diff --git a/.changes/validate-appimage.md b/.changes/validate-appimage.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a6367a82a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/validate-appimage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fix the validation of `std::env::current_exe` warn the user if AppImage is not mounted instead of panicking
diff --git a/core/tauri-utils/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
index 7da87f5c339c..9e36ad268048 100644
--- a/core/tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ memchr = "2"
 semver = "1"
 infer = "0.12"
 dunce = "1"
+log = "0.4.20"
 
 [target."cfg(target_os = \"linux\")".dependencies]
 heck = "0.4"
diff --git a/core/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs b/core/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs
index 11794fef8789..54a4328561fc 100644
--- a/core/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ use std::{
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
+use log::warn;
+
 pub mod assets;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod html;
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ impl Default for Env {
           .unwrap_or(true);
 
         if !is_temp {
-          panic!("`APPDIR` or `APPIMAGE` environment variable found but this application was not detected as an AppImage; this might be a security issue.");
+          warn!("`APPDIR` or `APPIMAGE` environment variable found but this application was not detected as an AppImage; this might be a security issue.");
         }
       }
       env