diff --git a/init/display_low_battery_alert b/init/display_low_battery_alert
index 4c91220..d8ca434 100755
--- a/init/display_low_battery_alert
+++ b/init/display_low_battery_alert
@@ -4,19 +4,43 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
-# Use differently-sized images depending on the framebuffer width.
-WIDTH=$(ply-image --print-resolution | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
 ASSETS=/usr/share/chromeos-assets
 ASSETS_200=$ASSETS/images_200_percent
 ASSETS_100=$ASSETS/images_100_percent
-if [ $WIDTH -gt 1920 -a -e "$ASSETS_200/battery_alert_01.png" ]; then
-  IMAGES="$ASSETS_200"/battery_alert*.png
-else
-  IMAGES="$ASSETS_100"/battery_alert*.png
+
+if [ ! -x /sbin/frecon ]; then
+  # Fall back to old way with ply-image
+  # Use differently-sized images depending on the framebuffer width.
+  WIDTH=$(ply-image --print-resolution | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+  if [ $WIDTH -gt 1920 -a -e "$ASSETS_200/battery_alert_01.png" ]; then
+    IMAGES="$ASSETS_200"/battery_alert*.png
+  else
+    IMAGES="$ASSETS_100"/battery_alert*.png
+  fi
+
+  # Run through the images from first to last and then from last to first; then
+  # repeat the sequence three times at 10 FPS.
+  SEQUENCE="$(ls $IMAGES ; ls -r $IMAGES)"
+  FRAMES="$SEQUENCE $SEQUENCE $SEQUENCE"
+  ply-image --clear 0x000000 --frame-interval=100 $FRAMES
+  exit
 fi
 
-# Run through the images from first to last and then from last to first; then
-# repeat the sequence three times at 10 FPS.
-SEQUENCE="$(ls $IMAGES ; ls -r $IMAGES)"
-FRAMES="$SEQUENCE $SEQUENCE $SEQUENCE"
-ply-image --clear 0x000000 --frame-interval=100 $FRAMES
+IMAGES_100="$ASSETS_100"/battery_alert*.png
+SEQ_100="$(ls $IMAGES_100 ; ls -r $IMAGES_100)"
+IMAGES_200="$ASSETS_200"/battery_alert*.png
+SEQ_200="$(ls $IMAGES_200 ; ls -r $IMAGES_200)"
+BAT_IMAGES=""
+
+for image in ${SEQ_200}; do
+  BAT_IMAGES="${BAT_IMAGES} --image-hires ${image}"
+done
+for image in ${SEQ_100}; do
+  BAT_IMAGES="${BAT_IMAGES} --image ${image}"
+done
+
+killall -9 frecon
+/sbin/frecon --clear 0x000000 --loop-interval=100 --loop-count=3 \
+             --loop-start=0 --splash-only ${BAT_IMAGES}
+
+