diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index fbd59dc..568d946 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ static const float bordercolor[]    = {0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0};
 static const float focuscolor[]     = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
 /* To conform the xdg-protocol, set the alpha to zero to restore the old behavior */
 static const float fullscreen_bg[]  = {0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.0};
+static const char *cursortheme      = NULL; /* theme from /usr/share/cursors/xorg-x11 or ${XCURSOR_PATH} */
+static const char cursorsize[]      = "24";
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 7e8f523..80e4d11 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,12 @@ setup(void)
 	 * Xcursor themes to source cursor images from and makes sure that cursor
 	 * images are available at all scale factors on the screen (necessary for
 	 * HiDPI support). Scaled cursors will be loaded with each output. */
-	cursor_mgr = wlr_xcursor_manager_create(NULL, 24);
+	cursor_mgr = wlr_xcursor_manager_create(cursortheme, atoi(cursorsize));
+	setenv("XCURSOR_SIZE", cursorsize, 1);
+	if (cursortheme)
+		setenv("XCURSOR_THEME", cursortheme, 1);
+	else
+		unsetenv("XCURSOR_THEME");
 
 	/*
 	 * wlr_cursor *only* displays an image on screen. It does not move around