diff --git a/miscutils/fbsplash.c b/miscutils/fbsplash.c
index 1419578..e920c06 100644
--- a/miscutils/fbsplash.c
+++ b/miscutils/fbsplash.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * - put somewhere fbsplash.cfg file and an image in .ppm format.
  * - run applet: $ setsid fbsplash [params] &
  *      -c: hide cursor
+ *      -b: fill background with the color of top left pixel of image
  *      -d /dev/fbN: framebuffer device (if not /dev/fb0)
  *      -s path_to_image_file (can be "-" for stdin)
  *      -i path_to_cfg_file
@@ -47,10 +48,11 @@
 //kbuild:lib-$(CONFIG_FBSPLASH) += fbsplash.o
 
 //usage:#define fbsplash_trivial_usage
-//usage:       "-s IMGFILE [-c] [-d DEV] [-i INIFILE] [-f CMD]"
+//usage:       "-s IMGFILE [-c] [-b] [-d DEV] [-i INIFILE] [-f CMD]"
 //usage:#define fbsplash_full_usage "\n\n"
 //usage:       "	-s	Image"
 //usage:     "\n	-c	Hide cursor"
+//usage:     "\n	-b	Fill background with color of top left pixel of image"
 //usage:     "\n	-d	Framebuffer device (default /dev/fb0)"
 //usage:     "\n	-i	Config file (var=value):"
 //usage:     "\n			BAR_LEFT,BAR_TOP,BAR_WIDTH,BAR_HEIGHT"
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ struct globals {
 	unsigned red_shift;
 	unsigned green_shift;
 	unsigned blue_shift;
+	bool bfill_background;
 };
 #define G (*ptr_to_globals)
 #define INIT_G() do { \
@@ -369,6 +372,23 @@ static void fb_drawprogressbar(unsigned percent)
 			G.nbar_colr, G.nbar_colg, G.nbar_colb);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fill screen around image with given color
+ */
+static void fb_fillbackground(unsigned char* pixel, const int xoffset, const int yoffset, const int width, const int height)
+{
+	int i, j;
+	unsigned thispix = fb_pixel_value(pixel[0], pixel[1], pixel[2]);
+
+	for (j = 0; j < G.scr_var.yres; j++) {
+		unsigned char *src = G.addr + j * G.scr_fix.line_length;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < G.scr_var.xres; i++) {
+			if ((j < yoffset || j >= yoffset + height) || (i < xoffset || i >= xoffset + width))
+				fb_write_pixel(src + i * G.bytes_per_pixel, thispix);
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 /**
  * Draw image from PPM file
@@ -440,6 +460,10 @@ static void fb_drawimage(void)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("bad PPM file '%s'", G.image_filename);
 		pixel = pixline;
 		src = G.addr + (G.img_posy + j) * G.scr_fix.line_length + G.img_posx * G.bytes_per_pixel;
+
+		if (G.bfill_background && j == 0)
+			fb_fillbackground(pixel, G.img_posx, G.img_posy, width, height);
+
 		for (i = 0; i < width; i++) {
 			unsigned thispix = fb_pixel_value(pixel[0], pixel[1], pixel[2]);
 			fb_write_pixel(src, thispix);
@@ -496,6 +520,7 @@ int fbsplash_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	FILE *fp = fp; // for compiler
 	char *num_buf;
 	unsigned num;
+	unsigned optret;
 	bool bCursorOff;
 
 	INIT_G();
@@ -504,8 +529,10 @@ int fbsplash_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	fb_device = "/dev/fb0";
 	cfg_filename = NULL;
 	fifo_filename = NULL;
-	bCursorOff = 1 & getopt32(argv, "cs:d:i:f:",
+	optret = getopt32(argv, "cbs:d:i:f:",
 			&G.image_filename, &fb_device, &cfg_filename, &fifo_filename);
+	bCursorOff = 1 & optret;
+	G.bfill_background = 2 & optret;
 
 	// parse configuration file
 	if (cfg_filename)