diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_pointer_motion.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_pointer_motion.c
index 0bd1a83..5a1ab25 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_pointer_motion.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_pointer_motion.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 /* Forward declarations for functions defined in other wl_*.c files */
 void W_WL_EnqueueEvent(struct W_Screen *scr, const WMEvent *ev, struct W_View *target);
+extern void (*W_SetCursorImageFn)(const char *name);
 void wl_grab_apply_motion(void);
 void wl_update_pointer_focus(uint32_t time_msec);
 WMScreen *wl_get_wmscreen(void);
@@ -151,6 +152,13 @@ handle_pointer_motion(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
                 W_WL_EnqueueEvent(wmscr, &cev, mtarget);
             }
             wl_state.last_hovered_view = mtarget;
+            /* Apply the new view's cursor shape */
+            if (mtarget && mtarget->cursor && W_SetCursorImageFn) {
+                const char *cname = (const char *)(uintptr_t)mtarget->cursor;
+                W_SetCursorImageFn(cname);
+            } else if (W_SetCursorImageFn) {
+                W_SetCursorImageFn("left_ptr");
+            }
         }
         /* Emit synthetic LEAVE/ENTER when pointer crosses WM sub-window
          * boundaries (titlebar ↔ button, etc.).  These feed the inner