diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c8983bb..886434e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import sysconfig
+import platform
 from pathlib import Path
 from hashlib import sha3_512
 import base64
 import datetime
-from Utils import version_tuple, is_windows
+from Utils import version_tuple, is_windows, is_linux
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 import typing
 import setuptools
@@ -36,9 +37,11 @@ else:
     signtool = None
 
 
-arch_folder = "exe.{platform}-{version}".format(platform=sysconfig.get_platform(),
+build_platform = sysconfig.get_platform()
+arch_folder = "exe.{platform}-{version}".format(platform=build_platform,
                                                 version=sysconfig.get_python_version())
 buildfolder = Path("build", arch_folder)
+build_arch = build_platform.split('-')[-1] if '-' in build_platform else platform.machine()
 
 
 # see Launcher.py on how to add scripts to setup.py
@@ -155,6 +158,11 @@ class BuildExeCommand(cx_Freeze.command.build_exe.BuildEXE):
         self.buildtime = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         super().run()
 
+        # include_files seems to be broken with this setup. implement here
+        for src, dst in self.include_files:
+            print('copying', src, '->', self.buildfolder / dst)
+            shutil.copyfile(src, self.buildfolder / dst, follow_symlinks=False)
+
         # post build steps
         if sys.platform == "win32":  # kivy_deps is win32 only, linux picks them up automatically
             from kivy_deps import sdl2, glew
@@ -319,7 +327,6 @@ $APPDIR/$exe "$@"
         self.app_id = self.app_name.lower()
 
     def run(self):
-        import platform
         self.dist_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         if self.app_dir.is_dir():
             shutil.rmtree(self.app_dir)
@@ -332,7 +339,61 @@ $APPDIR/$exe "$@"
         self.write_desktop()
         self.write_launcher(self.app_exec)
         print(f'{self.app_dir} -> {self.dist_file}')
-        subprocess.call(f'ARCH={platform.machine()} ./appimagetool -n "{self.app_dir}" "{self.dist_file}"', shell=True)
+        subprocess.call(f'ARCH={build_arch} ./appimagetool -n "{self.app_dir}" "{self.dist_file}"', shell=True)
+
+
+def find_libs(*args: str) -> typing.Sequence[typing.Tuple[str, str]]:
+    """Try to find system libraries to be included."""
+    arch = build_arch.replace('_', '-')
+    libc = 'libc6'  # we currently don't support musl
+
+    def parse(line):
+        lib, path = line.strip().split(' => ')
+        lib, typ = lib.split(' ', 1)
+        for test_arch in ('x86-64', 'i386', 'aarch64'):
+            if test_arch in typ:
+                lib_arch = test_arch
+                break
+        else:
+            lib_arch = ''
+        for test_libc in ('libc6',):
+            if test_libc in typ:
+                lib_libc = test_libc
+                break
+        else:
+            lib_libc = ''
+        return (lib, lib_arch, lib_libc), path
+
+    if not hasattr(find_libs, "cache"):
+        data = subprocess.run([shutil.which('ldconfig'), '-p'], capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.split('\n')[1:]
+        find_libs.cache = {k: v for k, v in (parse(line) for line in data if '=>' in line)}
+
+    def find_lib(lib, arch, libc):
+        for k, v in find_libs.cache.items():
+            if k == (lib, arch, libc):
+                return v
+        for k, v, in find_libs.cache.items():
+            if k[0].startswith(lib) and k[1] == arch and k[2] == libc:
+                return v
+        return None
+
+    res = []
+    for arg in args:
+        # try exact match, empty libc, empty arch, empty arch and libc
+        file = find_lib(arg, arch, libc)
+        file = file or find_lib(arg, arch, '')
+        file = file or find_lib(arg, '', libc)
+        file = file or find_lib(arg, '', '')
+        # resolve symlinks
+        for n in range(0, 5):
+            res.append((file, os.path.join('lib', os.path.basename(file))))
+            if not os.path.islink(file):
+                break
+            dirname = os.path.dirname(file)
+            file = os.readlink(file)
+            if not os.path.isabs(file):
+                file = os.path.join(dirname, file)
+    return res
 
 
 cx_Freeze.setup(
@@ -348,13 +409,13 @@ cx_Freeze.setup(
                          "pandas"],
             "zip_include_packages": ["*"],
             "zip_exclude_packages": ["worlds", "kivy", "sc2"],
-            "include_files": [],
+            "include_files": find_libs("libssl.so", "libcrypto.so") if is_linux else [],
             "include_msvcr": False,
             "replace_paths": [("*", "")],
             "optimize": 1,
             "build_exe": buildfolder,
             "extra_data": extra_data,
-            "bin_includes": [] if is_windows else ["libffi.so", "libcrypt.so"]
+            "bin_includes": ["libffi.so", "libcrypt.so"] if is_linux else []
         },
         "bdist_appimage": {
            "build_folder": buildfolder,