diff --git a/artwork/splash.stage-1.png b/artwork/splash.stage-1.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04a45b66
Binary files /dev/null and b/artwork/splash.stage-1.png differ
diff --git a/artwork/splash.png b/artwork/splash.stage-2.png
similarity index 100%
rename from artwork/splash.png
rename to artwork/splash.stage-2.png
diff --git a/modules/initrd-splash.nix b/modules/initrd-splash.nix
index f21108a8..ed2ba832 100644
--- a/modules/initrd-splash.nix
+++ b/modules/initrd-splash.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ with import ./initrd-order.nix;
 
 let
   cfg = config.mobile.boot.stage-1.splash;
+  image = name: ../artwork + "/${name}.png";
   mkSplash = at: name:
   {
     init = lib.mkOrder at ''
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ let
     '';
     contents = [
       {
-        object = (builtins.path { path = ../artwork + "/${name}.png"; });
+        object = (builtins.path { path = image name; });
         symlink = "/${name}.png";
       }
     ];
@@ -49,7 +50,14 @@ in
     }
 
     (mkSplash AFTER_FRAMEBUFFER_INIT "loading")
-    (mkSplash (READY_INIT - 1) "splash")
+    (mkSplash (READY_INIT - 1) "splash.stage-1")
     (mkIf cfg.rgb-debug (mkSplash (READY_INIT) "rgb-debug"))
   ]);
+
+  # This happens in stage-2. This is why we're not using `mkSplash`.
+  # This is the earliest in stage-2 we can show, for vt-less devices, that
+  # stage-2 is really happening.
+  config.boot.postBootCommands = ''
+    ${pkgs.ply-image}/bin/ply-image --clear=0x000000 ${image "splash.stage-2"} > /dev/null 2>&1
+  '';
 }