diff --git a/toml-config/src/config.rs b/toml-config/src/config.rs
index 7c2ccc32..ec77f760 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/config.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/config.rs
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub client_rules: Vec<ClientRule>,
     pub window_rules: Vec<WindowRule>,
     pub pointer_revert_key: Option<KeySym>,
+    pub use_hardware_cursor: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
diff --git a/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
index 74f63589..8b102fb0 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
                 client_rules_val,
                 window_rules_val,
                 pointer_revert_key_str,
+                use_hardware_cursor,
             ),
         ) = ext.extract((
             (
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
                 opt(val("clients")),
                 opt(val("windows")),
                 recover(opt(str("pointer-revert-key"))),
+                recover(opt(bol("use-hardware-cursor"))),
             ),
         ))?;
         let mut keymap = None;
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
             client_rules,
             window_rules,
             pointer_revert_key,
+            use_hardware_cursor: use_hardware_cursor.despan(),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/toml-config/src/lib.rs b/toml-config/src/lib.rs
index 87709ca2..01bcb7fe 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -1244,6 +1244,9 @@ fn load_config(initial_load: bool, persistent: &Rc<PersistentState>) {
     if let Some(key) = config.pointer_revert_key {
         persistent.seat.set_pointer_revert_key(key);
     }
+    if let Some(v) = config.use_hardware_cursor {
+        persistent.seat.use_hardware_cursor(v);
+    }
 }
 
 fn create_command(exec: &Exec) -> Command {
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
index 890e0971..d7c7dc61 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
@@ -879,6 +879,10 @@
         "pointer-revert-key": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Sets the keysym that can be used to revert the pointer to the default state.\n\nPressing this key cancels any grabs, drags, selections, etc.\n\nThe default is `Escape`. Setting this to `NoSymbol` effectively disables\nthis functionality.\n\nThe value of the string should be the name of a keysym. The authoritative location\nfor these names is [1] with the `XKB_KEY_` prefix removed.\n\n[1]: https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h\n\n- Example:\n\n  ```toml\n  pointer-revert-key = \"NoSymbol\"\n  ```\n"
+        },
+        "use-hardware-cursor": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Configures whether the default seat uses hardware cursors.\n\nThe default is `true`.\n"
         }
       },
       "required": []
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
index 505d8958..33327424 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
@@ -1786,6 +1786,14 @@ The table has the following fields:
 
   The value of this field should be a string.
 
+- `use-hardware-cursor` (optional):
+
+  Configures whether the default seat uses hardware cursors.
+  
+  The default is `true`.
+
+  The value of this field should be a boolean.
+
 
 <a name="types-Connector"></a>
 ### `Connector`
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml b/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
index 9efcc9f4..efdb960c 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
@@ -2607,6 +2607,13 @@ Config:
           ```toml
           pointer-revert-key = "NoSymbol"
           ```
+    use-hardware-cursor:
+      kind: boolean
+      required: false
+      description: |
+        Configures whether the default seat uses hardware cursors.
+
+        The default is `true`.
 
 
 Idle: