diff --git a/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/APKBUILD b/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/APKBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71d82299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+pkgname=msm-fb-refresher
+pkgver=0.1
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Display refresher for Qualcomm devices"
+arch="all"
+url="https://github.com/AsteroidOS/msm-fb-refresher"
+license="GPL2"
+makedepends="linux-headers"
+source="
+	${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/AsteroidOS/msm-fb-refresher/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz
+	msm-fb-refresher.init
+"
+
+builddir="${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+
+build() {
+	gcc refresher.c -o refresher.o -c
+	gcc refresher.o -o msm-fb-refresher
+}
+
+package() {
+	install -Dm755 "${builddir}/msm-fb-refresher" \
+		"${pkgdir}/usr/sbin/msm-fb-refresher"
+	install -Dm755 "${srcdir}/msm-fb-refresher.init" \
+		"${pkgdir}/etc/init.d/msm-fb-refresher"
+}
+sha512sums="6c39f2a2eccf5c4b4dc89e91b69385ad89cfd3fdef3121d32e88f2811b3a6df1ca15c5f8df8df7eced7133e99abdf54034bc82e9d871f40bfc4271b9a0474e15  msm-fb-refresher-0.1.tar.gz
+5820e02dcb1cd927bcd6c8548307936a12f0dde1b92f15a931134b8d4a41f4b5e8811c6969d9b11a6a31d40da218b24ee274614936f6e50bcd6e794346f99c13  msm-fb-refresher.init"
diff --git a/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/msm-fb-refresher.init b/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/msm-fb-refresher.init
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b6d3c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aports/main/msm-fb-refresher/msm-fb-refresher.init
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+
+cmd=/usr/sbin/msm-fb-refresher
+cmd_args="--loop"
+pid=/run/msm-fb-refresher.pid
+
+depend() {
+	after bootmisc
+}
+
+start() {
+	ebegin "Starting msm-fb-refresher"
+	start-stop-daemon --start --exec $cmd --background \
+		--pidfile $pid --make-pidfile -- $cmd_args
+	eend $?
+}
+
+stop() {
+	ebegin "Stopping msm-fb-refresher"
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --exec $cmd
+	eend $?
+}
+
+restart() {
+	stop
+	start
+}
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD b/aports/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
index 7a1ba782..043215ea 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-base/APKBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-base
 pkgver=2
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc="Meta package for minimal postmarketos base"
 url="https://github.com/postmarketOS"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ package() {
 sha512sums="c6de3b44bc45b9f9c641a7e34c69a481ee39b99ac0251cd28f2b3aae49c1a8d1ca448f4936b7942b1a8b8f7c18a5415c938098765ed8cf08456543800160e64b  sudoers
 38dc75c0ed32b76dccd3d8e7e8173e8b7d91847cf2b07123f376b95af46b4f89798b24f45302a0726fdc1cf253aecaac140f431735ac5c6511553f790badd0af  firmwareload.sh
 0b098828080055d3646ea54891cb0e1b578cbc30f5e16f7284f2814c08192f18079a38fb686d192715ae6a3d2cd6625d9e3cf99f234a6f0d94088bb0cb2ce43d  50-firmware.rules
-5ad5ed61c43f366b1802201ecafd8c756aff0dabeb63ad171fe96ec773360722b314eeb120528507fa72b57b54da82d9d64f887c91b59fbf485ba52a2f3e7bbf  postmarketos-base.post-install"
+b3bf756c5100cc49260d38014faada287bbbba3da4d404f08b76db1b925adc0d30a37e1c37e318f4f698ca353790d715b825cf18fe1bb81a6988976b051530b2  postmarketos-base.post-install"
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install b/aports/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
index c34d10af..0b7b7572 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-base/postmarketos-base.post-install
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ done
 for service in mount-ro killprocs savecache; do
 	rc-update -q add $service shutdown
 done
+if [ "${deviceinfo_msm_refresher}" = "true" ]; then
+	rc-update -q add msm-fb-refresher boot
+fi
 
 # Add user account
 adduser -u 1000 -D -h /home/user -G users user 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
index d442acb3..cb317357 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/APKBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=postmarketos-mkinitfs
-pkgver=0.3.4
+pkgver=0.3.5
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Tool to generate initramfs images for postmarketOS"
 url="https://github.com/postmarketOS"
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ package() {
 		"$pkgdir/sbin/mkinitfs"
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/"
 }
-sha512sums="3d0215d61a34e846c6c3e4ff1911742a620cd1c6ff1de3cf26eaa4cb7643467da72bf9abc6a53992cc750bb76340be820149b25b806152b70fc0d40e0f8aa310  init.sh.in
-a47398cdbb5e68a34086038cf6d72df91f6e58dcae7ff1ea8a375cd44f21e4573a944122ca5a32dda7b002bb14ec5826435edd2512c3db198dc9c0c3756e3cbe  init_functions.sh
-ef1481ef45e786486fb8e9939f756afb1d873a92546468d3dda3065ef46404be7e9847ab1f630fa6cf3e4ab99bdb116401093bbb1bbc882ea85ea824cdf7e389  mkinitfs.sh"
+sha512sums="91860e61cc42b77c02522ab273cf4793b78ee595a75c026c057522a5e6d1fdcc7ec868cbdaea5912c90dea61483468dc609dc69144a6d8e68ef47c9d1459fdb6  init.sh.in
+8823d0685c40f4a21936a3a371914a9af39f12ad48371ccdaea88379e2109bdd13728252ce774cc53f6053cecd51334ee3b7a3d559ba4b77e45d0e233714d930  init_functions.sh
+6408f8b3302d965b7eb335ce617b28e8159420a9ec137243844f6ccf1f13055556b999c4f32385a4249aa8e9cce33898153a45dd53499a73a39d61dff18f3291  mkinitfs.sh"
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh.in b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh.in
index c05c2b6a..44eab361 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh.in
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init.sh.in
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ setup_log
 setup_mdev
 mount_subpartitions
 
+# Start msm-fb-refresher workaround for qualcomm devices
+start_msm_refresher
+
 # Hooks
 for hook in /etc/postmarketos-mkinitfs/hooks/*.sh; do
 	[ -e "$hook" ] || continue
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ resize_root_filesystem
 mount_root_partition
 
 # Switch root
-killall telnetd mdev 2>/dev/null
+killall telnetd mdev msm-fb-refresher 2>/dev/null
 umount /boot
 umount /proc
 umount /sys
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
index cf5c2a83..21fa3cf3 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/init_functions.sh
@@ -299,6 +299,13 @@ echo_connect_ssh_message() {
 	echo "ssh user@$IP"
 }
 
+start_msm_refresher() {
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2154,SC2086
+	if [ "${deviceinfo_msm_refresher}" = "true" ]; then
+		/usr/sbin/msm-fb-refresher --loop &
+	fi
+}
+
 loop_forever() {
 	while true; do
 		sleep 1
diff --git a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
index 3f16a8e1..9b6b3598 100644
--- a/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
+++ b/aports/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs/mkinitfs.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ get_modules()
 get_binaries()
 {
 	BINARIES="/bin/busybox /bin/busybox-extras /usr/sbin/telnetd /sbin/kpartx"
+	if [ "${deviceinfo_msm_refresher}" == "true" ]; then
+		BINARIES="${BINARIES} /usr/sbin/msm-fb-refresher"
+	fi
 	lddtree -l $BINARIES | sort -u
 }
 
@@ -243,6 +246,12 @@ parse_commandline "$1" "$2" "$3"
 echo "==> initramfs: creating $outfile"
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/mkinitfs.XXXXXX)
 
+if [ "${deviceinfo_msm_refresher}" == "true" ] && ! [ -e /usr/sbin/msm-fb-refresher ]; then
+	echo "ERROR: Please add msm-fb-refresher as dependency to your device package,"
+	echo "or set msm_refresher to false in your deviceinfo!"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 # set up initfs in temp folder
 create_folders
 copy_files "$(get_modules)" "$tmpdir"