diff --git a/kitty/child-monitor.c b/kitty/child-monitor.c
index dc24e9c91..36b88bb58 100644
--- a/kitty/child-monitor.c
+++ b/kitty/child-monitor.c
@@ -641,7 +641,14 @@ prepare_to_render_os_window(OSWindow *os_window, monotonic_t now, unsigned int *
                 if (collect_cursor_info(&WD.screen->cursor_render_info, w, now, os_window)) needs_render = true;
                 set_os_window_title_from_window(w, os_window);
                 *active_window_bg = window_bg;
-            } else WD.screen->cursor_render_info.is_visible = false;
+            } else {
+                if (WD.screen->render_unfocused_cursor) {
+                    if (collect_cursor_info(&WD.screen->cursor_render_info, w, now, os_window)) needs_render = true;
+                    WD.screen->cursor_render_info.is_focused = false;
+                } else {
+                    WD.screen->cursor_render_info.is_visible = false;
+                }
+            }
             if (scan_for_animated_images) {
                 monotonic_t min_gap;
                 if (scan_active_animations(WD.screen->grman, now, &min_gap, true)) needs_render = true;
diff --git a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
index 430cc8310..d855b27b5 100644
--- a/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
+++ b/kitty/fast_data_types.pyi
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ class Screen:
     disable_ligatures: int
     cursor_key_mode: bool
     auto_repeat_enabled: bool
+    render_unfocused_cursor: int
 
     def __init__(
             self,
diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 3cbf73140..55258e77a 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ void
 screen_reset(Screen *self) {
     if (self->linebuf == self->alt_linebuf) screen_toggle_screen_buffer(self, true, true);
     if (self->overlay_line.is_active) deactivate_overlay_line(self);
+    self->render_unfocused_cursor = false;
     memset(self->main_key_encoding_flags, 0, sizeof(self->main_key_encoding_flags));
     memset(self->alt_key_encoding_flags, 0, sizeof(self->alt_key_encoding_flags));
     self->display_window_char = 0;
@@ -3735,6 +3736,7 @@ static PyMemberDef members[] = {
     {"margin_top", T_UINT, offsetof(Screen, margin_top), READONLY, "margin_top"},
     {"margin_bottom", T_UINT, offsetof(Screen, margin_bottom), READONLY, "margin_bottom"},
     {"history_line_added_count", T_UINT, offsetof(Screen, history_line_added_count), 0, "history_line_added_count"},
+    {"render_unfocused_cursor", T_UINT, offsetof(Screen, render_unfocused_cursor), 0, "render_unfocused_cursor"},
     {NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/kitty/screen.h b/kitty/screen.h
index 1031aaeea..a7941d476 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.h
+++ b/kitty/screen.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct {
     pthread_mutex_t read_buf_lock, write_buf_lock;
 
     CursorRenderInfo cursor_render_info;
+    unsigned int render_unfocused_cursor;
 
     struct {
         size_t capacity, used;