diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
index c93f73513..30cfd0fb6 100644
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         libudev-dev \
         libudev1 \
         gettext \
-        libzbar0 \
         libdbus-1-3 \
         xutils-dev \
         libxkbcommon0 \
@@ -65,6 +64,9 @@ RUN apt-get update -q && \
         libc6-dev \
         libc6 \
         libc-dev-bin \
+        libv4l-dev \
+        libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+        libx11-dev \
         && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     apt-get autoremove -y && \
diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
index 1244e64c4..37034d6d1 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ fi
 cp -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR"/libsecp256k1.so.* "$APPDIR/usr/lib/" || fail "Could not copy libsecp to its destination"
 
 
+if [ -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/libzbar.so.0" ]; then
+    info "libzbar already built, skipping"
+else
+    # note: could instead just use the libzbar0 pkg from debian/apt, but that is too old and missing fixes for CVE-2023-40889
+    "$CONTRIB"/make_zbar.sh || fail "Could not build zbar"
+fi
+cp -f "$DLL_TARGET_DIR/libzbar.so.0" "$APPDIR/usr/lib/" || fail "Could not copy libzbar to its destination"
+
+
 # note: libxcb-util1 is not available in debian 10 (buster), only libxcb-util0. So we build it ourselves.
 #       This pkg is needed on some distros for Qt to launch. (see #8011)
 info "building libxcb-util1."
@@ -176,10 +185,6 @@ info "installing electrum and its dependencies."
 "$python" -m pip uninstall -y Cython
 
 
-info "copying zbar"
-cp "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzbar.so.0" "$APPDIR/usr/lib/libzbar.so.0"
-
-
 info "desktop integration."
 cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum.desktop" "$APPDIR/electrum.desktop"
 cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/electrum/gui/icons/electrum.png" "$APPDIR/electrum.png"