diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 0da41b7896..1aebd39f8e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ RUN apt-get -y update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install \
     python3 \
     python3-pip \
     unzip \
-    wget
+    wget \
+    file \
+    desktop-file-utils
 
 RUN pip3 install aqtinstall
 
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ RUN wget -qO- "https://cmake.org/files/v3.19/cmake-3.19.2-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz" \
     apt-get -y clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN wget https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage \
+    && chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage \
+    && mv appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
+
 # Generating a universally unique ID for the Container
 RUN  dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id
 
@@ -78,4 +84,4 @@ RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
     && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
     && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME
 
-USER $USERNAME
\ No newline at end of file
+USER $USERNAME
diff --git a/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71c7335f99
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy differ
diff --git a/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01a4e9800
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage differ
diff --git a/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..383983be50
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/linux/linuxdeploy-arm/linuxdeploy-plugin-qt differ
diff --git a/scripts/Linux/internal/2d_appimage.sh b/scripts/Linux/internal/2d_appimage.sh
index e50827f2f8..e64cb24b96 100644
--- a/scripts/Linux/internal/2d_appimage.sh
+++ b/scripts/Linux/internal/2d_appimage.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,23 @@ case $i in
 esac
 done
 
+# Ensure appimagetool is in the PATH
+if ! command -v appimagetool &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "appimagetool could not be found, attempting to install it..."
+    wget https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage \
+        && chmod +x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage \
+        && sudo mv appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage /usr/local/bin/appimagetool
+
+    if ! command -v appimagetool &> /dev/null
+    then
+        echo "Failed to install appimagetool. Please install it manually."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "appimagetool is already installed."
+fi
+
 $RESOURCES_PATH/linux/linuxdeploy --appdir=$INSTALL_PATH \
   --output appimage
 
@@ -35,5 +52,8 @@ ML_VERSION=${strarr[1]} #get the meshlab version from the string
 # get running architecture
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
-mkdir $PACKAGES_PATH
-mv MeshLab-*.AppImage $PACKAGES_PATH/MeshLab$ML_VERSION-linux_$ARCH.AppImage
\ No newline at end of file
+# Ensure the packages path exists
+mkdir -p $PACKAGES_PATH
+
+# Move the AppImage to the packages directory
+mv MeshLab-*.AppImage $PACKAGES_PATH/MeshLab$ML_VERSION-linux_$ARCH.AppImage