diff --git a/srcpkgs/libplymouth b/srcpkgs/libplymouth
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..45e7d97d7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libplymouth
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plymouth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth-devel b/srcpkgs/plymouth-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..45e7d97d7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plymouth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth-drm b/srcpkgs/plymouth-drm
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..45e7d97d7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth-drm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plymouth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth-x11 b/srcpkgs/plymouth-x11
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..45e7d97d7c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth-x11
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plymouth
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/depends b/srcpkgs/plymouth/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9579ac7ff26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=0.8.3"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth-update-initrd b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth-update-initrd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e7d1c42cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth-update-initrd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+update-initramfs -tu
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.hook b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.hook
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e6d5b9ce29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.hook
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+PREREQ=""
+
+prereqs()
+{
+	echo "${PREREQ}"
+}
+
+case "${1}" in
+	prereqs)
+		prereqs
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
+
+. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
+
+THEME="$(/usr/sbin/plymouth-set-default-theme || true)"
+THEMES="/usr/share/plymouth/themes"
+
+if [ -n "${THEME}" ]
+then
+	THEME="${THEMES}/${THEME}/${THEME}.plymouth"
+else
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+PLUGIN_PATH="$(plymouth --get-splash-plugin-path)"
+
+case "$(basename ${THEME} .plymouth)" in
+	text)
+		PLUGINS="details.so text.so"
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		PLUGINS="details.so text.so label.so"
+		;;
+esac
+
+MODULE="${PLUGIN_PATH}/$(sed -n 's/^ModuleName=\(.*\)/\1/p' ${THEME}).so"
+
+# copy plugin and images for current theme
+copy_exec "${MODULE}"
+mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/${THEMES}"
+IMAGES="$(sed -n 's/^ImageDir=\(.*\)/\1/p' ${THEME})"
+# No images in text mode:
+if [ -n "${IMAGES}" ]
+then
+	cp -r "${IMAGES}" "${DESTDIR}/${THEMES}"
+fi
+
+# copy binaries and base plugins
+copy_exec /bin/plymouth
+copy_exec /sbin/plymouthd
+
+for PLUGIN in ${PLUGINS}
+do
+	copy_exec ${PLUGIN_PATH}/${PLUGIN}
+done
+
+# copy base themes and logo
+cp -a "${THEMES}/details" "${DESTDIR}/${THEMES}"
+cp -a "${THEMES}/text" "${DESTDIR}/${THEMES}"
+cp /etc/os-release "${DESTDIR}/etc"
+
+case "$(basename ${THEME} .plymouth)" in
+	text)
+
+		;;
+
+	*)
+		# copy files for font rendering
+		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu"
+		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc/fonts/conf.d"
+		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/var/cache/fontconfig"
+		cp -a /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif.ttf "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu"
+		cp -a /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf  "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu"
+		cp -a /etc/fonts/fonts.conf "${DESTDIR}/etc/fonts"
+		cp -rL /etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf "${DESTDIR}/etc/fonts/conf.d"
+		if [ -d /usr/lib/pango/1.6.0 ]; then
+			# pre-multiarch fallback
+			PANGO_DIR=/usr/lib/pango/1.6.0
+		fi
+		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}${PANGO_DIR}/modules"
+		mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc/pango"
+		cp /etc/pango/pango.modules ${DESTDIR}/etc/pango
+		copy_exec ${PANGO_DIR}/modules/pango-basic-fc.so
+
+		# copy renderers
+		copy_exec /usr/lib/plymouth/renderers/frame-buffer.so
+		copy_exec /usr/lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so
+
+		# add drm/fb modules
+		manual_add_modules intel-agp
+		manual_add_modules ati-agp
+		manual_add_modules i915
+		manual_add_modules radeon
+		;;
+esac
+
+# copy config files
+mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/etc/plymouth"
+
+if [ -r /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf ]
+then
+	cp -a /etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf "${DESTDIR}/etc/plymouth/"
+fi
+
+cp -a /usr/share/plymouth/plymouthd.defaults "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/plymouth/"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-bottom b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-bottom
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7d92490246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-bottom
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PREREQ="udev"
+
+prereqs()
+{
+	echo "${PREREQ}"
+}
+
+case ${1} in
+	prereqs)
+		prereqs
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
+
+/bin/plymouth --newroot=${rootmnt}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-premount b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-premount
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0675c61e2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/plymouth.init-premount
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PREREQ="udev"
+
+prereqs()
+{
+	echo "${PREREQ}"
+}
+
+case ${1} in
+	prereqs)
+		prereqs
+		exit 0
+		;;
+esac
+
+SPLASH="false"
+
+for ARGUMENT in $(cat /proc/cmdline)
+do
+	case "${ARGUMENT}" in
+		splash*)
+			SPLASH="true"
+			;;
+
+		nosplash*)
+			SPLASH="false"
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [ "${SPLASH}" = "true" ]; then
+	modprobe i8042
+	modprobe atkbd
+
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/plymouth
+	mkdir -p /run/plymouth
+	/sbin/plymouthd --mode=boot --attach-to-session --pid-file=/run/plymouth/pid
+	/bin/plymouth --show-splash
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/xbps-logo.png b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/xbps-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..076b7b9137a
Binary files /dev/null and b/srcpkgs/plymouth/files/xbps-logo.png differ
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/libplymouth.template b/srcpkgs/plymouth/libplymouth.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6894fa389b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/libplymouth.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'libplymouth'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - shared libraries"
+long_desc="
+ ${long_desc}
+
+ This package includes the shared libraries provided by plymouth."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libpng
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmove "lib/*.so*" lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/02-set-default-framebuffer-device-to-dev-fb0.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/02-set-default-framebuffer-device-to-dev-fb0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d315ab21a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/02-set-default-framebuffer-device-to-dev-fb0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Author: Guido Guenther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+Description:
+ Set default framebuffer device to /dev/fb0 instead of /dev/fb which doesn't
+ exist by default (Closes: #573724).
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig//src/plugins/renderers/frame-buffer/plugin.c plymouth/src/plugins/renderers/frame-buffer/plugin.c
+--- plymouth.orig//src/plugins/renderers/frame-buffer/plugin.c	2010-11-20 16:22:53.066407620 +0100
++++ plymouth/src/plugins/renderers/frame-buffer/plugin.c	2010-11-20 16:23:21.861484753 +0100
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
+ #include "ply-renderer-plugin.h"
+ 
+ #ifndef PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FB_DEVICE_NAME
+-#define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FB_DEVICE_NAME "/dev/fb"
++#define PLY_FRAME_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FB_DEVICE_NAME "/dev/fb0"
+ #endif
+ 
+ struct _ply_renderer_head
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/03-awk.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/03-awk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4724ad9797f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/03-awk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
+Description: Hack to fix awk call.
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
+--- plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2010-03-27 16:29:57.000000000 +0100
++++ plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2010-03-28 22:58:10.000000000 +0200
+@@ -45,15 +45,7 @@ function list_themes ()
+ function read_theme_name_from_file ()
+ {
+         echo $(grep -v '^#' $1 2> /dev/null |
+-               awk '
+-                     BEGIN {
+-                        RS="[[][[:blank:]]*[^[:space:]]+[:blank:]*[]\n]";
+-                        FS="[=[:space:]]+";
+-                        OFS="";
+-                        ORS=""
+-                     }
+-                     $1 ~/Theme/ { print $2 }
+-               ')
++		awk -F= '/Theme=/ { print $2 }')
+ }
+ 
+ function get_default_theme ()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/04-stderr.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/04-stderr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dafcc17960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/04-stderr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
+Description:
+ Use fd for stdout instead of device, since the latter may not always exist,
+ e.g. in chroots (Closes: #581649).
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in plymouth/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in
+--- plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in	2010-05-14 19:22:15.000000000 +0200
++++ plymouth/scripts/plymouth-populate-initrd.in	2010-05-14 19:23:25.000000000 +0200
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function usage() {
+     local output="/dev/stdout"
+     local rc=0
+     if [ "$1" == "error" ]; then
+-        output="/dev/stderr"
++        output=">&2"
+         rc=1
+     fi
+ 
+@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ inst ${PLYMOUTH_POLICYDIR}/plymouthd.def
+ inst ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf $INITRDDIR
+ 
+ if [ -z "$PLYMOUTH_THEME_NAME" ]; then
+-    echo "No default plymouth plugin is set" > /dev/stderr
++    echo "No default plymouth plugin is set" >&2
+     exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+ PLYMOUTH_MODULE_NAME=$(grep "ModuleName *= *" ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${PLYMOUTH_THEME_NAME}/${PLYMOUTH_THEME_NAME}.plymouth | sed 's/ModuleName *= *//')
+ 
+ if [ ! -f ${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_PATH}/${PLYMOUTH_MODULE_NAME}.so ]; then
+-    echo "The default plymouth plugin (${PLYMOUTH_MODULE_NAME}) doesn't exist" > /dev/stderr
++    echo "The default plymouth plugin (${PLYMOUTH_MODULE_NAME}) doesn't exist" >&2
+     exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
+--- plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2010-05-14 19:22:15.000000000 +0200
++++ plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2010-05-14 19:23:04.000000000 +0200
+@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ 
+         -l|--list)
+                 if [ -n "$THEME_NAME" ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --list or a theme name, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --list or a theme name, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+                 if [ $DO_RESET -ne 0 ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --reset or --list, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --reset or --list, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ 
+         -r|--reset|default)
+                 if [ -n "$THEME_NAME" ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --reset or a theme name, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --reset or a theme name, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+                 if [ $DO_LIST -ne 0 ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --reset or --list, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --reset or --list, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+@@ -119,20 +119,20 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ 
+         *)
+                 if [ -n "$THEME_NAME" ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify one theme at a time" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify one theme at a time" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+                 if [ $DO_RESET -ne 0 ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --reset or a theme name, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --reset or a theme name, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+                 if [ $DO_LIST -ne 0 ]; then
+-                        echo "You can only specify --list or a theme name, not both" > /dev/stderr
+-                        echo $(usage) > /dev/stderr
++                        echo "You can only specify --list or a theme name, not both" >&2
++                        echo $(usage) >&2
+                         exit 1
+                 fi
+ 
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if [ $DO_RESET -eq 0 ] && [ $DO_INITRD_R
+ fi
+ 
+ if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
+-        echo "This program must be run as root" > /dev/stderr
++        echo "This program must be run as root" >&2
+         exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@ if [ $DO_RESET -ne 0 ]; then
+ fi
+ 
+ if [ ! -e ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth ]; then
+-        echo "${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth does not exist" > /dev/stderr
++        echo "${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth does not exist" >&2
+         exit 1
+ fi
+ 
+ MODULE_NAME=$(grep "ModuleName *= *" ${PLYMOUTH_DATADIR}/plymouth/themes/${THEME_NAME}/${THEME_NAME}.plymouth | sed 's/ModuleName *= *//')
+ 
+ if [ ! -e ${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_PATH}${MODULE_NAME}.so ]; then
+-        echo "${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_PATH}${MODULE_NAME}.so does not exist" > /dev/stderr
++        echo "${PLYMOUTH_PLUGIN_PATH}${MODULE_NAME}.so does not exist" >&2
+         exit 1
+ fi
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/05-default-theme.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/05-default-theme.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..585518f5e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/05-default-theme.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Author: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
+Description: Ship configuration file with default theme set (Closes: #594999).
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/src/plymouthd.conf plymouth/src/plymouthd.conf
+--- plymouth.orig/src/plymouthd.conf	2010-06-04 18:55:14.000000000 +0200
++++ plymouth/src/plymouthd.conf	2010-09-10 21:35:55.945741477 +0200
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ # Administrator customizations go in this file
+-#[Daemon]
+-#Theme=fade-in
++[Daemon]
++Theme=text
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/src/plymouthd.defaults plymouth/src/plymouthd.defaults
+--- plymouth.orig/src/plymouthd.defaults	2010-06-04 18:55:14.000000000 +0200
++++ plymouth/src/plymouthd.defaults	2010-09-10 21:35:05.466754551 +0200
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+ # Distribution defaults. Changes to this file will get overwritten during
+ # upgrades.
+ [Daemon]
+-Theme=fade-in
++Theme=text
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/06-tty.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/06-tty.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..283a2bb43ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/06-tty.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Author: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
+Description:
+ Cherry-pick "[terminal] don't stomp over original tty lock settings". Prevents
+ setting tty1 in 'echo' mode after boot (Closes: 595178).
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c plymouth/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c
+--- plymouth.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c	2010-09-14 21:16:57.185256706 +0200
++++ plymouth/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c	2010-10-13 17:58:48.752970212 +0200
+@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ ply_terminal_set_unbuffered_input (ply_t
+   if (tcsetattr (terminal->fd, TCSANOW, &term_attributes) != 0)
+     return false;
+ 
+-  if (ioctl (terminal->fd, TIOCGLCKTRMIOS, &locked_term_attributes) == 0)
++  if (!terminal->original_locked_term_attributes_saved &&
++      ioctl (terminal->fd, TIOCGLCKTRMIOS, &locked_term_attributes) == 0)
+     {
+       terminal->original_locked_term_attributes = locked_term_attributes;
+       terminal->original_locked_term_attributes_saved = true;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/07-return-code.patch b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/07-return-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db2594b8ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/patches/07-return-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Author: Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org>
+Description: Fixing wrong return code of plymouth-set-default-theme (Closes: #605018).
+
+diff -Naurp plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in
+--- plymouth.orig/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2011-09-08 15:03:24.212396867 +0200
++++ plymouth/scripts/plymouth-set-default-theme.in	2011-09-08 15:04:41.011888522 +0200
+@@ -179,5 +179,7 @@ grep -q '^[[]Daemon[]]' ${PLYMOUTH_CONFD
+ sed -i -e '/^Theme[[:blank:]]*=.*/d' ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
+ sed -i -e "s/^\([[]Daemon[]]\)\n*/\1\nTheme=${THEME_NAME}/" ${PLYMOUTH_CONFDIR}/plymouthd.conf
+ 
+-[ $DO_INITRD_REBUILD -ne 0 ] && (${PLYMOUTH_LIBEXECDIR}/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd)
++if [ $DO_INITRD_REBUILD -ne 0 ] ; then
++        (${PLYMOUTH_LIBEXECDIR}/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd)
++fi
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-devel.template b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-devel.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e9923545e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-devel.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'plymouth-devel'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+
+Add_dependency run gtk+-devel
+Add_dependency run libdrm-devel
+Add_dependency run libplymouth
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-drm.template b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-drm.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..33cb38f34fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-drm.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'plymouth-drm'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - DRM renderer"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the DRM renderer."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libdrm
+Add_dependency run libplymouth
+Add_dependency run plymouth
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmove usr/lib/plymouth/renderers/drm.so usr/lib/plymouth/renderers
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-x11.template b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-x11.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b966e8d2bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/plymouth-x11.template
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Template file for 'plymouth-x11'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} - X11 renderer and log viewer"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the x11 renderer and the log viewer."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run gtk+
+Add_dependency run pango
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run atk
+Add_dependency run gdk-pixbuf
+Add_dependency run cairo
+Add_dependency run freetype
+Add_dependency run fontconfig
+Add_dependency run libplymouth
+Add_dependency run plymouth
+
+do_install()
+{
+	vmove usr/bin/plymouth-log-viewer usr/bin
+	vmove usr/lib/plymouth/renderers/x11.so usr/lib/plymouth/renderers
+	vmove usr/share/gdm usr/share
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plymouth/template b/srcpkgs/plymouth/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3dd7a4ba46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plymouth/template
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Template file for 'plymouth'
+pkgname=plymouth
+version=0.8.3
+patch_args="-Np1"
+homepage="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/plymouth"
+distfiles="${homepage}/snapshot/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--enable-gdm-transition
+--with-release-file=/etc/os-release --disable-static
+--localstatedir=/var --enable-pango --enable-tracing --disable-tests
+--with-system-root-install --without-rhgb-compat-link
+--with-logo=/usr/share/plymouth/xbps-log.png
+--with-background-color=0xffffff"
+short_desc="Graphical boot animation and logger"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=2e51abbc087228f7910302334755d0190fc9e923eae9992150adb0f6cccc9077
+long_desc="
+ Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process
+ (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical
+ boot animation while the boot process happens in the background."
+
+subpackages="libplymouth ${pkgname}-x11 ${pkgname}-drm ${pkgname}-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/plymouth/plymouthd.conf"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run glib
+Add_dependency run pango
+Add_dependency run cairo
+Add_dependency run libpng
+Add_dependency run libplymouth
+
+Add_dependency build automake
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency build gtk+-devel
+Add_dependency build libdrm-devel
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec/plymouth/*
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/plymouth-update-initrd 755 usr/libexec/plymouth
+
+	# initramfs-tools hook
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/plymouth.hook 755 \
+		usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks plymouth
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/plymouth.init-bottom 755 \
+		usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom plymouth
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/plymouth.init-premount 755 \
+		usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount plymouth
+	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/xbps-logo.png 644 usr/share/plymouth
+}
diff --git a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
index a7ea6128bf0..3f33e7d2e6a 100644
--- a/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
+++ b/xbps-src/common/mapping_shlib_binpkg.txt
@@ -866,3 +866,7 @@ libtracker-sparql-0.12.so.0	libtracker		tracker-devel
 libmex-0.2.so.0			mex
 libsystemd-daemon.so.0		systemd
 libsystemd-login.so.0		systemd
+libply.so.2			libplymouth		plymouth-devel
+libply-splash-graphics.so.2	libplymouth		plymouth-devel
+libply-splash-core.so.2		libplymouth		plymouth-devel
+