diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimage-run/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimage-run/default.nix
index a7fb8da9966..8e236aa426f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimage-run/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/appimage-run/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, writeScript, buildFHSUserEnv, coreutils
+{ stdenv, writeScript, buildFHSUserEnv, coreutils, file, libarchive
 , extraPkgs ? pkgs: [] }:
 
 buildFHSUserEnv {
@@ -131,7 +131,14 @@ buildFHSUserEnv {
     export APPDIR="$SQUASHFS_ROOT/squashfs-root"
     if [ ! -x "$APPDIR" ]; then
       cd "$SQUASHFS_ROOT"
-      "$APPIMAGE" --appimage-extract 2>/dev/null
+
+      if ${file}/bin/file --mime-type --brief --keep-going "$APPIMAGE" | grep -q iso; then
+        # is type-1 appimage
+        ${libarchive}/bin/bsdtar -x -C "$SQUASHFS_ROOT" -f "$APPIMAGE"
+      else
+        # is type-2 appimage
+        "$APPIMAGE" --appimage-extract 2>/dev/null
+      fi
     fi
 
     cd "$APPDIR"