diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd6c77c..0477cd9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ build-server:
 build-tui:
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o dumpster-tui ./cmd/tui
 
+# Build the Tauri desktop app (Linux AppImage)
+build-tauri:
+	cd web && NODE_ENV=development NO_STRIP=true npx tauri build --bundles appimage
+
 # Generate Swagger docs
 docs:
 	~/go/bin/swag init -g cmd/server/main.go -o docs