diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6d17d56cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+# ensure we use size optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O2|-Os|"`
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-Os|"`
+
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fwhole-program"
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..19b4087f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/ply-image $INSTALL/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/splash
+  if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/splash/splash.png ]; then
+    cp $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/splash
+  else
+    cp $PKG_DIR/splash/splash.png $INSTALL/splash
+  fi
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/meta b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e267255868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="plymouth-lite"
+PKG_VERSION="0.6.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.meego.com"
+PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="gcc-initramfs libpng-initramfs v86d"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libpng"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="plymouth-lite: Boot splash screen based on Fedora's Plymouth code"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Boot splash screen based on Fedora's Plymouth code"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-cursor.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-cursor.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc69b27811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-cursor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c~	2009-03-06 16:20:52.000000000 -0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-03-06 16:20:52.000000000 -0800
+@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
+ 
+   exit_code = 0;
+ 
+-//  hide_cursor ();
++  hide_cursor ();
+ 
+   if (argc == 1)
+     image = ply_image_new ("/usr/share/plymouth/splash.png");
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-fix-build.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9baa38536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/Makefile~	2009-07-22 11:22:32.000000000 -0700
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0/Makefile	2009-07-22 11:22:32.000000000 -0700
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ 
+ ply-image: ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c Makefile
+-	gcc -O2 -march=core2 -mtune=generic -lm `pkg-config --cflags libpng12` `pkg-config --libs libpng12` ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c -o ply-image
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) `pkg-config --cflags libpng`  ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c -o ply-image  -lm `pkg-config --libs libpng` -lm -lz
+ 	
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f ply-image *~ gmon.out
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-libpng_1.4.0.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-libpng_1.4.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf5a08ac95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-libpng_1.4.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-image.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-02-19 12:16:36.000000000 +0100
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-image.c	2010-02-08 01:30:05.336856616 +0100
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
+     png_set_palette_to_rgb (png);
+ 
+   if ((color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY) && (bits_per_pixel < 8))
+-    png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8 (png);
++    png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8 (png);
+ 
+   if (png_get_valid (png, info, PNG_INFO_tRNS))
+     png_set_tRNS_to_alpha (png);
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-resize.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-resize.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bebf11213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-resize.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c	2009-02-19 19:14:24.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.c	2009-06-13 17:44:05.000000000 +0800
+@@ -47,41 +47,6 @@
+ #define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FB_DEVICE_NAME "/dev/fb0"
+ #endif
+ 
+-struct _ply_frame_buffer
+-{
+-  char *device_name;
+-  int   device_fd;
+-
+-  char *map_address;
+-  size_t size;
+-
+-  uint32_t *shadow_buffer;
+-
+-  uint32_t red_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t green_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t blue_bit_position;
+-  uint32_t alpha_bit_position;
+-
+-  uint32_t bits_for_red;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_green;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_blue;
+-  uint32_t bits_for_alpha;
+-
+-  int32_t dither_red;
+-  int32_t dither_green;
+-  int32_t dither_blue;
+-
+-  unsigned int bytes_per_pixel;
+-  unsigned int row_stride;
+-
+-  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area;
+-  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area_to_flush;
+-
+-  void (*flush)(ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+-
+-  int pause_count;
+-};
+-
+ static bool ply_frame_buffer_open_device (ply_frame_buffer_t  *buffer);
+ static void ply_frame_buffer_close_device (ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+ static bool ply_frame_buffer_query_device (ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.h plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.h
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.h	2009-02-19 17:35:54.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-frame-buffer.h	2009-06-13 17:31:42.000000000 +0800
+@@ -38,6 +38,41 @@
+   unsigned long height;
+ };
+ 
++struct _ply_frame_buffer
++{
++  char *device_name;
++  int   device_fd;
++
++  char *map_address;
++  size_t size;
++
++  uint32_t *shadow_buffer;
++
++  uint32_t red_bit_position;
++  uint32_t green_bit_position;
++  uint32_t blue_bit_position;
++  uint32_t alpha_bit_position;
++
++  uint32_t bits_for_red;
++  uint32_t bits_for_green;
++  uint32_t bits_for_blue;
++  uint32_t bits_for_alpha;
++
++  int32_t dither_red;
++  int32_t dither_green;
++  int32_t dither_blue;
++
++  unsigned int bytes_per_pixel;
++  unsigned int row_stride;
++
++  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area;
++  ply_frame_buffer_area_t area_to_flush;
++
++  void (*flush)(ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer);
++
++  int pause_count;
++};
++
+ #define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_COLOR_TO_PIXEL_VALUE(r,g,b,a)                        \
+     (((uint8_t) (CLAMP (a * 255.0, 0.0, 255.0)) << 24)                        \
+       | ((uint8_t) (CLAMP (r * 255.0, 0.0, 255.0)) << 16)                     \
+diff -urN plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-image.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-image.c	2009-02-19 19:16:36.000000000 +0800
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.change/ply-image.c	2009-06-13 17:42:52.000000000 +0800
+@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
+ #include <png.h>
+ 
+ #include <linux/fb.h>
++#include "ply-frame-buffer.h"
+ 
+ #define MIN(a,b) ((a) <= (b)? (a) : (b))
+ #define MAX(a,b) ((a) >= (b)? (a) : (b))
+@@ -464,6 +465,8 @@
+       return exit_code;
+     }
+ 
++  image = ply_image_resize(image, buffer->area.width, buffer->area.height);
++
+   animate_at_time (buffer, image);
+ 
+   ply_frame_buffer_close (buffer);
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-wrong_colors.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-wrong_colors.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44266be2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-lite-0.6.0-wrong_colors.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+diff -Naur plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-frame-buffer.c
+--- plymouth-lite-0.6.0/ply-frame-buffer.c	2012-05-02 22:29:21.505665089 +0200
++++ plymouth-lite-0.6.0.patch/ply-frame-buffer.c	2012-05-02 22:26:42.000000000 +0200
+@@ -149,6 +149,34 @@
+     }
+ }
+ 
++static void
++flush_xbgr32 (ply_frame_buffer_t *buffer)
++{
++  unsigned long x1, y1, x2, y2, x, y;
++  char *dst, *src;
++
++  x1 = buffer->area_to_flush.x;
++  y1 = buffer->area_to_flush.y;
++  x2 = x1 + buffer->area_to_flush.width;
++  y2 = y1 + buffer->area_to_flush.height;
++
++  dst = &buffer->map_address[(y1 * buffer->row_stride + x1) * 4];
++  src = (char *) &buffer->shadow_buffer[y1 * buffer->area.width + x1];
++
++  for (y = y1; y < y2; y++)
++    {
++     for (x = x1; y < x2; x++)
++       {
++         dst[0] = src[2];
++         dst[1] = src[1];
++         dst[2] = src[0];
++         dst[3] = src[3];
++         dst += 4;
++         src += 4;
++       }
++    }
++}
++
+ static const char const *p_visual(int visual)
+ {
+   static const char const *visuals[] =
+@@ -260,11 +288,21 @@
+   buffer->dither_green = 0;
+   buffer->dither_blue = 0;
+ 
++printf("%d,%d,%d,%d,%d,%d,%d\n", buffer->bytes_per_pixel,
++      buffer->red_bit_position, buffer->bits_for_red,
++      buffer->green_bit_position, buffer->bits_for_green,
++      buffer->blue_bit_position, buffer->bits_for_blue);
++
+   if (buffer->bytes_per_pixel == 4 &&
+       buffer->red_bit_position == 16 && buffer->bits_for_red == 8 &&
+       buffer->green_bit_position == 8 && buffer->bits_for_green == 8 &&
+       buffer->blue_bit_position == 0 && buffer->bits_for_blue == 8)
+     buffer->flush = flush_xrgb32;
++  else if (buffer->bytes_per_pixel == 4 &&
++      buffer->red_bit_position == 0 && buffer->bits_for_red == 8 &&
++      buffer->green_bit_position == 8 && buffer->bits_for_green == 8 &&
++      buffer->blue_bit_position == 16 && buffer->bits_for_blue == 8)
++    buffer->flush = flush_xbgr32;
+   else
+     buffer->flush = flush_generic;
+ 
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