diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52d66cc..70c2734 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation; 2008 Chris Gianelloni
 # Distributed under the GPL v2
 
+  07 Aug 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> gen_initramfs.sh:
+  Only append splash portion to initramfs if SPLASH is set
+
   29 Jul 2008; Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org> genkernel.8:
   Fix typo in man page, butt -> but
 
diff --git a/gen_initramfs.sh b/gen_initramfs.sh
index ce308b5..f8cffb1 100644
--- a/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -476,7 +476,11 @@ create_initramfs() {
 	fi
 
 	append_data 'blkid' "${DISKLABEL}"
-	append_data 'splash' "${SPLASH}"
+
+	if isTrue "${SPLASH}"
+	then
+		append_data 'splash' "${SPLASH}"
+	fi
 
 	if isTrue "${FIRMWARE}" && [ -n "${FIRMWARE_DIR}" ]
 	then