diff --git a/.build-ci.sh b/.build-ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5dc02cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.build-ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e  # If any step reports a problem consider the whole build a failure
+wget https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+sudo mv linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage /usr/local/bin
+sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/linuxdeploy-x86_64.AppImage
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y shellcheck
+shellcheck debian/post* debian/pre*
+./build.sh
+./FlashMQBuildRelease/FlashMQ --version
+sudo dpkg -i ./FlashMQBuildRelease/*.deb
+set +e  # Prevent Travis internals from breaking our build, see https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/891
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e4662b5..62a4297 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,11 +28,4 @@ jobs:
       compiler: clang
 
 script:
-- set -e  # If any step reports a problem consider the whole build a failure
-- sudo apt update
-- sudo apt install -y shellcheck
-- shellcheck debian/post* debian/pre*
-- ./build.sh
-- ./FlashMQBuildRelease/FlashMQ --version
-- sudo dpkg -i ./FlashMQBuildRelease/*.deb
-- set +e  # Prevent Travis internals from breaking our build, see https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/891
+- ./.build-ci.sh