diff --git a/package/psplash/Config.in b/package/psplash/Config.in
index da99b264e0..61162fa583 100644
--- a/package/psplash/Config.in
+++ b/package/psplash/Config.in
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_IMAGE
 	  Use a personalized png image as boot splash.
 	  Let it empty if you want to keep the psplash default image.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_PROGRESS_BAR
+	bool "enable progress bar"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable progress bar management via the "PROGRESS" command.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_STARTUP_MSG
+	bool "enable startup message"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable text banner output on startup.
+
 endif
 
 comment "psplash needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
diff --git a/package/psplash/psplash.mk b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
index 69f9bf386d..62268e778b 100644
--- a/package/psplash/psplash.mk
+++ b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ else
 PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_PROGRESS_BAR),y)
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --enable-progress-bar
+else
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --disable-progress-bar
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_STARTUP_MSG),y)
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --enable-startup-msg
+else
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --disable-startup-msg
+endif
+
 PSPLASH_IMAGE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_IMAGE))
 
 ifneq ($(PSPLASH_IMAGE),)