diff --git a/appimage/Dockerfile b/appimage/Dockerfile
index c87788b8..4bffa723 100644
--- a/appimage/Dockerfile
+++ b/appimage/Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install screen autoconf git \
        build-essential zlib1g-dev libjpeg-dev \
        docbook-xsl fop xsltproc \
-       inkscape busybox-static wget fuse && \
+       inkscape imagemagick busybox-static wget fuse && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY entrypoint /entrypoint
diff --git a/appimage/build-appimage b/appimage/build-appimage
index d292a0c0..248588ef 100755
--- a/appimage/build-appimage
+++ b/appimage/build-appimage
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ rm -rf appdir/usr/include appdir/usr/lib/pkgconfig appdir/usr/lib/*.{a,la,so}
 for width in 64 128 256 512; do
     dir=appdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${width}x${width}/apps
     mkdir -p $dir
-    inkscape -z -e $dir/qpdf.png -w $width -b white $top/logo/qpdf.svg
+    inkscape -z -e qpdf-tmp.png -w $width -b white $top/logo/qpdf.svg
+    convert qpdf-tmp.png -gravity center -background white -extent ${width}x${width} $dir/qpdf.png
+    rm qpdf-tmp.png
 done
 
 # Copy .desktop and .appdata.xml metadata for desktop integration into place: