diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/ServerMain.cs b/OpenSim/Server/ServerMain.cs
index ff2e9dd4bb..cc10a67392 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/ServerMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/ServerMain.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ using Nini.Config;
 using log4net;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Security;
+using System.Runtime;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
@@ -73,6 +75,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server
             return false;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens a file and uses it as input to the console command parser.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fileName">name of file to use as input to the console</param>
+        private static void PrintFileToConsole(string fileName)
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(fileName))
+            {
+                using(StreamReader readFile = File.OpenText(fileName))
+                {
+                    string currentLine;
+                    while ((currentLine = readFile.ReadLine()) != null)
+                    {
+                        m_log.InfoFormat("[!]" + currentLine);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public static int Main(string[] args)
         {
             Culture.SetCurrentCulture();
@@ -190,6 +211,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server
                 }
             }
 
+            PrintFileToConsole("startuplogo_server.txt");
+
             loader = new PluginLoader(m_Server.Config, registryLocation);
 
             int res = m_Server.Run();
diff --git a/bin/startuplogo_server.txt b/bin/startuplogo_server.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2