diff --git a/app/ui.js b/app/ui.js
index 0a0f3923..ffbb64f1 100644
--- a/app/ui.js
+++ b/app/ui.js
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ const UI = {
         UI.initSetting('view_only', false);
         UI.initSetting('img_bgrx_mode', false);
         UI.initSetting('show_dot', false);
+        UI.initSetting('show_pointer', false);
         UI.initSetting('path', 'websockify');
         UI.initSetting('repeaterID', '');
         UI.initSetting('reconnect', false);
@@ -359,6 +360,8 @@ const UI = {
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('img_bgrx_mode', UI.applyBGRXMode);
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('show_dot');
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('show_dot', UI.updateShowDotCursor);
+        UI.addSettingChangeHandler('show_pointer');
+        UI.addSettingChangeHandler('show_pointer', UI.updateShowPointerCursor);
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('host');
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('port');
         UI.addSettingChangeHandler('path');
@@ -1101,6 +1104,7 @@ const UI = {
         UI.rfb.scaleViewport = UI.getSetting('resize') === 'scale';
         UI.rfb.resizeSession = UI.getSetting('resize') === 'remote';
         UI.rfb.showDotCursor = UI.getSetting('show_dot');
+        UI.rfb.showPointerCursor = UI.getSetting('show_pointer');
 
         UI.trackMouse();
         UI.trackClicks();
@@ -1722,6 +1726,11 @@ const UI = {
         UI.rfb.showDotCursor = UI.getSetting('show_dot');
     },
 
+    updateShowPointerCursor() {
+        if (!UI.rfb) return;
+        UI.rfb.showPointerCursor = UI.getSetting('show_pointer');
+    },
+
     updateLogging() {
         WebUtil.init_logging(UI.getSetting('logging'));
     },
diff --git a/core/rfb.js b/core/rfb.js
index 82ed141d..3fa940e1 100644
--- a/core/rfb.js
+++ b/core/rfb.js
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ export default class RFB extends EventTargetMixin {
             Log.Warn("Specifying showDotCursor as a RFB constructor argument is deprecated");
             this._showDotCursor = options.showDotCursor;
         }
+        this._showPointerCursor = false;
+        if (options.showPointerCursor !== undefined) {
+            this._showPointerCursor = options.showPointerCursor;
+        }
     }
 
     // ===== PROPERTIES =====
@@ -315,6 +319,12 @@ export default class RFB extends EventTargetMixin {
         this._refreshCursor();
     }
 
+    get showPointerCursor() { return this._showPointerCursor; }
+    set showPointerCursor(show) {
+        this._showPointerCursor = show;
+        this._refreshCursor();
+    }
+
     get background() { return this._screen.style.background; }
     set background(cssValue) { this._screen.style.background = cssValue; }
 
@@ -1884,11 +1894,16 @@ export default class RFB extends EventTargetMixin {
             this._rfb_connection_state !== "connected") {
             return;
         }
-        const image = this._shouldShowDotCursor() ? RFB.cursors.dot : this._cursorImage;
-        this._cursor.change(image.rgbaPixels,
-                            image.hotx, image.hoty,
-                            image.w, image.h
-        );
+
+        if (this._showPointerCursor) {
+            this._cursor.changeToDefaultCursor();
+        } else {
+            const image = this._shouldShowDotCursor() ? RFB.cursors.dot : this._cursorImage;
+            this._cursor.change(image.rgbaPixels,
+                                image.hotx, image.hoty,
+                                image.w, image.h
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     static genDES(password, challenge) {
diff --git a/core/util/cursor.js b/core/util/cursor.js
index c7a084f0..b5c8b8cd 100644
--- a/core/util/cursor.js
+++ b/core/util/cursor.js
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ export default class Cursor {
         }
     }
 
+    changeToDefaultCursor() {
+        this._target.style.cursor = 'default';
+    }
+
     clear() {
         this._target.style.cursor = 'none';
         this._canvas.width = 0;
diff --git a/vnc.html b/vnc.html
index 841b48c8..578e8647 100644
--- a/vnc.html
+++ b/vnc.html
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@
                                 <input id="noVNC_setting_reconnect_delay" type="number">
                             </li>
                             <li><hr></li>
+                            <li>
+                                <label><input id="noVNC_setting_show_pointer" type="checkbox"> Show Default when No Cursor</label>
+                            </li>
                             <li>
                                 <label><input id="noVNC_setting_show_dot" type="checkbox"> Show Dot when No Cursor</label>
                             </li>