diff --git a/package/psplash/psplash-quit.service b/package/psplash/psplash-quit.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14bd4994b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/psplash/psplash-quit.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Terminate Psplash Boot Screen
+After=psplash-start.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/psplash-write QUIT
+TimeoutSec=20
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/package/psplash/psplash-start.service b/package/psplash/psplash-start.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2de3cfce22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/psplash/psplash-start.service
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Starts Psplash Boot screen
+Wants=systemd-vconsole-setup.service
+After=systemd-vconsole-setup.service systemd-udev-trigger.service systemd-udevd.service
+DefaultDependencies=no
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/psplash -n
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sysinit.target
diff --git a/package/psplash/psplash.mk b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
index 83b6f79c64..b7562660d0 100644
--- a/package/psplash/psplash.mk
+++ b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
@@ -9,4 +9,18 @@ PSPLASH_SITE = git://git.yoctoproject.org/psplash
 PSPLASH_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 PSPLASH_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+define PSPLASH_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/psplash/psplash-start.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/psplash-start.service
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants
+	ln -sf  ../psplash-start.service \
+		 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/
+
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 package/psplash/psplash-quit.service \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/psplash-quit.service
+	$(INSTALL) -d $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
+	ln -sf  ../psplash-quit.service \
+		 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
+endef
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))