diff --git a/kmymoney/dialogs/settings/ksettingsgeneraldecl.ui b/kmymoney/dialogs/settings/ksettingsgeneraldecl.ui
--- a/kmymoney/dialogs/settings/ksettingsgeneraldecl.ui
+++ b/kmymoney/dialogs/settings/ksettingsgeneraldecl.ui
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_6">
        <item>
+        <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
+         <property name="title">
+          <string>Startup options</string>
+         </property>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_10">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_ShowSplash">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Show splash screen</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
          <property name="title">
           <string>Autosave options</string>
diff --git a/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.h b/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.h
--- a/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.h
+++ b/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.h
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /***************************************************************************
                           kstartuplogo.h
                              -------------------
-    copyright            : (C) 2000 by Michael Edwardes
-    email                : mte@users.sourceforge.net
+    copyright            : (C) 2000 by Michael Edwardes <mte@users.sourceforge.net>
+                           (C) 2017 by Łukasz Wojniłowicz <lukasz.wojnilowicz@gmail.com>
+
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -17,25 +18,17 @@
 #ifndef KSTARTUPLOGO_H
 #define KSTARTUPLOGO_H
 
+#include <memory>
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // QT Includes
 
-#include <QWidget>
-#include <QPointer>
+#include <QSplashScreen>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Project Includes
 
-// Simple class that just shows a picture
-class KStartupLogo : public QObject
-{
-  Q_OBJECT
-public:
-  KStartupLogo();
-  ~KStartupLogo();
-
-private:
-  QPointer<QWidget>  m_splash;
-};
+
+std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> createStartupLogo();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.cpp b/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.cpp
--- a/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.cpp
+++ b/kmymoney/kstartuplogo.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /***************************************************************************
                           kstartuplogo.cpp
                              -------------------
-    copyright            : (C) 2000 by Michael Edwardes
-    email                : mte@users.sourceforge.net
+    copyright            : (C) 2000 by Michael Edwardes <mte@users.sourceforge.net>
+                           (C) 2017 by Łukasz Wojniłowicz <lukasz.wojnilowicz@gmail.com>
+
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -16,58 +17,37 @@
 
 #include "kstartuplogo.h"
 
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // QT Includes
 
-#include <QPixmap>
 #include <QPainter>
-#include <QStandardPaths>
-#include <QSplashScreen>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // KDE Includes
 
-#include <kcolorscheme.h>
-#include <KAboutData>
+#include <KColorScheme>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Project Includes
 
-#include "kmymoneyglobalsettings.h"
 
-KStartupLogo::KStartupLogo() :
-    QObject(0),
-    m_splash(0)
+std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> createStartupLogo()
 {
-  // splash screen setting
-  if (!KMyMoneyGlobalSettings::showSplash())
-    return;
-
-  QString filename = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::DataLocation, "pics/startlogo.png");
-  QString localeFilename = KLocalizedString::localizedFilePath(filename);
-  QPixmap logoOverlay(localeFilename);
-
+  KColorScheme scheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Selection);
+  QPixmap logoOverlay(KLocalizedString::localizedFilePath(
+                        QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::DataLocation,
+                                               QStringLiteral("pics/startlogo.png"))));
   QPixmap logoPixmap(logoOverlay.size());
-  logoPixmap.fill(KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Selection).background(KColorScheme::NormalBackground).color());
+  logoPixmap.fill(scheme.background(KColorScheme::NormalBackground).color());
   QPainter pixmapPainter(&logoPixmap);
   pixmapPainter.drawPixmap(0, 0, logoOverlay, 0, 0, logoOverlay.width(), logoOverlay.height());
-
-  if (!logoOverlay.isNull()) {
-    QSplashScreen* splash = new QSplashScreen(logoPixmap, Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
-    splash->setFixedSize(logoPixmap.size());
-
-    splash->show();
-    splash->showMessage(i18n("Loading %1...", KAboutData::applicationData().version()),  //krazy:exclude=qmethods
-                        Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignBottom,
-                        KColorScheme(QPalette::Active, KColorScheme::Selection)
-                        .foreground(KColorScheme::NormalText).color());
-    m_splash = splash;
-  }
+  std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> splash(new QSplashScreen(logoPixmap, Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint));
+  splash->showMessage(i18n("Loading %1...", QCoreApplication::applicationVersion()),  //krazy:exclude=qmethods
+                      Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignBottom,
+                      scheme.foreground(KColorScheme::NormalText).color());
+  splash->show();
+  return splash;
 }
-
-KStartupLogo::~KStartupLogo()
-{
-  delete m_splash;
-}
-
diff --git a/kmymoney/main.cpp b/kmymoney/main.cpp
--- a/kmymoney/main.cpp
+++ b/kmymoney/main.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include <config-kmymoney.h>
 #include <config-kmymoney-version.h>
 
-#include <memory>
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // QT Includes
 
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@
 
 KMyMoneyApp* kmymoney;
 
-static int runKMyMoney(QApplication *a, std::unique_ptr<KStartupLogo> splash, const QUrl & file, bool noFile);
+static int runKMyMoney(QApplication *a, std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> splash, const QUrl & file, bool noFile);
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@
   KMyMoneyUtils::checkConstants();
 
   // show startup logo
-  std::unique_ptr<KStartupLogo> splash = std::unique_ptr<KStartupLogo>(new KStartupLogo());
+  std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> splash(KMyMoneyGlobalSettings::showSplash() ? createStartupLogo() : nullptr);
   app.processEvents();
 
   // setup the MyMoneyMoney locale settings according to the KDE settings
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@
   return rc;
 }
 
-int runKMyMoney(QApplication *a, std::unique_ptr<KStartupLogo> splash, const QUrl & file, bool noFile)
+int runKMyMoney(QApplication *a, std::unique_ptr<QSplashScreen> splash, const QUrl & file, bool noFile)
 {
 #ifdef KMM_DBUS
   if (QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->isServiceRegistered("org.kde.kmymoney")) {