diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux-in-container-build.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux-in-container-build.sh
index 8a2b31b59..11897fbd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/linux-in-container-build.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/linux-in-container-build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-# this gets executed by Travis when building an AppImage for Linux
+# this gets executed by the GitHub Action when building an AppImage for Linux
 # inside of the trusty-qt512 container
 
 export PATH=$QT_ROOT/bin:$PATH # Make sure correct qmake is found on the $PATH for linuxdeployqt
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ chmod a+x linuxdeployqt*.AppImage
 unset QTDIR
 unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -bundle-non-qt-libs -qmldir=./subsurface/map-widget/ -verbose=2
+./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -exclude-libs=libdbus-1.so.3 -bundle-non-qt-libs -qmldir=./subsurface/map-widget/ -verbose=2
 
 # create the AppImage
 export VERSION=$(cd subsurface/scripts ; ./get-version linux) # linuxdeployqt uses this for naming the file
-./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -appimage -qmldir=./subsurface/map-widget/ -verbose=2
+./linuxdeployqt*.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run ./appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -exclude-libs=libdbus-1.so.3 -appimage -qmldir=./subsurface/map-widget/ -verbose=2
 
 # copy AppImage to the calling VM
 # with GitHub Actions the /${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} directory is the current working directory at the start of a step
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24818f223..79d20b8ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mobile: (desktop only) new switch --testqml, allows to use qml files instead of
 Desktop: increase speed of multi-trip selection
 Mobile: ensure that all BT/BLE flavors of the OSTC are recognized as dive computers [#2358]
 mobile-widgets: Add export function
+Desktop/Linux: fix issue with Linux AppImage failing to communicate with Bluetooth dive computers [#2370]
 Desktop: allow copy&pasting of multiple cylinders [#2386]
 Desktop: don't output random SAC values for cylinders without data [#2376]
 Mobile: add menu entry to start a support email, using native email client