diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 1d949f8..7fc4cd7 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Properties {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Drawing.Bitmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static System.Drawing.Bitmap DefaultMouse {
+            get {
+                object obj = ResourceManager.GetObject("DefaultMouse", resourceCulture);
+                return ((System.Drawing.Bitmap)(obj));
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized resource of type System.Drawing.Bitmap.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.resx b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.resx
index 72532bb..8efe1d1 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -265,4 +265,7 @@
   <data name="ShiftOS" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>..\Resources\ShiftOS.rtf;System.String, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DefaultMouse" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
+    <value>..\Resources\DefaultMouse.bmp;System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/DefaultMouse.bmp b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/DefaultMouse.bmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae6143
Binary files /dev/null and b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Resources/DefaultMouse.bmp differ
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj b/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
index adfabe9..d86e502 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/ShiftOS.WinForms.csproj
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="Resources\sys_shiftoriumstory.txt" />
+    <None Include="Resources\DefaultMouse.bmp" />
     <Content Include="Resources\hello.txt" />
     <None Include="Resources\secretlang.txt" />
     <None Include="Resources\strings_ver.txt" />
diff --git a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
index 78d3534..8eba773 100644
--- a/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS.WinForms/Tools/ControlManager.cs
@@ -138,8 +138,16 @@ namespace ShiftOS.WinForms.Tools
 
         public static void SetupControl(Control ctrl)
         {
-            
 
+            var mouse = SkinEngine.GetImage("mouse");
+            if (mouse == null)
+                mouse = Properties.Resources.DefaultMouse;
+
+            var mBmp = new Bitmap(mouse);
+            var gfx = Graphics.FromImage(mBmp);
+            var handle = mBmp.GetHicon();
+
+            ctrl.Cursor = new Cursor(handle);
             if (!(ctrl is MenuStrip) && !(ctrl is ToolStrip) && !(ctrl is StatusStrip) && !(ctrl is ContextMenuStrip))
             {
                 string tag = "";
diff --git a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Skinning.cs b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Skinning.cs
index b3dddd3..d6af165 100644
--- a/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Skinning.cs
+++ b/ShiftOS_TheReturn/Skinning.cs
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ namespace ShiftOS.Engine {
         [ShifterName("System Font")]
         [ShifterDescription("The font style used by the system.")]
         public Font MainFont = SysFont;
+        
+        [Image("mouse")]
+        [ShifterMeta("System")]
+        [ShifterCategory("General")]
+        [ShifterName("Mouse image")]
+        [ShifterDescription("Select an image to be displayed as the system mouse cursor.")]
+        [RequiresUpgrade("skinning")]
+        public byte[] MouseCursorImage = null;
 
         [ShifterEnumMask(new[] { "Right", "Left"})]
         [ShifterMeta("Windows")]