diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 8ad3d73a..3bd41727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
       VERSION: continuous
+      APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN: 1
     steps:
       - name: Configure build machine
         run: |
diff --git a/tests/tests-ci.sh b/tests/tests-ci.sh
index e054d0d8..6aa6beef 100755
--- a/tests/tests-ci.sh
+++ b/tests/tests-ci.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ make -j$(nproc)
 set -e
 
 mkdir -p linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/{bin,lib}
-cp /usr/bin/{patchelf,desktop-file-validate} /usr/local/bin/{appimagetool,zsyncmake} linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
+cp /usr/bin/{patchelf,desktop-file-validate} linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
 cp ./bin/linuxdeployqt linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin/
-cp -r /usr/local/lib/appimagekit linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/lib/
+cp -R /tmp/appimagekit.AppDir linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/appimagekit
+pushd linuxdeployqt.AppDir/usr/bin
+ln -s ../appimagekit/AppRun appimagetool
+popd
 chmod +x linuxdeployqt.AppDir/AppRun
 find linuxdeployqt.AppDir/
 if [ -z "$VERSION" ] ; then export VERSION=continuous ; fi
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ ulimit -a -H
 set +e
 
 # print version number (need to extract the AppImage because we are running in a container, see https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/wiki/FUSE#docker)
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tmp/appimagekit.AppDir/usr/lib
 ./linuxdeployqt-*-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run --version
 
 # TODO: reactivate tests
diff --git a/tests/tests-environment.sh b/tests/tests-environment.sh
index 2f175dc8..6a1edaf9 100755
--- a/tests/tests-environment.sh
+++ b/tests/tests-environment.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ sudo dpkg -i patchelf_0.8-2_amd64.deb
 # make -j$(nproc)
 # sudo make install
 
-cd /tmp/
+pushd /tmp/
 # wget -c https://artifacts.assassinate-you.net/artifactory/AppImageKit/travis-2052/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage # branch last-good, https://travis-ci.org/AppImage/AppImageKit/jobs/507462541
 wget -c "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage"
 chmod +x appimagetool*AppImage
 ./appimagetool*AppImage --appimage-extract
-sudo cp squashfs-root/usr/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
-sudo cp -r squashfs-root/usr/lib/appimagekit /usr/local/lib/
-sudo chmod +rx /usr/local/lib/appimagekit
-cd -
+mv squashfs-root/ appimagekit.AppDir/
+sudo ln -s "$(readlink -f appimagekit.AppDir/AppRun)" /usr/bin/appimagetool
+popd
 
-sudo apt-get -y install qt59base qt59declarative qt59webengine binutils xpra zsync desktop-file-utils gcc g++ make libgl1-mesa-dev fuse psmisc qt59translations
+sudo apt-get -y install qt59base qt59declarative qt59webengine binutils xpra zsync desktop-file-utils gcc g++ make libgl1-mesa-dev psmisc qt59translations