diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-push-tagged-appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/build-push-tagged-appimage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf2951a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-push-tagged-appimage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: build-push-tagged
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*.*.*'
+
+env:
+  # Use docker.io for Docker Hub if empty
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  # github.repository as <account>/<repo>
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      # TO get the tag name
+      - name: Get the tag name
+        run: echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # Login against a Docker registry except on PR
+      # https://github.com/docker/login-action
+      - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@28218f9b04b4f3f62068d7b6ce6ca5b26e35336c
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action
+      - name: Extract Docker metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@98669ae865ea3cffbcbaa878cf57c20bbf1c6c38
+        with:
+          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
+          images: |
+            ghcr.io/13hannes11/gtk4-rs-docker
+          # generate Docker tags based on the following events/attributes
+          flavor: |
+            latest=auto
+            prefix=appimage_,onlatest=true
+          tags: 
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+
+      # Build and push Docker image with Buildx (don't push on PR)
+      # https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@ad44023a93711e3deb337508980b4b5e9bcdc5dc
+        with:
+          context: appimage
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34a577b..17ced47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,16 +6,21 @@ This repository contains the build instructions for a rust libadwaita gtk app. A
 
 To build the image go to the main repository and run:
 
-
 ### BaseImage
 
 ```
 docker build base -t gtk4-rs-docker
 ```
 
+### AppImage
+
+```
+docker build appimage -t gtk4-rs-docker
+```
+
 ## Compiling the example application
 
-To compile the example application use docker-compose (note your system needs `libadwaita` to run the example application):
+To compile the example application use docker-compose (note your system needs `libadwaita` to run the example application unless you build the AppImage):
 
 ```
 docker-compose up
diff --git a/adwaita-demo/.gitignore b/adwaita-demo/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..b6b1b07 100644
--- a/adwaita-demo/.gitignore
+++ b/adwaita-demo/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 /target
+/libs
+*.AppImage
+*.png
diff --git a/adwaita-demo/Cargo.toml b/adwaita-demo/Cargo.toml
index c6f76dd..7cd33f7 100644
--- a/adwaita-demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/adwaita-demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 adw = { version = "0.1", package = "libadwaita" }
 gtk = { version = "0.4", package = "gtk4" }
+
+[package.metadata.appimage]
+auto_link = true
+auto_link_exclude_list = [
+    "libc.so*",
+    "libdl.so*",
+    "libpthread.so*",
+]
diff --git a/appimage/Dockerfile b/appimage/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92a159a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM fedora:latest
+
+ENV RUST_VERSION=1.58.1
+RUN dnf install gtk4-devel gcc libadwaita-devel -y
+
+RUN curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
+RUN . ~/.cargo/env
+RUN ls $HOME/.cargo/env
+ENV PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
+RUN rustup install ${RUST_VERSION}
+
+
+ENV APPIMAGE_VERSION=13
+ENV APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
+
+RUN cargo install cargo-appimage
+
+RUN dnf install wget -y
+
+RUN wget https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/$APPIMAGE_VERSION/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+RUN chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+RUN ./appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract
+RUN ls
+RUN ln -nfs /squashfs-root/usr/bin/appimagetool /usr/bin/appimagetool
+
+RUN dnf install file desktop-file-utils appstream -y
+
+WORKDIR /mnt
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/appimage/docker-compose.yml b/appimage/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a40583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appimage/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  rust-gtk-appimage:
+    build: .
+    volumes:
+      - ../adwaita-demo:/mnt:z
+    command: /bin/bash -c "cargo appimage"