diff --git a/src/managers/PointerManager.cpp b/src/managers/PointerManager.cpp
index 7df2d6f429c..66d1207673f 100644
--- a/src/managers/PointerManager.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/PointerManager.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ Vector2D CPointerManager::transformedHotspot(SP<CMonitor> pMonitor) {
     if (!pMonitor->output->cursor_swapchain)
         return {}; // doesn't matter, we have no hw cursor, and this is only for hw cursors
 
-    return CBox{currentCursorImage.hotspot, {0, 0}}
+    return CBox{currentCursorImage.hotspot * pMonitor->scale, {0, 0}}
         .transform(wlr_output_transform_invert(pMonitor->transform), pMonitor->output->cursor_swapchain->width, pMonitor->output->cursor_swapchain->height)
         .pos();
 }