diff --git a/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/APKBUILD b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/APKBUILD
index 0ffaf2f46..e4fd330d2 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+# Co-Maintainer: Ferass El Hafidi <funderscore@postmarketos.org>
 maintainer="Clayton Craft <clayton@craftyguy.net>"
 pkgname=postmarketos-bootsplash
-pkgver=0.5.0
+pkgver=0.5.1
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="pmOS integration components for boot/shutdown splash screen"
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
@@ -13,19 +14,23 @@ depends="
 	plymouth-drm
 	postmarketos-plymouth-themes
 "
-depends_openrc="plymouth-openrc-plugin"
 options="!check" # no testsuite
 subpackages="$pkgname-openrc"
 source="
 	20-plymouth.conf
+	kill-plymouth
 	plymouthd.conf
 	postmarketos-bootsplash.files
 "
 replaces="plymouth"
+install="postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-install postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-upgrade"
 provides="postmarketos-bootsplash-virtual"
 provider_priority=100
 
 package() {
+	# Temporary workaround for OpenRC, see pmaports#4536
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir/kill-plymouth" -t "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/
+
 	# NOTE: install files to initramfs-extra due to size
 	install -Dm644 "$srcdir"/postmarketos-bootsplash.files \
 		"$pkgdir"/usr/share/mkinitfs/files-extra/30-postmarketos-bootsplash.files
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ openrc() {
 
 sha512sums="
 dc6d38d3048ee3be47871cb9f4909cc7572f57be792c1cf39688abfd9659e5149699308ead35fe7fd37b87fbac5668cbf03d3b6acd74ec05c8c4b39735e9e8df  20-plymouth.conf
+5d11ab555600606f5f27146aa982075d622068bb82b34144459c174da9e22c19b3adcd076d780885cd97313f1e3aee87052769e32d8b1332e4516abd0c9dda0d  kill-plymouth
 d4cab2578116afa4ca33ca94671191d44e71d4c46cfb11248c42f6bd1e49714eae56339330f483b247a3da0865892a100dc6f33e378a9cbfaea2f56e9616fcd8  plymouthd.conf
 c261e23acc70c8062abf4d5419806a832889a70ed8222535269206bb333dfa6f9ab953fe2ddfcf032fe7f89c2ca0ed6497e6a61cf9fd99f6b6372b3dd55658af  postmarketos-bootsplash.files
 "
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/kill-plymouth b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/kill-plymouth
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20af2601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/kill-plymouth
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# This is a *temporary* workaround to OpenRC hanging at times if plugins are
+# used on a musl-based system (such as plymouth-openrc-plugin). This also means
+# plymouth will not be ran on shutdown, but given this service is temporary, it
+# should be fine. It will be replaced with the plymouth-openrc-plugin again when
+# this is fixed upstream, which has better integration.
+#
+# See also:
+#  * https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/work_items/4536
+#  * https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/pull/1007
+
+name="Exit plymouthd"
+description="Stop plymouthd before running the graphical UI"
+command="/usr/bin/plymouth"
+command_args="quit"
+
+depend() {
+	before display-manager
+}
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-install b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-install
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a7c47627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-install
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rc-update add kill-plymouth default
diff --git a/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-upgrade b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-upgrade
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..2f0b337a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/postmarketos-bootsplash/postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-upgrade
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+postmarketos-bootsplash-openrc.post-install
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