diff --git a/systemd-28.ebuild b/systemd-28.ebuild
index 4efb470..52fd955 100644
--- a/systemd-28.ebuild
+++ b/systemd-28.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/${P}.tar.bz2"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="audit cryptsetup gtk pam selinux tcpd"
+IUSE="audit cryptsetup gtk pam plymouth selinux tcpd"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND=">=sys-apps/dbus-1.4.10
 	>=sys-fs/udev-171
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ COMMON_DEPEND=">=sys-apps/dbus-1.4.10
 		>=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7 )
 	pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	selinux? ( sys-libs/libselinux )
-	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )"
+	tcpd? ( sys-apps/tcp-wrappers )
+	plymouth? ( sys-boot/plymouth )"
 
 # Vala-0.10 doesn't work with libnotify 0.7.1
 VALASLOT="0.12"
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	if use plymouth; then
+		epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-enable-plymouth.patch
+	fi
+
 	# Force the rebuild of .vala sources
 	touch src/*.vala || die
 	autotools-utils_src_prepare