diff --git a/pkg/appimage/appimagebuild b/pkg/appimage/appimagebuild
index 7421ca6fa24e2fe582f2548d592ca658890a2678..afe2d891fb81b85c5e3a7384daad8c2f43498e16 100755
--- a/pkg/appimage/appimagebuild
+++ b/pkg/appimage/appimagebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ APPDIR="${PKGNAME}.AppDir"
 make
 make DESTDIR=${APPDIR} prefix=/usr install
 
+# Set version
+echo "X-AppImage-Version=${PKGVER}" >> ${APPDIR}/usr/share/applications/${PKGNAME}.desktop
+
 install -D -m 755 ${APPDIR}/usr/bin/${PKGNAME} ${APPDIR}/AppRun
 install -D -m 644 ${APPDIR}/usr/share/applications/${PKGNAME}.desktop ${APPDIR}/${PKGNAME}.desktop
 install -D -m 644 ${APPDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/${PKGNAME}.svg ${APPDIR}/${PKGNAME}.svg