diff --git a/data/sm.puri.phosh.gschema.xml b/data/sm.puri.phosh.gschema.xml
index 9ee8dbf170bb4737e64e7bb600aaf9b0935903f4..a75b761040a37bb5e3e625acc1577446b16dfaf8 100644
--- a/data/sm.puri.phosh.gschema.xml
+++ b/data/sm.puri.phosh.gschema.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
 	lists touch capable apps that adapt to small screen sizes.
       </description>
     </key>
+    <key name="splash-screen" type="b">
+      <default>true</default>
+      <summary>
+        Controls whether to enable splash screens when launching applications.
+      </summary>
+      <description>
+        If set to true, phosh will display a splash screen after a supported
+        application is launched and before the application shows a window.
+      </description>
+    </key>
     <key name="wwan-backend" enum="sm.puri.phosh.PhoshWWanBackend">
       <default>'modemmanager'</default>
       <summary>Which backend to use for interfacing with the cellular modem</summary>
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index 57e631032fd5bc62f8aeee5b2be1289fd43a76f0..b64924503bba0a49a5d355cbb6127f588f06e3f6 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -1677,6 +1677,10 @@ phosh_shell_get_show_splash (PhoshShell *self)
   priv = phosh_shell_get_instance_private (self);
   g_return_val_if_fail (PHOSH_IS_DOCKED_MANAGER (priv->docked_manager), TRUE);
 
+  g_autoptr (GSettings) settings = g_settings_new ("sm.puri.phosh");
+  if (!g_settings_get_boolean (settings, "splash-screen"))
+    return FALSE;
+
   if (priv->debug_flags & PHOSH_SHELL_DEBUG_FLAG_ALWAYS_SPLASH)
     return TRUE;