diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/files/psplash-start.service b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/files/psplash-start.service
index 36c2bb38e0..555ad5e387 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/psplash/files/psplash-start.service
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/psplash/files/psplash-start.service
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ RequiresMountsFor=/run
 Type=notify
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/psplash
 RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStartPre=bash -c "while [ ! -e /dev/fb0 ]; do sleep 0.01; done"
+TimeoutStartSec=100
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=sysinit.target