diff --git a/0001-Add-bootsplash-handling-for-password-dialogs.patch b/0001-Add-bootsplash-handling-for-password-dialogs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3907589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Add-bootsplash-handling-for-password-dialogs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 81eca00461968aac09f9e8535f4327282698b495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
+Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:30:17 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Add bootsplash handling for password dialogs
+
+openSUSE uses bootsplash.org, so add a crude handling for setting the
+splash screen to verbose when a password is asked...
+---
+ src/ask-password-api.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/ask-password-api.c b/src/ask-password-api.c
+index 9f7023e..2023441 100644
+--- a/src/ask-password-api.c
++++ b/src/ask-password-api.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ int ask_password_tty(
+         int r, ttyfd = -1, notify = -1;
+         struct pollfd pollfd[2];
+         bool reset_tty = false;
++        bool splash_silent = false;
++        FILE *procsplash = NULL;
++        char *line = NULL;
+         enum {
+                 POLL_TTY,
+                 POLL_INOTIFY
+@@ -90,6 +93,19 @@ int ask_password_tty(
+                 }
+ 
+                 reset_tty = true;
++                procsplash = fopen("/proc/splash", "r+");
++                if (procsplash) {
++                        getline(&line, &p, procsplash);
++                        p = 0; /* reset, just to make sure */
++                        if (line &&
++                            (strstr(line, "on\n") == line + strlen(line) - 3) &&
++                            (strstr(line, "silent") != NULL)) {
++                                splash_silent = true;
++                                rewind(procsplash);
++                                fprintf(procsplash, "verbose\n");
++                                fflush(procsplash);
++                        }
++                }
+         }
+ 
+         zero(pollfd);
+@@ -201,6 +217,12 @@ finish:
+                 close_nointr_nofail(ttyfd);
+         }
+ 
++        if (splash_silent) { /* only set if procsplash != NULL */
++                rewind(procsplash);
++                fprintf(procsplash, "silent\n");
++                fclose(procsplash);
++        }
++
+         return r;
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+1.7.3.1
+
diff --git a/systemd.changes b/systemd.changes
index bf5b5e83..c524deb9 100644
--- a/systemd.changes
+++ b/systemd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 16 12:49:00 UTC 2010 - seife@opensuse.org
+
+- add bootsplash handling patch to be able to enter e.g.
+  crypto passphrases (bnc#659885)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 9 18:54:15 CET 2010 - kay.sievers@novell.com
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 16a5a1d3..5c47c886 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Requires:       fsck-with-dev-lock
 Conflicts:      mkinitrd < 2.6.0-5
 Source0:        http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        systemd-rpmlintrc
+Patch42:        0001-Add-bootsplash-handling-for-password-dialogs.patch
 
 %description
 Systemd is a system and service manager, compatible with SysV and LSB
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ Drop-in replacement of System V init tools.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch42 -p1
 
 %build
 # prevent pre-generated and distributed files from re-building