diff --git a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/PatcherManifestCreator.cs b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/PatcherManifestCreator.cs
index b7999af8..44d648e8 100644
--- a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/PatcherManifestCreator.cs	
+++ b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/PatcherManifestCreator.cs	
@@ -40,17 +40,35 @@ private static void PostProcessBuild(BuildTarget buildTarget, string buildPath)
             File.WriteAllText(manifestPath, manifestContent);
         }
 
-        private static Manifest WindowsManifest(string buildPath)
-        {
-            return CommonManifest(buildPath);
-        }
-
         private static Manifest LinuxManifest(string buildPath)
         {
-            return CommonManifest(buildPath);
+            string patcherExe = Path.GetFileName(buildPath);
+            string launchScript = UnixLaunchScriptCreator.LaunchScriptName;
+
+            return new Manifest {
+                ExeFileName = string.Format("\"{{exedir}}/{0}\"", patcherExe),
+                ExeArguments = "--installdir \"{installdir}\" --secret \"{secret}\"",
+
+                Version = ManifestVersion,
+                Target = "sh",
+                Arguments = new Manifest.Argument[] {
+                    new Manifest.Argument { Value = new string[] {
+                        "{exedir}/" + launchScript
+                    }},
+                    new Manifest.Argument { Value = new string[] {
+                        "{exedir}",
+                        patcherExe,
+                        "{secret}",
+                        "{installdir}"
+                    }},
+                    new Manifest.Argument { Value = new string[] {
+                        "{lockfile}"
+                    }}
+                }
+            };
         }
 
-        private static Manifest CommonManifest(string buildPath)
+        private static Manifest WindowsManifest(string buildPath)
         {
             string targetFile = Path.GetFileName(buildPath);
             return new Manifest {
diff --git a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4746dd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System.IO;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using UnityEditor;
+using UnityEditor.Callbacks;
+
+namespace PatchKit.Unity.Editor
+{
+    public static class UnixLaunchScriptCreator
+    {
+        private const string LaunchScriptContentFile = "Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh";
+        public const string LaunchScriptName = "run.sh";
+
+        public static string LaunchScriptPath(string buildPath)
+        {
+            return Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(buildPath), LaunchScriptName);
+        }
+
+        [PostProcessBuild, UsedImplicitly]
+        private static void PostProcessBuild(BuildTarget buildTarget, string buildPath)
+        {
+            if (buildTarget != BuildTarget.StandaloneLinux64 &&
+                buildTarget != BuildTarget.StandaloneLinux &&
+                buildTarget != BuildTarget.StandaloneLinuxUniversal)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string launchScriptPath = LaunchScriptPath(buildPath);
+
+            File.Copy(LaunchScriptContentFile, launchScriptPath);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs.meta b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5a6fdc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/UnixLaunchScriptCreator.cs.meta	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 5d3e8400c0d374f7b8ab256464ab130a
+timeCreated: 1532511924
+licenseType: Free
+MonoImporter:
+  serializedVersion: 2
+  defaultReferences: []
+  executionOrder: 0
+  icon: {instanceID: 0}
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a22ee5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh	
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+EXEDIR=$1
+PATCHER_EXE=$2
+SECRET=$3
+INSTALLDIR=$4
+LOCKFILE=$5
+
+LD_DIRS=`find $EXEDIR -name "x86_64" -printf "%p:"`
+LD_DIRS=$LD_DIRS`find $EXEDIR -name "x86" -printf "%p:"`
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_DIRS
+
+if [ -n $LOCKFILE ]
+then
+    $EXEDIR/$PATCHER_EXE --installdir $INSTALLDIR --secret $SECRET --lockfile $LOCKFILE
+else
+    $EXEDIR/$PATCHER_EXE --installdir $INSTALLDIR --secret $SECRET
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh.meta b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh.meta
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7b9eb13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/PatchKit Patcher/Editor/patcher.template.sh.meta	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: 0dae67bed3a1246349e558cf3f16f036
+timeCreated: 1532513803
+licenseType: Free
+DefaultImporter:
+  userData: 
+  assetBundleName: 
+  assetBundleVariant: 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3393683..815f67cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Animated progress bar during initialization and connecting
 - New manifest format support
 - Sending 'patcher_started' event to Statistics Reporting Service
+- A launch script on Linux platforms
 
 ### Changed
 - Update API servers configuration