diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index 7f1f1fbcef9e..a6617c07229a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -151,6 +151,30 @@ config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION
          such that other users of the framebuffer will remain normally
          oriented.
 
+config BOOTSPLASH
+	bool "Bootup splash screen"
+	depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
+        ---help---
+          This option enables the Linux bootsplash screen.
+
+          The bootsplash is a full-screen logo or animation indicating a
+          booting system. It replaces the classic scrolling text with a
+          graphical alternative, similar to other systems.
+
+          Since this is technically implemented as a hook on top of fbcon,
+          it can only work if the FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is enabled and a
+          framebuffer driver is active. Thus, to get a text-free boot,
+          the system needs to boot with vesafb, efifb, or similar.
+
+          Once built into the kernel, the bootsplash needs to be enabled
+	  with bootsplash.enabled=1 and a splash file needs to be supplied.
+
+          Further documentation can be found in:
+            Documentation/fb/bootsplash.txt
+
+          If unsure, say N.
+          This is typically used by distributors and system integrators.
+
 config STI_CONSOLE
         bool "STI text console"
         depends on PARISC
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
index 73493bbd7a15..66895321928e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT) += sysimgblt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SYS_FOPS)      += fb_sys_fops.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_SVGALIB)       += svgalib.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_DDC)           += fb_ddc.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH)       += bootsplash.o bootsplash_render.o \
+                                  dummyblit.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a6fd6f8076a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash.c
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/*
+ * Kernel based bootsplash.
+ *
+ * (Main file: Glue code, workers, timer, PM, kernel and userland API)
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * Very loosely based on the old kernel splash project at
+ * http://www.bootsplash.org/ and SUSE improvements.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "bootsplash: " fmt
+
+
+#include <linux/bootsplash.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <linux/device.h> /* dev_warn() */
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/selection.h> /* console_blanked */
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+#include "bootsplash_internal.h"
+
+
+
+/* We only have one splash screen, so let's keep a single
+ * global instance of the internal state.
+ */
+struct splash_priv splash_global;
+
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Worker callbacks
+ */
+
+static void splash_callback_redraw_vc(struct work_struct *ignored)
+{
+	if (console_blanked)
+		return;
+
+	console_lock();
+	if (vc_cons[fg_console].d)
+		update_screen(vc_cons[fg_console].d);
+	console_unlock();
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(splash_work_redraw_vc, splash_callback_redraw_vc);
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Rendering: External API
+ */
+
+static bool is_fb_compatible(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	if (!(info->flags & FBINFO_BE_MATH) != !fb_be_math(info)) {
+		dev_warn(info->device,
+			 "Can't draw on foreign endianness framebuffer.\n");
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (info->flags & FBINFO_MISC_TILEBLITTING) {
+		dev_warn(info->device,
+			 "Can't draw splash on tiling framebuffer.\n");
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (info->fix.type != FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS
+	    || (info->fix.visual != FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR
+		&& info->fix.visual != FB_VISUAL_DIRECTCOLOR)) {
+		dev_warn(info->device,
+			 "Can't draw splash on non-packed or non-truecolor framebuffer.\n");
+
+		dev_warn(info->device,
+			 "  type: %u   visual: %u\n",
+			 info->fix.type, info->fix.visual);
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (info->var.bits_per_pixel != 16
+	    && info->var.bits_per_pixel != 24
+	    && info->var.bits_per_pixel != 32) {
+		dev_warn(info->device,
+			 "We only support drawing on framebuffers with 16, 24, or 32 bpp, not %d.\n",
+			 info->var.bits_per_pixel);
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called when an fbcon instance is activated or refreshed.
+ */
+void bootsplash_render_full(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	if (!is_fb_compatible(info))
+		return;
+
+	bootsplash_do_render_background(info);
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * External status enquiry and on/off switch
+ */
+
+bool bootsplash_would_render_now(void)
+{
+	return !oops_in_progress
+		&& !console_blanked
+		&& bootsplash_is_enabled();
+}
+
+bool bootsplash_is_enabled(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool was_enabled;
+
+	/* Take the lock as a memory barrier around splash_global.enabled */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+	was_enabled = splash_global.enabled;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+
+	return was_enabled;
+}
+
+void bootsplash_disable(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool was_enabled;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+
+	was_enabled = splash_global.enabled;
+	splash_global.enabled = false;
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+
+
+	if (was_enabled) {
+		if (oops_in_progress) {
+			/* Redraw screen now so we can see a panic */
+			if (vc_cons[fg_console].d)
+				update_screen(vc_cons[fg_console].d);
+		} else {
+			/* No urgency, redraw at next opportunity */
+			queue_work(splash_global.wq, &splash_work_redraw_vc);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void bootsplash_enable(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool was_enabled;
+
+	if (oops_in_progress)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+
+	was_enabled = splash_global.enabled;
+	splash_global.enabled = true;
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&splash_global.state_lock, flags);
+
+
+	if (!was_enabled)
+		queue_work(splash_global.wq, &splash_work_redraw_vc);
+}
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Main init/exit functions
+ */
+
+void bootsplash_init(void)
+{
+	/* Initialized already? */
+	if (splash_global.wq)
+		return;
+
+
+	spin_lock_init(&splash_global.state_lock);
+	if (!splash_global.wq)
+		splash_global.wq = alloc_workqueue("bootsplash",
+						WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_FREEZABLE,
+						1);
+	if (!splash_global.wq) {
+		pr_err("Failed to allocate work queue.\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	return;
+
+err:
+	pr_err("Failed to initialize.\n");
+}
+
+
+
+module_param_named(enable, splash_global.enabled, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable/disable kernel bootsplash");
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_internal.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cec02774652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Kernel based bootsplash.
+ *
+ * (Internal data structures used at runtime)
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * Very loosely based on the old kernel splash project at
+ * http://www.bootsplash.org/ and SUSE improvements.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BOOTSPLASH_INTERNAL_H
+#define __BOOTSPLASH_INTERNAL_H
+
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * Runtime types
+ */
+
+struct splash_priv {
+	/* This lock only synchronizes the enabled/disabled state
+	 *
+	 * Note: fbcon.c uses this twice, by calling
+	 *       bootsplash_would_render_now() in set_blitting_type() and
+	 *       in fbcon_switch().
+	 *       This is racy, but eventually consistent: Turning the
+	 *       splash on/off will cause a redraw, which calls
+	 *       fbcon_switch(), which calls set_blitting_type().
+	 *       So the last on/off toggle will make things consistent.
+	 */
+	spinlock_t state_lock;
+	bool enabled;
+
+	/* We use our own workqueue so we don't have to worry about blocking
+	 * on console_lock() while animating and thus freezing the system
+	 * during suspend.
+	 */
+	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
+};
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Internal global variables
+ */
+extern struct splash_priv splash_global;
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Rendering functions
+ */
+
+void bootsplash_do_render_background(struct fb_info *info);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_render.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_render.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ceb19c34fd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bootsplash_render.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Kernel based bootsplash.
+ *
+ * (Rendering functions)
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * Very loosely based on the old kernel splash project at
+ * http://www.bootsplash.org/ and SUSE improvements.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "bootsplash: " fmt
+
+
+#include <linux/bootsplash.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#include "bootsplash_internal.h"
+
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Rendering: Internal drawing routines
+ */
+
+
+/* Pack pixel into target format and do Big/Little Endian handling.
+ * This would be a good place to handle endianness conversion if necessary.
+ */
+static inline u32 pack_pixel(struct fb_var_screeninfo *dst_var,
+				u8 red, u8 green, u8 blue)
+{
+	u32 dstpix;
+
+	/* Quantize pixel */
+	red = red >> (8 - dst_var->red.length);
+	green = green >> (8 - dst_var->green.length);
+	blue = blue >> (8 - dst_var->blue.length);
+
+	/* Pack pixel */
+	dstpix = red << (dst_var->red.offset)
+		| green << (dst_var->green.offset)
+		| blue << (dst_var->blue.offset);
+
+	/* Move packed pixel to the beginning of the memory cell,
+	 * so we can memcpy() it out easily
+	 */
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
+	switch (dst_var->bits_per_pixel) {
+	case 16:
+		dstpix <<= 16;
+		break;
+	case 24:
+		dstpix <<= 8;
+		break;
+	case 32:
+		break;
+	}
+#else
+	/* This is intrinsically unnecessary on Little Endian */
+#endif
+
+	return dstpix;
+}
+
+
+void bootsplash_do_render_background(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	unsigned int x, y;
+	u32 dstpix;
+	u32 dst_octpp = info->var.bits_per_pixel / 8;
+
+	dstpix = pack_pixel(&info->var,
+			    0,
+			    0,
+			    0);
+
+	for (y = 0; y < info->var.yres_virtual; y++) {
+		u8 *dstline = info->screen_buffer + (y * info->fix.line_length);
+
+		for (x = 0; x < info->var.xres_virtual; x++) {
+			memcpy(dstline, &dstpix, dst_octpp);
+
+			dstline += dst_octpp;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/dummyblit.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/dummyblit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c574caa94e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/dummyblit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/drivers/video/fbdev/core/dummyblit.c -- Dummy Blitting Operation
+ *
+ *      Copyright (C) 2017 Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.de>
+ *
+ *  These functions are used in place of blitblit/tileblit to suppress
+ *  fbcon's text output while a splash is shown.
+ *
+ *  Only suppressing actual rendering keeps the text buffer in the VC layer
+ *  intact and makes it easy to switch back from the bootsplash to a full
+ *  text console with a simple redraw (with the original functions in place).
+ *
+ *  Based on linux/drivers/video/fbdev/core/bitblit.c
+ *       and linux/drivers/video/fbdev/core/tileblit.c
+ *
+ *  This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ *  License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of this archive for
+ *  more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
+#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <asm/types.h>
+#include "fbcon.h"
+
+static void dummy_bmove(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
+			int sx, int dy, int dx, int height, int width)
+{
+	;
+}
+
+static void dummy_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
+			int sx, int height, int width)
+{
+	;
+}
+
+static void dummy_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+			const unsigned short *s, int count, int yy, int xx,
+			int fg, int bg)
+{
+	;
+}
+
+static void dummy_clear_margins(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
+				int color, int bottom_only)
+{
+	;
+}
+
+static void dummy_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int mode,
+			int softback_lines, int fg, int bg)
+{
+	;
+}
+
+static int dummy_update_start(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	/* Copied from bitblit.c and tileblit.c
+	 *
+	 * As of Linux 4.12, nobody seems to care about our return value.
+	 */
+	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
+	int err;
+
+	err = fb_pan_display(info, &ops->var);
+	ops->var.xoffset = info->var.xoffset;
+	ops->var.yoffset = info->var.yoffset;
+	ops->var.vmode = info->var.vmode;
+	return err;
+}
+
+void fbcon_set_dummyops(struct fbcon_ops *ops)
+{
+	ops->bmove = dummy_bmove;
+	ops->clear = dummy_clear;
+	ops->putcs = dummy_putcs;
+	ops->clear_margins = dummy_clear_margins;
+	ops->cursor = dummy_cursor;
+	ops->update_start = dummy_update_start;
+	ops->rotate_font = NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbcon_set_dummyops);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.de>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Dummy Blitting Operation");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 04612f938bab..4ac1a33be418 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
 #include "fbcon.h"
+#include <linux/bootsplash.h>
 
 #ifdef FBCONDEBUG
 #  define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " fmt, __func__ , ## args)
@@ -542,6 +543,8 @@ static int do_fbcon_takeover(int show_logo)
 	for (i = first_fb_vc; i <= last_fb_vc; i++)
 		con2fb_map[i] = info_idx;
 
+	bootsplash_init();
+
 	err = do_take_over_console(&fb_con, first_fb_vc, last_fb_vc,
 				fbcon_is_default);
 
@@ -661,6 +664,9 @@ static void set_blitting_type(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info)
 	else {
 		fbcon_set_rotation(info);
 		fbcon_set_bitops(ops);
+
+		if (bootsplash_would_render_now())
+			fbcon_set_dummyops(ops);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -683,6 +689,9 @@ static void set_blitting_type(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info)
 	ops->p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
 	fbcon_set_rotation(info);
 	fbcon_set_bitops(ops);
+
+	if (bootsplash_would_render_now())
+		fbcon_set_dummyops(ops);
 }
 
 static int fbcon_invalid_charcount(struct fb_info *info, unsigned charcount)
@@ -2184,6 +2193,9 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *vc)
 	info = registered_fb[con2fb_map[vc->vc_num]];
 	ops = info->fbcon_par;
 
+	if (bootsplash_would_render_now())
+		bootsplash_render_full(info);
+
 	if (softback_top) {
 		if (softback_lines)
 			fbcon_set_origin(vc);
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
index 18f3ac144237..45f94347fe5e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ static inline int attr_col_ec(int shift, struct vc_data *vc,
 #define SCROLL_REDRAW	   0x004
 #define SCROLL_PAN_REDRAW  0x005
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH
+extern void fbcon_set_dummyops(struct fbcon_ops *ops);
+#else /* CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH */
+#define fbcon_set_dummyops(x)
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING
 extern void fbcon_set_tileops(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/bootsplash.h b/include/linux/bootsplash.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..101e70818363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/bootsplash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Kernel based bootsplash.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Max Staudt <mstaudt@suse.com>
+ *
+ *
+ * Very loosely based on the old kernel splash project at
+ * http://www.bootsplash.org/ and SUSE improvements.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_BOOTSPLASH_H
+#define __LINUX_BOOTSPLASH_H
+
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH
+
+extern void bootsplash_render_full(struct fb_info *info);
+
+extern bool bootsplash_would_render_now(void);
+
+extern bool bootsplash_is_enabled(void);
+extern void bootsplash_disable(void);
+extern void bootsplash_enable(void);
+
+extern void bootsplash_init(void);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH */
+
+#define bootsplash_render_full(x)
+
+#define bootsplash_would_render_now() (false)
+
+#define bootsplash_is_enabled() (false)
+#define bootsplash_disable()
+#define bootsplash_enable()
+
+#define bootsplash_init()
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH */
+
+
+#endif
