diff --git a/config/common.mk b/config/common.mk
index a33b9a42..12a5bc67 100644
--- a/config/common.mk
+++ b/config/common.mk
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ $(eval TARGET_BOOTANIMATION_NAME := $(shell \
 endef
 $(foreach size,$(bootanimation_sizes), $(call check_and_set_bootanimation,$(size)))
 
+ifeq ($(TARGET_BOOTANIMATION_HALF_RES),true)
+PRODUCT_BOOTANIMATION := vendor/cm/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/$(TARGET_BOOTANIMATION_NAME).zip
+else
 PRODUCT_BOOTANIMATION := vendor/cm/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/$(TARGET_BOOTANIMATION_NAME).zip
 endif
+endif
 
 ifdef CM_NIGHTLY
 PRODUCT_PROPERTY_OVERRIDES += \
diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/240.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/240.zip
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/320.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/320.zip
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/360.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/360.zip
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index 00000000..aeea7e02
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/480.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/480.zip
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index 00000000..ae6187cd
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/540.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/540.zip
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index 00000000..7a30066b
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/600.zip b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/600.zip
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index 00000000..cc407022
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diff --git a/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/generate-half-res-anims.sh b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/generate-half-res-anims.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ffe91ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prebuilt/common/bootanimation/halfres/generate-half-res-anims.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+HALF_RES_RESOLUTIONS="240 320 360 480 540 600"
+
+for i in $HALF_RES_RESOLUTIONS; do
+	mkdir $i
+	cd $i
+	if [ -f ../../$(($i/2)).zip ]; then
+		# use the existing scaled images
+		echo "Using existing half-scale images instead of scaling from $i px"
+		unzip ../../$(($i/2)).zip
+		rm -f desc.txt
+		unzip ../../$i.zip desc.txt
+	else
+		unzip ../../$i.zip
+		for j in */*.jpg; do
+			convert $j -resize 50% tmp.jpg
+			mv tmp.jpg $j
+		done
+	fi
+	zip -r0 ../$i.zip .
+	cd ..
+	rm -rf $i
+done