diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
index 54f5c1d78..f106896e5 100644
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ COPY apt.preferences /etc/apt/preferences.d/snapshot
 
 RUN apt-get update -q && \
     apt-get install -qy --allow-downgrades \
+        sudo \
         git \
         wget \
         make \
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         autoconf \
         libtool \
         autopoint \
+        pkg-config \
         xz-utils \
         libssl-dev \
         libssl1.1 \
@@ -41,9 +43,10 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         gettext \
         libzbar0 \
         libdbus-1-3 \
+        xutils-dev \
         libxkbcommon0 \
         libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
-        libxcb1 \
+        libxcb1-dev \
         libxcb-xinerama0 \
         libxcb-randr0 \
         libxcb-render0 \
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         libxcb-image0 \
         libxcb-keysyms1 \
         libxcb-util0 \
+        #libxcb-util1 \
         libxcb-render-util0 \
         libx11-xcb1 \
         libc6-dev \
diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
index e5fd22d5b..bf62279e3 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,34 @@ tar xf "$CACHEDIR/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz" -C "$BUILDDIR"
 cp -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum/libsecp256k1.so.0" "$APPDIR/usr/lib/libsecp256k1.so.0" || fail "Could not copy libsecp to its destination"
 
 
+# note: libxcb-util1 is not available in debian 10 (buster), only libxcb-util0. So we build it ourselves.
+#       This pkg is needed on some distros for Qt to launch. (see #8011)
+info "building libxcb-util1."
+XCB_UTIL_VERSION="acf790d7752f36e450d476ad79807d4012ec863b"
+# ^ git tag 0.4.0
+(
+    cd "$CACHEDIR"
+    mkdir "libxcb-util1"
+    cd "libxcb-util1"
+    if [ ! -d util ]; then
+        git clone --recursive "https://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/util"
+    fi
+    cd util
+    if ! $(git cat-file -e ${XCB_UTIL_VERSION}) ; then
+        info "Could not find requested version $XCB_UTIL_VERSION in local clone; fetching..."
+        git fetch --all
+        git submodule update
+    fi
+    git reset --hard
+    git clean -dfxq
+    git checkout "${XCB_UTIL_VERSION}^{commit}"
+    ./autogen.sh
+    ./configure --enable-shared
+    make -j4 -s || fail "Could not build libxcb-util1"
+    cp "$CACHEDIR/libxcb-util1/util/src/.libs/libxcb-util.so.1" "$APPDIR/usr/lib/libxcb-util.so.1"
+) || fail "Could build libxcb-util1"
+
+
 appdir_python() {
     env \
         PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1 \