diff --git a/ios/Config/Info.plist b/ios/Config/Info.plist
index beb778846108..ace55487c478 100644
--- a/ios/Config/Info.plist
+++ b/ios/Config/Info.plist
@@ -96,7 +96,15 @@
 		<string>remote-notification</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>UILaunchScreen</key>
-	<dict/>
+	<dict>
+		<!-- HIG "Launching": match the first screen (plain systemBackground
+		     surfaces) and keep it static — a solid adaptive background with the
+		     small cmux mark from the sign-in header, no text. -->
+		<key>UIColorName</key>
+		<string>LaunchBackground</string>
+		<key>UIImageName</key>
+		<string>LaunchLogo</string>
+	</dict>
 	<key>UISupportedInterfaceOrientations</key>
 	<array>
 		<string>UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight</string>
diff --git a/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04256378ab02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchBackground.colorset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "colors" : [
+    {
+      "color" : {
+        "color-space" : "srgb",
+        "components" : {
+          "alpha" : "1.000",
+          "blue" : "1.000",
+          "green" : "1.000",
+          "red" : "1.000"
+        }
+      },
+      "idiom" : "universal"
+    },
+    {
+      "appearances" : [
+        {
+          "appearance" : "luminosity",
+          "value" : "dark"
+        }
+      ],
+      "color" : {
+        "color-space" : "srgb",
+        "components" : {
+          "alpha" : "1.000",
+          "blue" : "0.000",
+          "green" : "0.000",
+          "red" : "0.000"
+        }
+      },
+      "idiom" : "universal"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/Contents.json b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65b63ffeb918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "images" : [
+    {
+      "filename" : "LaunchLogo.png",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "1x"
+    },
+    {
+      "filename" : "LaunchLogo@2x.png",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "2x"
+    },
+    {
+      "filename" : "LaunchLogo@3x.png",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "3x"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/LaunchLogo.png b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/LaunchLogo.png
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diff --git a/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/LaunchLogo@3x.png b/ios/cmux/Assets.xcassets/LaunchLogo.imageset/LaunchLogo@3x.png
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