diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac374797..1ab9ce4e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 {
   "name": "ledger-wallet-desktop",
   "description": "Ledger Wallet Desktop",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/meriadec/ledger-wallet-desktop-releases-DEV",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
   "author": "Ledger",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
   "build": {
     "appId": "com.electron.ledger",
     "mac": {
       "category": "public.app-category.utilities"
+    },
+    "linux": {
+      "target": "appImage"
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@
     "dist:dir": "yarn dist --dir -c.compression=store -c.mac.identity=null",
     "prettier": "prettier --write \"{src,webpack}/**/*.js\"",
     "postinstall": "bash ./scripts/postinstall.sh",
+    "release": "build",
     "flow": "flow",
     "lint": "eslint src webpack"
   },
@@ -32,6 +37,7 @@
     "@ledgerhq/hw-transport-node-hid": "^1.0.8",
     "color": "^2.0.1",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^2.2.3",
+    "electron-updater": "^2.18.2",
     "history": "^4.7.2",
     "i18next": "^10.2.2",
     "i18next-node-fs-backend": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/main/app.js b/src/main/app.js
index 138765ea..247a4bef 100644
--- a/src/main/app.js
+++ b/src/main/app.js
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron' // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 
-// Global reference to mainWindow
-// Necessary to prevent win from being garbage collected
+import setupAutoUpdater from './autoUpdate'
+
+// wait a bit before launching update check, to let js initialize on the
+// renderer (listen to events...)
+const CHECK_UPDATE_TIMEOUT = 1e3
+
+// necessary to prevent win from being garbage collected
 let mainWindow
 
 function createMainWindow() {
   const window = new BrowserWindow()
 
-  // Set url for `win`
-  // points to `webpack-dev-server` in development
-  // points to `index.html` in production
   const url = __DEV__
     ? `http://localhost:${process.env.ELECTRON_WEBPACK_WDS_PORT || ''}`
     : `file://${__dirname}/index.html`
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ function createMainWindow() {
   return window
 }
 
-// Quit application when all windows are closed
 app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
   // On macOS it is common for applications to stay open
   // until the user explicitly quits
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
 app.on('activate', () => {
   // On macOS it is common to re-create a window
   // even after all windows have been closed
-  if (mainWindow === null) mainWindow = createMainWindow()
+  if (mainWindow === null) {
+    mainWindow = createMainWindow()
+  }
 })
 
 const installExtensions = async () => {
@@ -64,4 +67,8 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
   }
 
   mainWindow = createMainWindow()
+
+  if (__PROD__) {
+    setTimeout(() => setupAutoUpdater(mainWindow), CHECK_UPDATE_TIMEOUT)
+  }
 })
diff --git a/src/main/autoUpdate.js b/src/main/autoUpdate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c60e58cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/autoUpdate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater'
+
+type ElectronWindow = {
+  webContents: {
+    send: (string, *) => void,
+  },
+}
+
+export default (win: ElectronWindow) => {
+  function notify(type: string, data: * = null) {
+    win.webContents.send('msg', { type, data })
+  }
+
+  autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => notify('updater.checking'))
+  autoUpdater.on('update-available', info => notify('updater.updateAvailable', info))
+  autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', () => notify('updater.updateNotAvailable'))
+  autoUpdater.on('error', err => notify('updater.error', err))
+  autoUpdater.on('download-progress', progress => notify('updater.downloadProgress', progress))
+  autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => notify('updater.downloaded'))
+
+  autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/initEvents.js b/src/renderer/initEvents.js
index 092f3c48..36a7e893 100644
--- a/src/renderer/initEvents.js
+++ b/src/renderer/initEvents.js
@@ -44,6 +44,26 @@ export default (store: Object) => {
         },
       },
     },
+    updater: {
+      checking: () => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] checking for updates')
+      },
+      updateAvailable: info => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] update available', info)
+      },
+      updateNotAvailable: () => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] no update available')
+      },
+      error: err => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] update error', err)
+      },
+      downloadProgress: progress => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] download in progress...', progress.percent)
+      },
+      downloaded: () => {
+        console.log('[UPDATER] update downloaded')
+      },
+    },
   }
 
   ipcRenderer.on('msg', (e: *, payload: MsgPayload) => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 27dead84..55e2f334 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ builder-util-runtime@4.0.0:
     fs-extra-p "^4.5.0"
     sax "^1.2.4"
 
-builder-util-runtime@^4.0.0, builder-util-runtime@^4.0.1:
+builder-util-runtime@^4.0.0, builder-util-runtime@^4.0.1, builder-util-runtime@~4.0.0:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builder-util-runtime/-/builder-util-runtime-4.0.1.tgz#d8423190a21e8c7cec185d589cb0cb888cc8e731"
   dependencies:
@@ -2685,6 +2685,10 @@ electron-download@^3.0.1:
     semver "^5.3.0"
     sumchecker "^1.2.0"
 
+electron-is-dev@^0.3.0:
+  version "0.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-is-dev/-/electron-is-dev-0.3.0.tgz#14e6fda5c68e9e4ecbeff9ccf037cbd7c05c5afe"
+
 electron-osx-sign@0.4.7:
   version "0.4.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-osx-sign/-/electron-osx-sign-0.4.7.tgz#1d75647a82748eacd48bea70616ec83ffade3ee5"
@@ -2732,6 +2736,20 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.2.7, electron-to-chromium@^1.3.30:
   dependencies:
     electron-releases "^2.1.0"
 
+electron-updater@^2.18.2:
+  version "2.18.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-2.18.2.tgz#776b50389b849535425e9e2893d7943ee61e8e3f"
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird-lst "^1.0.5"
+    builder-util-runtime "~4.0.0"
+    electron-is-dev "^0.3.0"
+    fs-extra-p "^4.5.0"
+    js-yaml "^3.10.0"
+    lazy-val "^1.0.3"
+    lodash.isequal "^4.5.0"
+    semver "^5.4.1"
+    source-map-support "^0.5.0"
+
 electron-webpack-js@~1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-webpack-js/-/electron-webpack-js-1.1.0.tgz#c7c1cf375f6d32638ba62f46e1bd31445b7f1018"
@@ -4754,6 +4772,10 @@ lodash.cond@^4.3.0:
   version "4.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.cond/-/lodash.cond-4.5.2.tgz#f471a1da486be60f6ab955d17115523dd1d255d5"
 
+lodash.isequal@^4.5.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isequal/-/lodash.isequal-4.5.0.tgz#415c4478f2bcc30120c22ce10ed3226f7d3e18e0"
+
 lodash.isplainobject@^4.0.6:
   version "4.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isplainobject/-/lodash.isplainobject-4.0.6.tgz#7c526a52d89b45c45cc690b88163be0497f550cb"