diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
index 309a97b09..e4839e707 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
                         .focusedValue(\.ghosttySurfaceCellSize, surfaceView.cellSize)
                     #if canImport(AppKit)
                         .backport.pointerVisibility(surfaceView.pointerVisible ? .visible : .hidden)
+                        .backport.pointerStyle(surfaceView.pointerStyle)
                         .onReceive(pubBecomeKey) { notification in
                             guard let window = notification.object as? NSWindow else { return }
                             guard let surfaceWindow = surfaceView.window else { return }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 8d12c6193..90d259d22 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ extension Ghostty {
         @Published var surfaceSize: ghostty_surface_size_s? = nil
 
         // Whether the pointer should be visible or not
-        @Published var pointerVisible: Bool = true
+        @Published private(set) var pointerVisible: Bool = true
+        @Published private(set) var pointerStyle: BackportPointerStyle = .default
 
         // An initial size to request for a window. This will only affect
         // then the view is moved to a new window.
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
         private var markedText: NSMutableAttributedString
         private(set) var focused: Bool = true
         private var prevPressureStage: Int = 0
-        private var cursor: NSCursor = .iBeam
         private var appearanceObserver: NSKeyValueObservation? = nil
 
         // This is set to non-null during keyDown to accumulate insertText contents
@@ -267,49 +267,49 @@ extension Ghostty {
         func setCursorShape(_ shape: ghostty_mouse_shape_e) {
             switch (shape) {
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_DEFAULT:
-                cursor = .arrow
-
-            case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CONTEXT_MENU:
-                cursor = .contextualMenu
+                pointerStyle = .default
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_TEXT:
-                cursor = .iBeam
-
-            case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CROSSHAIR:
-                cursor = .crosshair
+                pointerStyle = .horizontalText
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_GRAB:
-                cursor = .openHand
+                pointerStyle = .grabIdle
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_GRABBING:
-                cursor = .closedHand
+                pointerStyle = .grabActive
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_POINTER:
-                cursor = .pointingHand
+                pointerStyle = .link
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_W_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeLeft
+                pointerStyle = .resizeLeft
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_E_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeRight
+                pointerStyle = .resizeRight
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_N_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeUp
+                pointerStyle = .resizeUp
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_S_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeDown
+                pointerStyle = .resizeDown
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_NS_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeUpDown
+                pointerStyle = .resizeUpDown
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_EW_RESIZE:
-                cursor = .resizeLeftRight
+                pointerStyle = .resizeLeftRight
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_VERTICAL_TEXT:
-                cursor = .iBeamCursorForVerticalLayout
+                pointerStyle = .default
 
+            // These are not yet supported. We should support them by constructing a
+            // PointerStyle from an NSCursor.
+            case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CONTEXT_MENU:
+                fallthrough
+            case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CROSSHAIR:
+                fallthrough
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_NOT_ALLOWED:
-                cursor = .operationNotAllowed
+                pointerStyle = .default
 
             default:
                 // We ignore unknown shapes.
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Helpers/View+Extension.swift b/macos/Sources/Helpers/View+Extension.swift
index db17b441f..fb6e0c20f 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Helpers/View+Extension.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Helpers/View+Extension.swift
@@ -16,3 +16,16 @@ extension View {
             )
     }
 }
+
+extension View {
+    func pointerStyleFromCursor(_ cursor: NSCursor) -> some View {
+        if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+            return self.pointerStyle(.image(
+                Image(nsImage: cursor.image),
+                hotSpot: .init(x: cursor.hotSpot.x, y: cursor.hotSpot.y)
+            ))
+        } else {
+            return self
+        }
+    }
+}