diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b9efa0..61ea43c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ deploy:
     - build/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TRAVIS_TAG}.exe
     - build/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TRAVIS_TAG}-macOS.zip
     - build/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TRAVIS_TAG}-winportable.zip
+    - build/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TRAVIS_TAG}.AppImage
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     tags: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e9a510..d55cd7c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This repository contains a bare development environment for creating a new mod/game on the [OpenRA](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA) engine.
 
-These scripts and support files wrap and automatically manage a copy of the OpenRA game engine and common files, and provide entrypoints to run development versions of your project and to generate platform-specific installers for your players.
+These scripts and support files wrap and automatically manage a copy of the OpenRA game engine and common files during development, and generates Windows installers, macOS .app bundles, and Linux [AppImages](https://appimage.org/) for distribution.
 
 The key scripts in this SDK are:
 
diff --git a/mod.config b/mod.config
index b95ead9..f4c362d 100644
--- a/mod.config
+++ b/mod.config
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ TRAVIS_TEST_PACKAGING="False"
 # The prefix used for the installer filenames.
 #  - Windows installers will be named as {PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-{TAG}.exe
 #  - macOS installers will be named as {PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-{TAG}.zip
+#  - Linux .appimages will be named as {PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TAG}.AppImage
 PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME="ExampleMod"
 
 # The human-readable name for this project.
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME="ExampleMod"
 #  - Windows start menu
 #  - Windows desktop shortcut
 #  - Windows "Programs and Features" list
+#  - Linux launcher shortcut
 PACKAGING_DISPLAY_NAME="Example Mod"
 
 # The URL for the project homepage.
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ PACKAGING_WINDOWS_INSTALL_DIR_NAME="OpenRA Example Mod"
 # This should not contain spaces or special characters.
 PACKAGING_WINDOWS_REGISTRY_KEY="OpenRAExampleMod"
 
+# The git tag to use for the AppImage dependencies.
+PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TAG="20180408"
+
 ##############################################################################
 # Advanced Configuration
 #
@@ -105,3 +110,9 @@ PACKAGING_OSX_LAUNCHER_SOURCE="https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/relea
 
 # Temporary file name used when downloading the OpenRA macOS launcher files.
 PACKAGING_OSX_LAUNCHER_TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME="launcher.zip"
+
+# The url to download the OpenRA AppImage dependencies.
+PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_SOURCE="https://github.com/OpenRA/AppImageSupport/releases/download/${PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TAG}/libs.tar.bz2"
+
+# Temporary file name used when downloading the OpenRA AppImage dependencies.
+PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME="libs.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4efa9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# OpenRA packaging script for Linux (AppImage)
+set -e
+
+command -v make >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "The OpenRA mod template requires make."; exit 1; }
+command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "The OpenRA mod template requires python."; exit 1; }
+command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "The OpenRA mod template requires tar."; exit 1; }
+command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "The OpenRA mod template requires curl."; exit 1; }
+
+if [ $# -eq "0" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: `basename $0` version [outputdir]"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+PACKAGING_DIR=$(python -c "import os; print(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('$0')))")
+TEMPLATE_ROOT="${PACKAGING_DIR}/../../"
+
+# shellcheck source=mod.config
+. "${TEMPLATE_ROOT}/mod.config"
+
+if [ -f "${TEMPLATE_ROOT}/user.config" ]; then
+	# shellcheck source=user.config
+	. "${TEMPLATE_ROOT}/user.config"
+fi
+
+if [ "${INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS}" = "True" ]; then
+	echo "Cannot generate installers while INCLUDE_DEFAULT_MODS is enabled."
+	echo "Make sure that this setting is disabled in both your mod.config and user.config."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TAG="$1"
+if [ $# -eq "1" ]; then
+	OUTPUTDIR=$(python -c "import os; print(os.path.realpath('.'))")
+else
+	OUTPUTDIR=$(python -c "import os; print(os.path.realpath('$2'))")
+fi
+
+BUILTDIR="${PACKAGING_DIR}/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}.appdir"
+
+# Set the working dir to the location of this script
+cd "${PACKAGING_DIR}"
+
+pushd "${TEMPLATE_ROOT}" > /dev/null
+
+if [ ! -f "${ENGINE_DIRECTORY}/Makefile" ]; then
+	echo "Required engine files not found."
+	echo "Run \`make\` in the mod directory to fetch and build the required files, then try again.";
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "${OUTPUTDIR}" ]; then
+	echo "Output directory '${OUTPUTDIR}' does not exist.";
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Building core files"
+
+make version VERSION="${TAG}"
+
+pushd "${ENGINE_DIRECTORY}" > /dev/null
+make linux-dependencies
+make core SDK="-sdk:4.5"
+make install-engine prefix="usr" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/"
+make install-common-mod-files prefix="usr" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/"
+
+popd > /dev/null
+popd > /dev/null
+
+# Add native libraries
+echo "Downloading dependencies"
+curl -s -L -o "${PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME}" -O "${PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_SOURCE}" || exit 3
+tar xf "${PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME}"
+
+curl -s -L -O https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+chmod a+x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+
+echo "Building AppImage"
+
+# Add mod files
+cp -r "${TEMPLATE_ROOT}/mods/"* "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/mods"
+
+install -Dm 0755 libSDL2.so "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+install -Dm 0644 include/SDL2-CS.dll.config "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+install -Dm 0755 libopenal.so "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+install -Dm 0644 include/OpenAL-CS.dll.config "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+install -Dm 0755 liblua.so "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+install -Dm 0644 include/Eluant.dll.config "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/openra/"
+
+# Add launcher and icons
+sed "s/{MODID}/${MOD_ID}/g" include/AppRun.in | sed "s/{MODNAME}/${PACKAGING_DISPLAY_NAME}/g" > AppRun.temp
+install -m 0755 AppRun.temp "${BUILTDIR}/AppRun"
+
+sed "s/{MODID}/${MOD_ID}/g" include/mod.desktop.in | sed "s/{MODNAME}/${PACKAGING_DISPLAY_NAME}/g" | sed "s/{TAG}/${TAG}/g" > temp.desktop
+install -Dm 0755 temp.desktop "${BUILTDIR}/usr/share/applications/openra-${MOD_ID}.desktop"
+install -m 0755 temp.desktop "${BUILTDIR}/openra-${MOD_ID}.desktop"
+
+sed "s/{MODID}/${MOD_ID}/g" include/mod-mimeinfo.xml.in | sed "s/{TAG}/${TAG}/g" > temp.xml
+install -Dm 0755 temp.xml "${BUILTDIR}/usr/share/mime/packages/openra-${MOD_ID}.xml"
+
+if [ -f "${PACKAGING_DIR}/mod_scalable.svg" ]; then
+  install -Dm644 "${PACKAGING_DIR}/mod_scalable.svg" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/openra-${MOD_ID}.svg"
+fi
+
+for i in 16x16 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128 256x256 512x512 1024x1024; do
+  if [ -f "${PACKAGING_DIR}/mod_${i}.png" ]; then
+    install -Dm644 "${PACKAGING_DIR}/mod_${i}.png" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${i}/apps/openra-${MOD_ID}.png"
+    install -m644 "${PACKAGING_DIR}/mod_${i}.png" "${BUILTDIR}/openra-${MOD_ID}.png"
+  fi
+done
+
+install -d "${BUILTDIR}/usr/bin"
+
+sed "s/{MODID}/${MOD_ID}/g" include/mod.in | sed "s/{TAG}/${TAG}/g" | sed "s/{MODNAME}/${PACKAGING_DISPLAY_NAME}/g" | sed "s/{MODINSTALLERNAME}/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}/g" | sed "s|{MODFAQURL}|${PACKAGING_FAQ_URL}|g" > openra-mod.temp
+install -m 0755 openra-mod.temp "${BUILTDIR}/usr/bin/openra-${MOD_ID}"
+
+sed "s/{MODID}/${MOD_ID}/g" include/mod-server.in  > openra-mod-server.temp
+install -m 0755 openra-mod-server.temp "${BUILTDIR}/usr/bin/openra-${MOD_ID}-server"
+
+# travis-ci doesn't support mounting FUSE filesystems so extract and run the contents manually
+./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+ARCH=x86_64 ./squashfs-root/AppRun "${BUILTDIR}" "${OUTPUTDIR}/${PACKAGING_INSTALLER_NAME}-${TAG}.AppImage"
+
+# Clean up
+rm -rf openra-mod.temp openra-mod-server.temp temp.desktop temp.xml AppRun.temp libSDL2.so libopenal.so liblua.so appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage squashfs-root "${PACKAGING_APPIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES_TEMP_ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${BUILTDIR}"
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/AppRun.in b/packaging/linux/include/AppRun.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..778e706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/AppRun.in
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Make sure the user has a sufficiently recent version of mono on the PATH
+MINIMUM_MONO_VERSION="4.2"
+
+make_version() {
+  echo "$1" | tr '.' '\n' | head -n 4 | xargs printf "%03d%03d%03d%03d";
+}
+
+mono_missing_or_old() {
+  command -v mono >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 0
+  MONO_VERSION=$(mono --version | head -n1 | cut -d' ' -f5)
+  [ "$(make_version "${MONO_VERSION}")" -lt "$(make_version "${MINIMUM_MONO_VERSION}")" ] && return 0
+  return 1
+}
+
+if mono_missing_or_old; then
+  if command -v zenity > /dev/null
+  then
+    zenity --no-wrap --error --title "{MODNAME}" --text "{MODNAME} requires Mono ${MINIMUM_MONO_VERSION} or greater.\nPlease install Mono using your system package manager."
+  else
+    printf "{MODNAME} requires Mono %s or greater.\nPlease install Mono using your system package manager.\n" "${MINIMUM_MONO_VERSION}"
+  fi
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run the game or server
+HERE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
+export PATH="${HERE}"/usr/bin/:"${PATH}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${HERE}"/usr/share/:"${XDG_DATA_DIRS}"
+
+if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$1" = "--server" ]; then
+  exec "openra-{MODID}-server" "$@"
+else
+  exec "openra-{MODID}" "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/Eluant.dll.config b/packaging/linux/include/Eluant.dll.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..561d8e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/Eluant.dll.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<configuration>
+  <dllmap os="linux" dll="lua51.dll" target="./liblua.so" />
+</configuration>
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/OpenAL-CS.dll.config b/packaging/linux/include/OpenAL-CS.dll.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43cedc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/OpenAL-CS.dll.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	<dllmap dll="soft_oal.dll" os="linux" target="./libopenal.so"/>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/SDL2-CS.dll.config b/packaging/linux/include/SDL2-CS.dll.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aa928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/SDL2-CS.dll.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	<dllmap os="linux" dll="SDL2.dll" target="./libSDL2.so" />
+</configuration>
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/mod-mimeinfo.xml.in b/packaging/linux/include/mod-mimeinfo.xml.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1e8c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/mod-mimeinfo.xml.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<mime-info xmlns='http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info'>
+  <mime-type type="x-scheme-handler/openra-{MODID}-{TAG}">
+    <generic-icon name="applications-games"/>
+    <comment>Join OpenRA server</comment>
+    <glob weight="60" pattern="openra-{MODID}-{TAG}://*"/>
+  </mime-type>
+</mime-info>
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/mod-server.in b/packaging/linux/include/mod-server.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a2798c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/mod-server.in
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+HERE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")"
+cd "${HERE}/../lib/openra" || exit 1
+
+mono --debug OpenRA.Server.exe Game.Mod={MODID} "$@"
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/mod.desktop.in b/packaging/linux/include/mod.desktop.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05f6885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/mod.desktop.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=OpenRA - {MODNAME}
+GenericName=Real Time Strategy Game
+Icon=openra-{MODID}
+Exec=openra-{MODID} %u
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Game;StrategyGame;
+StartupWMClass=openra-{MODID}
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/openra-{MODID}-{TAG};
diff --git a/packaging/linux/include/mod.in b/packaging/linux/include/mod.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1e3785e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/linux/include/mod.in
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+LAUNCHER=$(readlink -f "${0}")
+HERE="$(dirname "${LAUNCHER}")"
+cd "${HERE}/../lib/openra" || exit 1
+
+# APPIMAGE is an environment variable set by the runtime
+# defining the absolute path to the .AppImage file
+if [ ! -z "${APPIMAGE}" ]; then
+  LAUNCHER=${APPIMAGE}
+
+  # appimaged doesn't update the mime cache database when registering AppImages.
+  # Run update-desktop-database ourselves if we detect that the desktop file has
+  # been installed but the handler is not yet present in the cache
+  if command -v update-desktop-database > /dev/null; then
+    APPIMAGEID=$(printf "file://%s" "${APPIMAGE}" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
+    LAUNCHER_NAME="appimagekit_${APPIMAGEID}-openra-{MODID}.desktop"
+    LAUNCHER_PATH="${HOME}/.local/share/applications/${LAUNCHER_NAME}"
+    MIMECACHE_PATH="${HOME}/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache"
+    SCHEME="x-scheme-handler/openra-{MODID}-{TAG}"
+    if [ -f "${LAUNCHER_PATH}" ] && ! grep -qs "${SCHEME}=" "${MIMECACHE_PATH}"; then
+        update-desktop-database "${HOME}/.local/share/applications"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Search for server connection
+PROTOCOL_PREFIX="openra-{MODID}-{TAG}://"
+JOIN_SERVER=""
+if [ "${1#${PROTOCOL_PREFIX}}" != "${1}" ]; then
+  JOIN_SERVER="Launch.Connect=${1#${PROTOCOL_PREFIX}}"
+fi
+
+# Run the game
+export SDL_VIDEO_X11_WMCLASS="openra-{MODID}"
+mono --debug OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod={MODID} Engine.LaunchPath="${LAUNCHER}" "${JOIN_SERVER}" "$@"
+
+# Show a crash dialog if something went wrong
+if [ $? != 0 ] && [ $? != 1 ]; then
+  if command -v zenity > /dev/null; then
+    zenity --no-wrap --question --title "{MODNAME}" --text "{MODNAME} has encountered a fatal error.\nLog Files are available in ~/.openra." --ok-label "Quit" --cancel-label "View FAQ" || xdg-open "{MODFAQURL}"
+  else
+    printf "{MODNAME} has encountered a fatal error.\n  -> Log Files are available in ~/.openra\n  -> FAQ is available at {MODFAQURL}\n"
+  fi
+  exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/packaging/package-all.sh b/packaging/package-all.sh
index d667159..8183b92 100755
--- a/packaging/package-all.sh
+++ b/packaging/package-all.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,14 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "macOS package build failed."
 fi
 
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+	echo "Linux AppImage packaging requires a Linux host."
+else
+	echo "Building Linux AppImage package"
+	${PACKAGING_DIR}/linux/buildpackage.sh "${TAG}" "${OUTPUTDIR}"
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "Linux AppImage package build failed."
+	fi
+fi
+
 echo "Package build done."