diff --git a/config-kmymoney.h.cmake b/config-kmymoney.h.cmake
--- a/config-kmymoney.h.cmake
+++ b/config-kmymoney.h.cmake
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_SQLCIPHER 1
 
 #cmakedefine ENABLE_GPG 1
+
+#cmakedefine IS_APPIMAGE 1
diff --git a/kmymoney/kmymoney.cpp b/kmymoney/kmymoney.cpp
--- a/kmymoney/kmymoney.cpp
+++ b/kmymoney/kmymoney.cpp
@@ -1160,21 +1160,34 @@
   layout->setSpacing(6);
 
   {
+#ifndef IS_APPIMAGE
     // find where our custom icons were installed based on an custom icon that we know should exist after installation
     const auto customIconRelativePath = QString(QStringLiteral("icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/account-add.png"));
     auto customIconAbsolutePath = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, customIconRelativePath);
+    if (customIconAbsolutePath.isEmpty()) {
+      qWarning("Custom icons were not found in any of the following QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation:");
+      for (const auto &standardPath : QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation))
+        qWarning() << standardPath;
+    }
+#else
+    // according to https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/ingredients.html#open-source-applications
+    // QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation is unreliable on AppImages, so apply workaround here in case we fail to find icons
+    const auto appImageAppDataLocation = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/../share/kmymoney/") + customIconRelativePath;
+    if (QFile::exists(appImageAppDataLocation )) {
+      customIconAbsolutePath = appImageAppDataLocation ;
+    } else {
+      qWarning("Custom icons were not found in the following location:");
+      qWarning() << appImageAppDataLocation ;
+    }
+#endif
 
     // add our custom icons path to icons search path
     if (!customIconAbsolutePath.isEmpty()) {
       customIconAbsolutePath.chop(customIconRelativePath.length());
       customIconAbsolutePath.append(QLatin1String("icons"));
       auto paths = QIcon::themeSearchPaths();
       paths.append(customIconAbsolutePath);
       QIcon::setThemeSearchPaths(paths);
-    } else {
-      qWarning("Custom icons were not found in any of the following QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation:");
-      for (const auto &standardPath : QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation))
-          qWarning() << standardPath;
     }
 
     #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
@@ -2921,9 +2934,21 @@
 void KMyMoneyApp::Private::setThemedCSS()
 {
   const QStringList CSSnames {QStringLiteral("kmymoney.css"), QStringLiteral("welcome.css")};
-
   const QString rcDir("/html/");
-  const QStringList defaultCSSDirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, rcDir, QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+  QStringList defaultCSSDirs;
+#ifndef IS_APPIMAGE
+  defaultCSSDirs = QStandardPaths::locateAll(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, rcDir, QStandardPaths::LocateDirectory);
+#else
+  // according to https://docs.appimage.org/packaging-guide/ingredients.html#open-source-applications
+  // QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation is unreliable on AppImages, so apply workaround here in case we fail to find icons
+  const auto appImageAppDataLocation = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QLatin1String("/../share/kmymoney") + rcDir;
+  if (QFile::exists(appImageAppDataLocation + CSSnames.first())) {
+    defaultCSSDirs.append(appImageAppDataLocation);
+  } else {
+    qWarning("CSS file was not found in the following location:");
+    qWarning() << appImageAppDataLocation;
+  }
+#endif
 
   // scan the list of directories to find the ones that really
   // contains all files we look for
diff --git a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-image.sh b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-image.sh
--- a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-image.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-image.sh
@@ -49,18 +49,22 @@
 mv $APPDIR/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/*  $APPDIR/usr/lib
 rm -rf $APPDIR/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 
-# Step 3: Update the rpath in the various plugins we have to make sure they'll be loadable in an Appimage context
-for lib in $PLUGINS/*.so*; do
+# Step 3: Move plugins to loadable location
+mv $PLUGINS $APPDIR/usr/plugins
+
+# Step 4: Update the rpath in the various plugins we have to make sure they'll be loadable in an Appimage context
+for lib in $APPDIR/usr/plugins/kmymoney/*.so*; do
   patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN/..' $lib;
 done
 
-# Step 4: Build the image!!!
+# Step 5: Build the image!!!
 linuxdeployqt $APPDIR/usr/share/applications/org.kde.kmymoney.desktop \
   -executable=$APPDIR/usr/bin/kmymoney \
   -qmldir=$DEPS_INSTALL_PREFIX/qml \
   -verbose=2 \
   -bundle-non-qt-libs \
-  -appimage
+  -appimage \
+  -exclude-libs=libnss3.so,libnssutil3.so
 
 # Step 5: Find out what version of KMyMoney we built and give the Appimage a proper name
 cd $BUILD_PREFIX/kmymoney-build
diff --git a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-kmymoney.sh b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-kmymoney.sh
--- a/packaging/linux/appimage/build-kmymoney.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/appimage/build-kmymoney.sh
@@ -40,18 +40,7 @@
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=FALSE \
     -DENABLE_WEBENGINE=TRUE \
-    -DENABLE_SQLCIPHER=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_SQLSTORAGE=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_KBANKING=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_ONLINEJOBOUTBOXVIEW=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_OFXIMPORTER=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_ADDRESSBOOK=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_HOLIDAYS=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_ACTIVITIES=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_FORECASTVIEW=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_REPORTSVIEW=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_BUDGETVIEW=FALSE \
-    -DENABLE_GPG=FALSE
+    -DIS_APPIMAGE=TRUE
 
 # Build and Install KMyMoney (ready for the next phase)
 make -j$CPU_COUNT install