diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index e24638aa15c..dde9d66af5f 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ if B.targets != ['cudakernels']:
     data_to_c_simple("release/datafiles/bmonofont.ttf")
 
     data_to_c_simple("release/datafiles/splash.png")
+    data_to_c_simple("release/datafiles/splash_2x.png")
 
     # data_to_c_simple("release/datafiles/blender_icons16.png")
     # data_to_c_simple("release/datafiles/blender_icons32.png")
diff --git a/release/datafiles/splash_2x.png b/release/datafiles/splash_2x.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..707cfee52ec
Binary files /dev/null and b/release/datafiles/splash_2x.png differ
diff --git a/release/datafiles/splash_template.xcf b/release/datafiles/splash_template.xcf
index 6d7e7d42c9f..b3141471c51 100644
Binary files a/release/datafiles/splash_template.xcf and b/release/datafiles/splash_template.xcf differ
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/datafiles/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/editors/datafiles/CMakeLists.txt
index 35a669175df..87f07acfb3e 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/datafiles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/editors/datafiles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ if(WITH_BLENDER)
 
 		# images
 		data_to_c_simple(../../../../release/datafiles/splash.png SRC)
+		data_to_c_simple(../../../../release/datafiles/splash_2x.png SRC)
 		# XXX These are handy, but give nasty "false changes" in svn :/
 		#svg_to_png(../../../../release/datafiles/blender_icons.svg
 		           #../../../../release/datafiles/blender_icons16.png
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/datafiles/SConscript b/source/blender/editors/datafiles/SConscript
index dadd4bd1f19..47819d0e33c 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/datafiles/SConscript
+++ b/source/blender/editors/datafiles/SConscript
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ sources.extend((
     os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "bmonofont.ttf.c"),
 
     os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "splash.png.c"),
+    os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "splash_2x.png.c"),
     os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "blender_icons16.png.c"),
     os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "blender_icons32.png.c"),
     os.path.join(env['DATA_SOURCES'], "prvicons.png.c"),
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_datafiles.h b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_datafiles.h
index 81dbb8e9aa5..9022a1481aa 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_datafiles.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_datafiles.h
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ extern char datatoc_prvicons_png[];
 extern int datatoc_splash_png_size;
 extern char datatoc_splash_png[];
 
+extern int datatoc_splash_2x_png_size;
+extern char datatoc_splash_2x_png[];
+
 extern int datatoc_bfont_pfb_size;
 extern char datatoc_bfont_pfb[];
 
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
index c02cc456a46..a7d8cba4d20 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
@@ -1767,8 +1767,19 @@ static uiBlock *wm_block_create_splash(bContext *C, ARegion *ar, void *UNUSED(ar
 	extern char datatoc_splash_png[];
 	extern int datatoc_splash_png_size;
 
-	ImBuf *ibuf = IMB_ibImageFromMemory((unsigned char *)datatoc_splash_png,
-	                                    datatoc_splash_png_size, IB_rect, NULL, "<splash screen>");
+	extern char datatoc_splash_2x_png[];
+	extern int datatoc_splash_2x_png_size;
+
+	ImBuf *ibuf;
+
+	if (U.pixelsize == 2) {
+		ibuf = IMB_ibImageFromMemory((unsigned char *)datatoc_splash_2x_png,
+		                             datatoc_splash_2x_png_size, IB_rect, NULL, "<splash screen>");
+	}
+	else {
+		ibuf = IMB_ibImageFromMemory((unsigned char *)datatoc_splash_png,
+		                             datatoc_splash_png_size, IB_rect, NULL, "<splash screen>");
+	}
 #else
 	ImBuf *ibuf = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -1797,7 +1808,7 @@ static uiBlock *wm_block_create_splash(bContext *C, ARegion *ar, void *UNUSED(ar
 	 * with the OS when the splash shows, window clipping in this case gives
 	 * ugly results and clipping the splash isn't useful anyway, just disable it [#32938] */
 	uiBlockSetFlag(block, UI_BLOCK_KEEP_OPEN | UI_BLOCK_NO_WIN_CLIP);
-	
+
 	/* XXX splash scales with pixelsize, should become widget-units */
 	but = uiDefBut(block, BUT_IMAGE, 0, "", 0, 0.5f * U.widget_unit, U.pixelsize * 501, U.pixelsize * 282, ibuf, 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0, ""); /* button owns the imbuf now */
 	uiButSetFunc(but, wm_block_splash_close, block, NULL);