diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk.zig b/src/apprt/gtk.zig
index 7ecb83033..35791933d 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk.zig
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ pub const App = struct {
     app: *c.GtkApplication,
     ctx: *c.GMainContext,
 
+    /// The "none" cursor. We use one that is shared across the entire app.
+    cursor_none: ?*c.GdkCursor,
+
     /// This is set to false when the main loop should exit.
     running: bool = true,
 
@@ -68,6 +71,10 @@ pub const App = struct {
             }
         }
 
+        // The "none" cursor is used for hiding the cursor
+        const cursor_none = c.gdk_cursor_new_from_name("none", null);
+        errdefer if (cursor_none) |cursor| c.g_object_unref(cursor);
+
         // Our uniqueness ID is based on whether we're in a debug mode or not.
         // In debug mode we want to be separate so we can develop Ghostty in
         // Ghostty.
@@ -128,6 +135,7 @@ pub const App = struct {
             .app = app,
             .config = config,
             .ctx = ctx,
+            .cursor_none = cursor_none,
 
             // If we are NOT the primary instance, then we never want to run.
             // This means that another instance of the GTK app is running and
@@ -144,6 +152,8 @@ pub const App = struct {
         c.g_main_context_release(self.ctx);
         c.g_object_unref(self.app);
 
+        if (self.cursor_none) |cursor| c.g_object_unref(cursor);
+
         self.config.deinit();
 
         glfw.terminate();
@@ -1042,6 +1052,21 @@ pub const Surface = struct {
         self.cursor = cursor;
     }
 
+    /// Set the visibility of the mouse cursor.
+    pub fn setMouseVisibility(self: *Surface, visible: bool) void {
+        // Note in there that self.cursor or cursor_none may be null. That's
+        // not a problem because NULL is a valid argument for set cursor
+        // which means to just use the parent value.
+
+        if (visible) {
+            c.gtk_widget_set_cursor(@ptrCast(self.gl_area), self.cursor);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Set our new cursor to the app "none" cursor
+        c.gtk_widget_set_cursor(@ptrCast(self.gl_area), self.app.cursor_none);
+    }
+
     pub fn getClipboardString(
         self: *Surface,
         clipboard_type: apprt.Clipboard,