diff --git a/boot/grub/grub.mk b/boot/grub/grub.mk
index 3be4a7401b..d22df8899d 100644
--- a/boot/grub/grub.mk
+++ b/boot/grub/grub.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ GRUB_CONF_OPT = \
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_GRUB_SPLASH),y)
 define GRUB_INSTALL_SPLASH
 	cp boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz $(TARGET_DIR)/boot/grub/
-	$(SED) 's/^#splashimage/splashimage/' $(TARGET_DIR)/boot/grub/menu.lst
+endef
+else
+define GRUB_INSTALL_SPLASH
+	$(SED) '/^splashimage/d' $(TARGET_DIR)/boot/grub/menu.lst
 endef
 endif
 
diff --git a/boot/grub/menu.lst b/boot/grub/menu.lst
index 7845feea7c..a231f7eaa5 100644
--- a/boot/grub/menu.lst
+++ b/boot/grub/menu.lst
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-default=0
-timeout=5
-#splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
-hiddenmenu
+default		0
+timeout		10
+
+# Used when no splashimage is used
+color 		cyan/blue white/blue
+
+# Gets enabled/disabled depending on Grub support for splashimage
+splashimage	(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
+
+# Used when a splashimage is enabled
+foreground 	000000
+background 	cccccc
+
 title Buildroot
 	root (hd0,0)
 	kernel /boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/sda1