diff --git a/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt b/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thumbnail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
                        PURPOSE "Provides support for OpenEXR formatted images in the thumbnail kioslave"
                       )
 
+# TODO find libappimage only
+find_package(AppImageKit)
+set_package_properties(AppImageKit PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Core library of the AppImage project"
+                       URL "https://github.com/AppImage/libappimage"
+                       TYPE OPTIONAL
+                       PURPOSE "Provides support for AppImage thumbnails"
+                       )
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 ########### next target ###############
@@ -226,6 +234,24 @@
     set(audiothumbnail_desktop audiothumbnail.desktop)
 endif(TAGLIB_FOUND)
 
+# ########### next target ###############
+
+if(AppImageKit_FOUND)
+
+set(appimagethumbnail_SRCS appimagecreator.cpp)
+add_library(appimagethumbnail MODULE ${appimagethumbnail_SRCS})
+
+target_link_libraries(appimagethumbnail
+    KF5::KIOWidgets
+    Qt5::Gui
+    appimage
+)
+
+install(TARGETS appimagethumbnail DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
+install(FILES appimagethumbnail.desktop DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
+
+endif()
+
 ########### install files ###############
 
 install(FILES thumbcreator.desktop DESTINATION ${SERVICETYPES_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/thumbnail/appimagecreator.h b/thumbnail/appimagecreator.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/appimagecreator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+ * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
+ * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
+ * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <kio/thumbcreator.h>
+
+class AppImageCreator : public ThumbCreator
+{
+public:
+    AppImageCreator();
+    ~AppImageCreator() override;
+
+    bool create(const QString &path, int width, int height, QImage &image) override;
+    Flags flags() const override;
+};
diff --git a/thumbnail/appimagecreator.cpp b/thumbnail/appimagecreator.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/appimagecreator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Kai Uwe Broulik <kde@broulik.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
+ * accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
+ * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
+ * defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "appimagecreator.h"
+
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
+
+#include <appimage/appimage.h>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+    Q_DECL_EXPORT ThumbCreator *new_creator()
+    {
+        return new AppImageCreator;
+    }
+}
+
+AppImageCreator::AppImageCreator() = default;
+AppImageCreator::~AppImageCreator() = default;
+
+bool AppImageCreator::create(const QString &path, int width, int height, QImage &image)
+{
+    // We just load the .DirIcon verbatim and let the PreviewJob figure out scaling to required size if needed
+    Q_UNUSED(width);
+    Q_UNUSED(height);
+
+    QTemporaryFile file;
+    if (!file.open()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    appimage_extract_file_following_symlinks(qUtf8Printable(path),
+                                             ".DirIcon",
+                                             qUtf8Printable(file.fileName()));
+
+    if (!image.load(file.fileName())) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+ThumbCreator::Flags AppImageCreator::flags() const
+{
+    return None;
+}
diff --git a/thumbnail/appimagethumbnail.desktop b/thumbnail/appimagethumbnail.desktop
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thumbnail/appimagethumbnail.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Service
+Name=AppImage
+X-KDE-ServiceTypes=ThumbCreator
+MimeType=application/x-iso9660-appimage;application/vnd.appimage;
+X-KDE-Library=appimagethumbnail
+CacheThumbnail=true