diff --git a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
index 55bd273f21..38e3adaed6 100644
--- a/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
+++ b/src/firstboot/firstboot.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "password-quality-util.h"
 #include "path-util.h"
+#include "plymouth-util.h"
 #include "pretty-print.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "prompt-util.h"
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ static void print_welcome(int rfd, sd_varlink **mute_console_link) {
         assert(rfd >= 0);
         assert(mute_console_link);
 
+        /* Needs to be called before mute_console or it will garble the screen */
+        if (arg_welcome)
+                (void) plymouth_hide_splash();
+
         if (!*mute_console_link && arg_mute_console)
                 (void) mute_console(mute_console_link);
 
diff --git a/src/home/homectl.c b/src/home/homectl.c
index cb73c51b1b..c6a3d4b3eb 100644
--- a/src/home/homectl.c
+++ b/src/home/homectl.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "percent-util.h"
 #include "pidref.h"
 #include "pkcs11-util.h"
+#include "plymouth-util.h"
 #include "polkit-agent.h"
 #include "pretty-print.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
@@ -2891,6 +2892,9 @@ static int create_interactively(void) {
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        /* Needs to be called before mute_console or it will garble the screen */
+        (void) plymouth_hide_splash();
+
         _cleanup_(sd_varlink_flush_close_unrefp) sd_varlink *mute_console_link = NULL;
         (void) mute_console(&mute_console_link);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/plymouth-util.c b/src/shared/plymouth-util.c
index aaf604afd5..38b4f1fe2a 100644
--- a/src/shared/plymouth-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/plymouth-util.c
@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ int plymouth_send_msg(const char *text, bool pause_spinner) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int plymouth_hide_splash(void) {
+        int r;
+
+        r = plymouth_send_raw("H\0", 2, SOCK_NONBLOCK);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_full_errno(ERRNO_IS_NO_PLYMOUTH(r) ? LOG_DEBUG : LOG_WARNING, r,
+                                      "Failed to communicate with plymouth: %m");
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/plymouth-util.h b/src/shared/plymouth-util.h
index c73b44567c..4030c5bdb6 100644
--- a/src/shared/plymouth-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/plymouth-util.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 int plymouth_connect(int flags);
 int plymouth_send_raw(const void *raw, size_t size, int flags);
 int plymouth_send_msg(const char *text, bool pause_spinner);
+int plymouth_hide_splash(void);
 
 static inline bool ERRNO_IS_NO_PLYMOUTH(int r) {
         return IN_SET(ABS(r), EAGAIN, ENOENT) || ERRNO_IS_DISCONNECT(r);