diff --git a/package/psplash/Config.in b/package/psplash/Config.in
index 61162fa583..ca39cd0ee3 100644
--- a/package/psplash/Config.in
+++ b/package/psplash/Config.in
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_STARTUP_MSG
 	help
 	  Enable text banner output on startup.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_FULL_SCREEN
+	bool "use fullscreen mode"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Enable displaying the psplash image in fullscreen mode.
+
 endif
 
 comment "psplash needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
diff --git a/package/psplash/psplash.mk b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
index 62268e778b..bb249e7de8 100644
--- a/package/psplash/psplash.mk
+++ b/package/psplash/psplash.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ else
 PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --disable-startup-msg
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_FULL_SCREEN),y)
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --enable-img-fullscreen
+else
+PSPLASH_CONF_OPTS += --disable-img-fullscreen
+endif
+
 PSPLASH_IMAGE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PSPLASH_IMAGE))
 
 ifneq ($(PSPLASH_IMAGE),)