diff --git a/.changes/cli-add-launchscreen-storyboard.md b/.changes/cli-add-launchscreen-storyboard.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8819530a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cli-add-launchscreen-storyboard.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri-cli': 'patch:enhance'
+'@tauri-apps/cli': 'patch:enhance'
+---
+
+Add a blank LaunchScreen.storyboard to the iOS project init template to pass the App Store validation.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd79351ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/LaunchScreen.storyboard
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="17150" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES">
+    <dependencies>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="17122"/>
+        <capability name="Safe area layout guides" minToolsVersion="9.0"/>
+        <capability name="System colors in document resources" minToolsVersion="11.0"/>
+        <capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
+    </dependencies>
+    <scenes>
+        <!--View Controller-->
+        <scene sceneID="s0d-6b-0kx">
+            <objects>
+                <viewController id="Y6W-OH-hqX" sceneMemberID="viewController">
+                    <view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="5EZ-qb-Rvc">
+                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="414" height="896"/>
+                        <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
+                        <viewLayoutGuide key="safeArea" id="vDu-zF-Fre"/>
+                        <color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor"/>
+                    </view>
+                </viewController>
+                <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="Ief-a0-LHa" userLabel="First Responder" customClass="UIResponder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
+            </objects>
+        </scene>
+    </scenes>
+    <resources>
+        <systemColor name="systemBackgroundColor">
+            <color white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
+        </systemColor>
+    </resources>
+</document>
diff --git a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/project.yml b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/project.yml
index 0a64c3cb6..c826f15ba 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/project.yml
+++ b/tooling/cli/templates/mobile/ios/project.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ targets:
       - {{prefix-path this}}{{/each}}
       {{~#each ios-additional-targets}}
       - path: {{prefix-path this}}{{/each}}
+      - path: LaunchScreen.storyboard
     info:
       path: {{app.name}}_iOS/Info.plist
       properties: