diff --git a/src/utility/package.cpp b/src/utility/package.cpp
index b3c5c75d9b6239e24160845fb3f75de4a4cd8192..375ac1e6d70bdc15c2b289c65a6900195e2432ac 100644
--- a/src/utility/package.cpp
+++ b/src/utility/package.cpp
@@ -101,4 +101,20 @@ bool Package::uninstallPlasmapkg(const QString &path, const QString &type)
     return false;
 }
 
+bool Package::installAppimage(const QString &path, const QString &targetDir)
+{
+    QProcess process;
+    QString program = "install";
+    QStringList arguments;
+    arguments << "-D" << "-m" << "755" << path << targetDir;
+
+    process.start(program, arguments);
+
+    if (process.waitForFinished()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 } // namespace Utility
diff --git a/src/utility/package.h b/src/utility/package.h
index 89bf0375dc5b1e02298a467a27f5cb7e857b0f12..debd48accd190cbfe2f2879bd389888dc249a7e9 100644
--- a/src/utility/package.h
+++ b/src/utility/package.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public:
     static bool uncompressArchive(const QString &path, const QString &targetDir);
     static bool installPlasmapkg(const QString &path, const QString &type = "plasmoid");
     static bool uninstallPlasmapkg(const QString &path, const QString &type = "plasmoid");
+    static bool installAppimage(const QString &path, const QString &targetDir);
 };
 
 } // namespace Utility