diff --git a/milkwm/xserver.c b/milkwm/xserver.c
index 626616f..b907765 100644
--- a/milkwm/xserver.c
+++ b/milkwm/xserver.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static void set_focus(Window w) {
 int init_x(void) {
 	void*		     old;
 	XSetWindowAttributes xswa;
+	Cursor		     cur;
 
 	xswa.override_redirect = True;
 
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ int init_x(void) {
 	XChangeProperty(xdisplay, nofocus, XInternAtom(xdisplay, "_NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK", False), XA_WINDOW, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&nofocus, 1);
 	XChangeProperty(xdisplay, nofocus, XInternAtom(xdisplay, "_NET_WM_NAME", False), XInternAtom(xdisplay, "UTF8_STRING", False), 8, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)"milkwm", 6);
 
+	cur = MwLLX11CreateCursor(xdisplay, &MwCursorDefault, &MwCursorDefaultMask);
+	XDefineCursor(xdisplay, DefaultRootWindow(xdisplay), cur);
+	XFreeCursor(xdisplay, cur);
+
 	milkwm_set_focus = XInternAtom(xdisplay, "MILKWM_SET_FOCUS", False);
 
 	pthread_mutex_init(&xmutex, NULL);