diff --git a/src/fbinit.c b/src/fbinit.c
index e6b47fb..cf21cbd 100644
--- a/src/fbinit.c
+++ b/src/fbinit.c
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "fbinit.h"
 #include "scode.h"
-
-/* references to splash screen data in splash.o/splash.bin */
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_start[];
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_end;
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_size;
+#include "resources.h"
 
 static int fb_fd = -1;   /* framebuffer file descriptor */
 
@@ -62,6 +58,8 @@ static void do_cleanup(void)
 HRESULT Fb_setup(void)
 {
   HRESULT hr = S_OK;
+  HRESULT hr2 = S_OK;
+  HRSRC splash;
   struct fb_fix_screeninfo fixed;
   struct fb_var_screeninfo var;
 
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ HRESULT Fb_setup(void)
   local_info.linebytes = fixed.line_length;
   local_info.screenbytes = fixed.smem_len;
 
-  /* variable info is used to get scren geometry and color info */
+  /* variable info is used to get screen geometry and color info */
   if (ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var))
   {
     hr = ERRNO_AS_SCODE;
@@ -118,8 +116,16 @@ HRESULT Fb_setup(void)
     return hr;
   }
 
-  /* display the splash screen */
-  memcpy(Fb_Ptr, _binary_splash_bin_start, (size_t)(&_binary_splash_bin_size));
+  /* The splash screen is in the system resources.  Use the resource API to load it straight to the frame buffer. */
+  hr2 = Rsrc_find_resource(NULL, "splash.bin", NULL, &splash);
+  if (SUCCEEDED(hr2))
+  {
+    ASSERT(Rsrc_sizeof_resource(splash) == fixed.smem_len);
+    hr2 = Rsrc_read_resource_here(splash, Fb_Ptr, fixed.smem_len, NULL);
+    Rsrc_free_resource(splash);
+  }
+  if (FAILED(hr2))
+    Log(LWARN, "splash screen rendering failed (%08X)", hr2);
 
   hr = Config_exitfunc(do_cleanup);
   if (FAILED(hr))