diff --git a/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/config.txt b/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/config.txt
index 38cbf8db..451af7e9 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/config.txt
+++ b/buildroot-external/board/raspberrypi/config.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ kernel=zImage
 
 # Disable overscan assuming the display supports displaying the full resolution
 # If the text shown on the screen disappears off the edge, comment this out
-# disable_overscan=1
+disable_overscan=1
+hdmi_group=1
+hdmi_mode=4
+
+# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
+# hdmi_safe=1
 
 # How much memory in MB to assign to the GPU on Pi models having
 # 256, 512 or 1024 MB total memory
diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
index 67fca2f7..aa0615b5 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/mycroftos_rpi3_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to MycroftOS"
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ROOT_PASSWD="mycroft"
 BR2_SYSTEM_BIN_SH_BASH=y
+# BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY is not set
 BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST="C en_US en_US.UTF8"
 BR2_GENERATE_LOCALE="en_US en_US.UTF-8"
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_PKGCONF=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_NTFS_3G=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_FBV=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_BT_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_FIRMWARE_X=y
@@ -127,8 +129,6 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_BIN=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENGINES=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCONFIG=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFS=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BCM2835=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_WIRINGPI=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMPEG2=y
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/init.d/S00asplash b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/init.d/S00asplash
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2c52ed5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/etc/init.d/S00asplash
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Loading boot splash
+#
+
+start() {
+	printf "Loading boot splash ..."
+	cat /dev/zero 1> /dev/fb0 2>/dev/null
+	fbv -f -d 1 /opt/mycroft/splash/boot.png > /dev/null 2>&1
+	echo "[OK]"
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        start
+        ;;
+  *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start}"
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/splash/boot.png b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/splash/boot.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0f14d47
Binary files /dev/null and b/buildroot-external/rootfs-overlay/opt/mycroft/splash/boot.png differ