diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 307c8d8..24eb755 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Version 0.7.3
 
 - feat: configurable rotation and flip parameters
+- feat: let the user render a splash screen before the first frame is ready to be
+  rendered, if not provided, it renders a black screen
 
 ## Version 0.7.2
 
diff --git a/headless_kivy_pi/config.py b/headless_kivy_pi/config.py
index 1f2feac..bf3eba9 100644
--- a/headless_kivy_pi/config.py
+++ b/headless_kivy_pi/config.py
@@ -92,13 +92,19 @@ def report_uninitialized() -> NoReturn:
     raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
 
-def setup_headless_kivy(config: SetupHeadlessConfig) -> None:
+def setup_headless_kivy(
+    config: SetupHeadlessConfig,
+    splash_screen: bytes | None = None,
+) -> None:
     """Configure the headless mode for the Kivy application.
 
     Arguments:
     ---------
     config: `SetupHeadlessConfig`
 
+    splash_screen: `bytes`
+        it should have a length of `width` x `height` x 2
+
     """
     global _config, _display  # noqa: PLW0603
     _config = config
@@ -160,6 +166,13 @@ def setup_headless_kivy(config: SetupHeadlessConfig) -> None:
             rst=reset_pin,
             baudrate=baudrate,
         )
+        _display._block(  # noqa: SLF001
+            0,
+            0,
+            width() - 1,
+            height() - 1,
+            bytes(width() * height() * 2) if splash_screen is None else splash_screen,
+        )
         if clear_at_exit:
             atexit.register(
                 lambda: _display