diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
index 62ff33ece..a8c373da2 100644
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         libzbar0=0.10+doc-10ubuntu1  \
         libdbus-1-3=1.10.6-1ubuntu3.6 \
         libxkbcommon-x11-0=0.5.0-1ubuntu2.1 \
+        libxcb-util1=0.4.0-0ubuntu3 \
+        libxcb-xinerama0=1.11.1-1ubuntu1 \
         libc6-dev=2.23-0ubuntu11.2 \
         && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
index 6a834c18f..7cf47fa5d 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ info "Copying additional libraries"
     cp -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so "$APPDIR/usr/lib/libusb-1.0.so" || fail "Could not copy libusb"
     # some distros lack libxkbcommon-x11
     cp -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxkbcommon-x11.so.0 "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu || fail "Could not copy libxkbcommon-x11"
+    # some distros lack some libxcb libraries (see https://github.com/Electron-Cash/Electron-Cash/issues/2196)
+    cp -f /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-* "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu || fail "Could not copy libxcb"
 )
 
 info "stripping binaries from debug symbols."