diff -aur plymouth-0.8.8.src/systemd-units/plymouth-quit.service.in plymouth-0.8.8.patch/systemd-units/plymouth-quit.service.in
--- plymouth-0.8.8.src/systemd-units/plymouth-quit.service.in	2012-09-27 02:50:53.000000000 +1000
+++ plymouth-0.8.8.patch/systemd-units/plymouth-quit.service.in	2014-02-11 16:36:58.813194805 +1100
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen
 After=rc-local.service plymouth-start.service systemd-user-sessions.service
+Before=getty@tty1.service
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=-@PLYMOUTH_CLIENT_DIR@/plymouth quit
+ExecStart=-@PLYMOUTH_CLIENT_DIR@/plymouth quit --retain-splash
 Type=oneshot
 TimeoutSec=20