diff --git a/boot/boot.c b/boot/boot.c
index 3fbef84f5..af81a459f 100755
--- a/boot/boot.c
+++ b/boot/boot.c
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ void help(void)
 		{ "ramimagedev",	"RAM disk image if root is RAM" },
 		{ "ramsize",		"RAM disk size" },
 		{ "bootdev",		"Special name for the boot device" },
+		{ "bootdelay",	        "Delay after loading, before booting (ms)" },
 		{ "fd0, d0p2, c0d0p1s0",	"Devices (as in /dev)" },
 		{ "image",		"Name of the kernel image" },
 		{ "main",		"Startup function" },
diff --git a/boot/bootimage.c b/boot/bootimage.c
index e29bf3b3d..5498f6a10 100755
--- a/boot/bootimage.c
+++ b/boot/bootimage.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ int get_segment(u32_t *vsec, long *size, u32_t *addr, u32_t limit)
 void exec_image(char *image)
 /* Get a Minix image into core, patch it up and execute. */
 {
+	char *delayvalue;
 	int i;
 	struct image_header hdr;
 	char *buf;
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ void exec_image(char *image)
 		raw_copy(aout + i * A_MINHDR, mon2abs(&hdr.process), A_MINHDR);
 
 		if (!banner) {
-			printf("    cs      ds    text    data     bss");
+			printf("     cs       ds     text     data      bss");
 			if (k_flags & K_CHMEM) printf("    stack");
 			putch('\n');
 			banner= 1;
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@ void exec_image(char *image)
 			a_data+= a_text;
 		}
 
-		printf("%06lx  %06lx %7ld %7ld %7ld",
+		printf("%07lx  %07lx %8ld %8ld %8ld",
 			procp->cs, procp->ds,
 			hdr.process.a_text, hdr.process.a_data,
 			hdr.process.a_bss
@@ -570,6 +571,11 @@ void exec_image(char *image)
 	/* Run the trailer function just before starting Minix. */
 	if (!run_trailer()) { errno= 0; return; }
 
+	/* Do delay if wanted. */
+	if((delayvalue = b_value("bootdelay")) != nil > 0) {
+		delay(delayvalue);
+	}
+
 	/* Translate the boot parameters to what Minix likes best. */
 	if (!params2params(params, sizeof(params))) { errno= 0; return; }
 
diff --git a/boot/installboot.c b/boot/installboot.c
index 0a4b4e858..b0ca9a894 100755
--- a/boot/installboot.c
+++ b/boot/installboot.c
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ void read_header(int talk, char *proc, FILE *procf, struct image_header *ihdr)
 	}
 
 	if (talk && !banner) {
-		printf("    text    data     bss     size\n");
+		printf("     text     data      bss      size\n");
 		banner= 1;
 	}
 
 	if (talk) {
-		printf("%8ld%8ld%8ld%9ld  %s\n",
+		printf(" %8ld %8ld %8ld %9ld  %s\n",
 			phdr->a_text, phdr->a_data, phdr->a_bss,
 			phdr->a_text + phdr->a_data + phdr->a_bss, proc);
 	}
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ void make_image(char *image, char **procv)
 
 	if (fclose(imagef) == EOF) fatal(image);
 
-	printf("  ------  ------  ------  -------\n");
-	printf("%8ld%8ld%8ld%9ld  total\n",
+	printf("   ------   ------   ------   -------\n");
+	printf(" %8ld %8ld %8ld %9ld  total\n",
 		total_text, total_data, total_bss,
 		total_text + total_data + total_bss);
 }