diff --git a/bin/omarchy-theme-next b/bin/omarchy-theme-next
index 40ace80..0d20fc0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-theme-next
+++ b/bin/omarchy-theme-next
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ ln -nsf "$NEW_THEME" "$HOME/.config/omarchy/current/theme"
 # Touch alacritty config to pickup the changed theme
 touch "$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml"
 
+# Touch .plymouth-sync-needed to signal rebuild on shutdown / reboot
+touch "$HOME/.config/omarchy/.plymouth-sync-needed"
+
 # Restart for new theme
 pkill -SIGUSR2 waybar
 makoctl reload