diff --git a/src/platform/PlatformUtils.cc b/src/platform/PlatformUtils.cc
index 33b8d2be57..aa2d131ac4 100644
--- a/src/platform/PlatformUtils.cc
+++ b/src/platform/PlatformUtils.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static std::string lookupResourcesPath()
   const char *searchpath[] = {
     RESOURCE_FOLDER("../share/openscad"),
     RESOURCE_FOLDER("../../share/openscad"),
+    "usr/share/openscad", // AppImage, no build suffix
     ".",
     "..",
     "../..",