diff --git a/appimage.sh b/appimage.sh
index 82dbac7f..f9663e9a 100755
--- a/appimage.sh
+++ b/appimage.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,25 @@ for lib in ${soapy_module_libs[@]}; do
     linuxdeploy_lib_args+=( "-l" "$lib" )
 done
 
+# force otherwise excluded libraries that we really need because of library
+# dependence on newer versions
+linuxdeploy_lib_args+=(
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libasound.so.2
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libexpat.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libfreetype.so.6
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgmp.so.10
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libgpg-error.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libjack.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libstdc++.so.6
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libuuid.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libxcb.so.1
+    "-l" "$PREFIX"/lib/libz.so.1
+)
+
 mkdir -p ./AppDir/apprun-hooks
 echo 'export CONDA_PREFIX="$APPDIR/usr"' >./AppDir/apprun-hooks/soapy-hook.sh
 echo 'export UHD_PKG_PATH="$APPDIR/usr"' >./AppDir/apprun-hooks/uhd-hook.sh
@@ -91,21 +110,6 @@ RESULT=$?
 # copy Soapy modules into their expected path in the AppDir
 cp -R "$PREFIX"/lib/SoapySDR ./AppDir/usr/lib/SoapySDR
 
-# copy blacklisted libraries that we really need because of library dependence
-# on newer versions
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libexpat.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libfreetype.so.6 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libgmp.so.10 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libstdc++.so.6 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libuuid.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libxcb.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-cp "$PREFIX"/lib/libz.so.1 ./AppDir/usr/lib/
-
 # copy fontconfig configuration files that the FONTCONFIG_FILE env var points to
 mkdir -p ./AppDir/etc/
 cp -RL "$PREFIX"/etc/fonts ./AppDir/etc/fonts