian-12-appimage.Dockerfile
+
+podman run --mount=type=bind,source=.,destination=/mnt --workdir /mnt 0ad-debian-12-appimage source/tools/dist/build-appimage.sh "$@"
diff --git a/source/tools/dist/build-appimage.sh b/source/tools/dist/build-appimage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b886a33527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/tools/dist/build-appimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2120
+die()
+{
+	[ $# -ne 0 ] && echo ERROR: "$*"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+doins()
+{
+	mkdir -p "$2"
+	cp -a "$1" "$2" || die
+}
+
+JOBS=${JOBS#-j}
+njobs=${JOBS:-1}
+arch=$(uname -m)
+version=9999
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+		--jobs)
+			njobs=$2
+			shift
+			;;
+		--root)
+			root=$2
+			shift
+			;;
+		--skip-prepacking)
+			skip_prepacking="yes"
+			;;
+		--version)
+			version=$2
+			shift
+			;;
+		*)
+			printf "Unknown option: %s\n\n" "$1"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+TOP_SRC_DIR=$(realpath .)
+APPDIR="${TOP_SRC_DIR}/appimage-build/AppDir"
+APPIMAGE="${TOP_SRC_DIR}/0ad-${version}-${arch}.AppImage"
+ROOT="${TOP_SRC_DIR}"
+if [ -n "${root}" ]; then
+	ROOT=$(realpath "${root}")
+fi
+
+cd "${ROOT}" || die
+
+./libraries/build-source-libs.sh "-j${njobs}" || die
+./build/workspaces/update-workspaces.sh || die
+make -C build/workspaces/gcc "-j${njobs}" || die
+if [ -z "${root}" ] && [ -z "${skip_prepacking}" ]; then
+	./source/tools/i18n/get-nightly-translations.sh || die
+	./source/tools/spirv/get-nightly-shaders.sh || die
+	# TODO: Fails at check for root user currently when generating mods archives
+	#./source/tools/dist/build-archives.sh
+fi
+
+rm -rf "${APPDIR}" "${APPIMAGE}"
+
+doins binaries/system/pyrogenesis "${APPDIR}/usr/bin"
+ln -rs "${APPDIR}/usr/bin/pyrogenesis" "${APPDIR}/usr/bin/0ad" || die
+for lib in \
+	libmozjs*-release.so \
+	libnvcore.so \
+	libnvimage.so \
+	libnvmath.so \
+	libnvtt.so; do
+	patchelf --set-rpath "${lib}:${ROOT}/binaries/system" "${APPDIR}/usr/bin/pyrogenesis" || die
+done
+
+# dlopen lib
+doins binaries/system/libCollada.so "${APPDIR}/usr/lib"
+
+doins binaries/data/config/default.cfg "${APPDIR}/usr/data/config"
+doins binaries/data/l10n "${APPDIR}/usr/data"
+doins binaries/data/tools "${APPDIR}/usr/data"
+
+doins binaries/data/mods/mod "${APPDIR}/usr/data/mods"
+doins binaries/data/mods/public "${APPDIR}/usr/data/mods"
+
+doins build/resources/0ad.appdata.xml "${APPDIR}/usr/share/metainfo"
+doins build/resources/0ad.png "${APPDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps"
+
+linuxdeploy \
+	--appdir "${APPDIR}" \
+	--executable "${APPDIR}/usr/bin/pyrogenesis" \
+	--desktop-file "${ROOT}/build/resources/0ad.desktop" \
+	--icon-file "${ROOT}/build/resources/0ad.png" \
+	--icon-filename 0ad || die
+
+appimagetool --comp zstd --mksquashfs-opt -Xcompression-level --mksquashfs-opt 20 "${APPDIR}" "${APPIMAGE}" || die