diff --git a/QGCSetup.pri b/QGCSetup.pri
index 02020d452e9fdf610df4ee325df23e740bc2008b..c6bb37f6a1c3861f5f066cc0954d0bd254f0ac70 100644
--- a/QGCSetup.pri
+++ b/QGCSetup.pri
@@ -98,3 +98,7 @@ WindowsBuild {
 
 }
 
+LinuxBuild {
+    QMAKE_POST_LINK += && $$QMAKE_COPY $$BASEDIR/deploy/qgroundcontrol-start.sh $$DESTDIR
+}
+
diff --git a/deploy/qgroundcontrol-start.sh b/deploy/qgroundcontrol-start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab014dae24d7856e6bfb422f13ef52b3e58b9ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/qgroundcontrol-start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/Qt/5.5/gcc_64/lib
+export QML_IMPORT_PATH=$HOME/Qt/5.5/gcc_64/qml/
+export QML2_IMPORT_PATH=$HOME/Qt/5.5/gcc_64/qml/
+export QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/Qt/5.5/gcc_64/plugins/platforms/
+./qgroundcontrol