diff --git a/CHANGELOG.develop b/CHANGELOG.develop
index 9fdf0b61f..44e9df24f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.develop
+++ b/CHANGELOG.develop
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@ Other:
     refactored the latter function (thanks to Benjamin Reynolds)
   - Added =pupo-split-active-window= variable to split the active window or the
     entire frame (thanks to tddsg)
+  - New emacs banner: "100-banner.txt" (thanks to Robert Zaremba)
 *** Distribution changes
 - Refactored =spacemacs-bootstrap=, =spacemacs-ui=, and =spacemacs-ui-visual=
   layers:
diff --git a/core/banners/100-banner.txt b/core/banners/100-banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8daf15b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/banners/100-banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+Welcome to
+███████╗███╗   ███╗ █████╗  ██████╗███████╗
+██╔════╝████╗ ████║██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔════╝
+█████╗  ██╔████╔██║███████║██║     ███████╗
+██╔══╝  ██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══██║██║     ╚════██║
+███████╗██║ ╚═╝ ██║██║  ██║╚██████╗███████║
+╚══════╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝╚══════╝