diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index c07815d230bcd4bde32a93c0615326f37a68824c..83ba095b3cded01f0fa97f8f586ba05e2bd08777 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@
 	bert_disable	[ACPI]
 			Disable BERT OS support on buggy BIOSes.
 
+	bgrt_disable	[ACPI][X86]
+			Disable BGRT to avoid flickering OEM logo.
+
 	bttv.card=	[HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
 	bttv.radio=	Most important insmod options are available as
 			kernel args too.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index 04205ce127a12a6f32ddebd2bee99f6682cfd1c6..d1757ceca8ae525e5ffbbb0eaf4c573538281ea8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_disabled);
 #define PREFIX			"ACPI: "
 
 int acpi_noirq;				/* skip ACPI IRQ initialization */
+int acpi_nobgrt;			/* skip ACPI BGRT */
 int acpi_pci_disabled;		/* skip ACPI PCI scan and IRQ initialization */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_pci_disabled);
 
@@ -1619,7 +1620,7 @@ int __init acpi_boot_init(void)
 	acpi_process_madt();
 
 	acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_HPET, acpi_parse_hpet);
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_BGRT) && !acpi_nobgrt)
 		acpi_table_parse(ACPI_SIG_BGRT, acpi_parse_bgrt);
 
 	if (!acpi_noirq)
@@ -1671,6 +1672,13 @@ static int __init parse_acpi(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("acpi", parse_acpi);
 
+static int __init parse_acpi_bgrt(char *arg)
+{
+	acpi_nobgrt = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("bgrt_disable", parse_acpi_bgrt);
+
 /* FIXME: Using pci= for an ACPI parameter is a travesty. */
 static int __init parse_pci(char *arg)
 {