diff --git a/base/sysfiles/etc_rc.d_functions-ansi.in.txt b/base/sysfiles/etc_rc.d_functions-ansi.in.txt
index 0d31da772..8bf4dde31 100644
--- a/base/sysfiles/etc_rc.d_functions-ansi.in.txt
+++ b/base/sysfiles/etc_rc.d_functions-ansi.in.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ ART_SUCCESS="  OK "
 ART_FAILURE=" FAIL"
 ART_NEXT=" v "
 
+COLOR_BANNER="$ESC[35;1m"	# magenta
 COLOR_TITLE="$ESC[36m"		# cyan
 COLOR_NORMAL="$ESC[0m"		# default (no attributes)
 COLOR_SUCCESS="$ESC[32m"	# green
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ MOVE_UP="$ESC[1A"		# 1 line up (eat last \n)
 MOVE_LEFT_STATUS="$ESC[$( expr ${#ART_SUCCESS} - 1 )D"	# move left the length of $ART_SUCCESS
 MOVE_LEFT_NEXT="$ESC[$( expr ${#ART_NEXT} - 1 )D"	# move left the length of $ART_NEXT
 
+banner() {
+	$ECHO "$COLOR_BANNER$*$COLOR_NORMAL"
+}
+
 title() {
 	local x=1 columns=
 	columns=$( if ! stty size -F /dev/tty; then