diff --git a/packages/linux/build b/packages/linux/build
index c59f6f662a..b1cc4c6343 100755
--- a/packages/linux/build
+++ b/packages/linux/build
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ $SCRIPTS/build module-init-tools
 
 export INSTALL=$(kernel_path)
 $SCRIPTS/install busybox-initramfs
-$SCRIPTS/install uClibc initramfs
+
+[ "$BUSYBOX_STATIC" = "no" ] && \
+  $SCRIPTS/install uClibc initramfs
 
 unset LDFLAGS
 DEPMOD=`ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/module-init-tool*/build/depmod`
diff --git a/packages/linux/config/initramfs b/packages/linux/config/initramfs
index 4a0e57110f..005676cbe1 100644
--- a/packages/linux/config/initramfs
+++ b/packages/linux/config/initramfs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dir /dev 755 0 0
 dir /bin 755 1000 1000
 slink /bin/sh busybox 777 0 0
 file /bin/busybox initramfs/bin/busybox 755 0 0
+file /bin/ply-image initramfs/bin/ply-image 755 0 0
 
 dir /proc 755 0 0
 dir /sys 755 0 0
@@ -11,3 +12,4 @@ dir /sysroot 755 0 0
 dir /storage 755 0 0
 
 file /init initramfs/init 755 0 0
+file /splash.png initramfs/splash.png 644 0 0
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
index 9baee6c6b5..f91988ad0f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/config/busybox-initramfs.conf
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH="/proc/self/exe"
 #
 # Build Options
 #
-# CONFIG_STATIC is not set
+CONFIG_STATIC=y
 # CONFIG_PIE is not set
 # CONFIG_NOMMU is not set
 # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX is not set
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
index bbb121f61b..484aecc14d 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/install
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 . config/options
 $SCRIPTS/unpack linux
+$SCRIPTS/install plymouth-lite initramfs
 
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index b2ab2e66be..4285ec9a38 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -14,9 +14,20 @@
       debugging)
         DEBUG=yes
         ;;
+      splash)
+        SPLASH=yes
+        ;;
     esac
   done
 
+  show_splash() {
+    if [ "$SPLASH" = yes ]; then
+      if [ -f "/bin/ply-image" -a -f "/splash.png" ]; then
+        /bin/ply-image /splash.png
+      fi
+    fi
+  }
+
   progress() {
     if test "$DEBUG" = yes; then
       echo "### $1 ###"
@@ -45,21 +56,23 @@
 
   update() {
     if [ -f "$UPDATE_DIR/$2" ]; then
-      progress "updating $1..."
+      echo "updating $1..."
         /bin/busybox mount -o remount,rw /flash
         /bin/busybox mv $UPDATE_DIR/$2 $3
         /bin/busybox mount -o remount,ro /flash
         /bin/busybox sync
-      progress "... done"
       if [ $4 = reboot ]; then
-        progress "System reboots now"
+        echo "System reboots now"
         /bin/busybox reboot
       fi
     fi
   }
-    
+
+  show_splash
+
   mount_part "$BOOT" "/flash" "ro,noatime"
   [ -n $DISK ] && mount_part "$DISK" "/storage" "rw,noatime"
+#  mount_part "$DISK" "/storage" "rw,noatime"
 
   update "Kernel" "openelec.kernel" "/flash/openelec.kernel" "reboot"
   update "System" "openelec.system" "/flash/openelec.system" "noreboot"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC.png b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff4bccca5c
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC.png differ
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC1.png b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..319fdabb66
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/background/OpenELEC1.png differ
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2d8e78d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build libpng
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --datadir=/usr/share \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared \
+            
+make
+
+$STRIP ply-image
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9341fd274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/install
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+# $SCRIPTS/install libpng
+
+PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
+
+  if [ "$2" = initramfs ]; then
+    mkdir -p $INSTALL/initramfs/bin
+    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/ply-image $INSTALL/initramfs/bin
+    mkdir -p $INSTALL/initramfs
+    cp -PR $PKG_DIR/background/OpenELEC1.png $INSTALL/initramfs/splash.png
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/bin
+  cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/ply-image $INSTALL/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/plymouth/
+  cp -PR $PKG_DIR/background/OpenELEC1.png $INSTALL/usr/share/plymouth/splash.png
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc69b27811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/cursor.diff
@@ -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/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92c5a5e176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-fix-build.diff
@@ -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) -Os -static -march=core2 -mtune=generic `pkg-config --cflags libpng12`  ply-image.c ply-frame-buffer.c -o ply-image `pkg-config --libs libpng12` -lm -lz
+ 	
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f ply-image *~ gmon.out
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bebf11213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/patches/plymouth-resize.diff
@@ -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/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4557ad929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/plymouth-lite-0.6.0.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/projects/intel/options b/projects/intel/options
index 71f3c741da..7886494cd0 100644
--- a/projects/intel/options
+++ b/projects/intel/options
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 # Welcome Message for e.g. SSH Server (up to 5 Lines)
   GREATING0="#######################################################"
   GREATING1="# Welcome to OpenELEC - the powerfull Mediacenter4you #"
-  GREATING2="# .......... visit  http://www.openelec.tv .......... #"
+  GREATING2="# .......... visit http://www.openelec.tv ........... #"
   GREATING3="#######################################################"
   GREATING4=""
 
 # Root password to integrate in the target system
   ROOT_PASSWORD="openelec"
 
+# build with static busybox (this makes kernel smaller if
+# only busybox exists in initramfs) (yes /no )
+  BUSYBOX_STATIC=yes
+
 # Mediacenter to use (moovida / mythtv / no)
   MEDIACENTER=moovida
 
+# build with plymouth graphical boot (yes / no)
+  PLYMOUTH=yes
+
 # build with network support (yes / no)
   NETWORK=yes
 
@@ -18,7 +25,8 @@
   DISPLAYSERVER=xorg-server
 
 # Graphic drivers to use (all / i915,i965,r200,r300,r600,radeon,nouveau)
-# Space separated list is supported, e.g. GRAPHIC_DRIVERS="i915 i965 radeon nouveau"
+# Space separated list is supported, 
+# e.g. GRAPHIC_DRIVERS="i915 i965 radeon nouveau"
   GRAPHIC_DRIVERS="i965"
 
 # MESA to use (Mesa / Mesa-master)
@@ -28,10 +36,10 @@
   LIBDRM=libdrm
 
 # build with games support (yes / no)
-  GAMES=yes
+  GAMES=no
 
 # build with emulator support (yes / no)
-  EMULATORS=yes
+  EMULATORS=no
 
 # Coreboot support (yes / no)
   COREBOOT=no
@@ -40,6 +48,10 @@
 ## Do not change anything below this line
 #####################################################################
 
+# if [ "$PLYMOUTH" = "yes" ]; then
+#   BUSYBOX_STATIC=no
+# fi
+
 if [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = xorg-server ]; then
   CAIRO=cairo
 elif [ "$DISPLAYSERVER" = wayland ]; then