diff --git a/examples/draw.c b/examples/draw.c
index 0b438e3..d2743df 100644
--- a/examples/draw.c
+++ b/examples/draw.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	struct nvnc_fb* cursor = create_cursor();
 	assert(cursor);
 
-	nvnc_set_cursor(server, cursor, 0, 0, 32, 32);
+	nvnc_set_cursor(server, cursor, 0, 0, 32, 32, true);
 	nvnc_fb_unref(cursor);
 
 	struct aml_signal* sig = aml_signal_new(SIGINT, on_sigint, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/include/neatvnc.h b/include/neatvnc.h
index 8899eda..bec11b1 100644
--- a/include/neatvnc.h
+++ b/include/neatvnc.h
@@ -143,4 +143,5 @@ void nvnc_display_feed_buffer(struct nvnc_display*, struct nvnc_fb*,
 void nvnc_send_cut_text(struct nvnc*, const char* text, uint32_t len);
 
 void nvnc_set_cursor(struct nvnc*, struct nvnc_fb*, uint16_t width,
-		     uint16_t height, uint16_t hotspot_x, uint16_t hotspot_y);
+		     uint16_t height, uint16_t hotspot_x, uint16_t hotspot_y,
+		     bool is_damaged);
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index d7ff0af..9d226f9 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -1574,7 +1574,8 @@ cert_alloc_failure:
 
 EXPORT
 void nvnc_set_cursor(struct nvnc* self, struct nvnc_fb* fb, uint16_t width,
-		uint16_t height, uint16_t hotspot_x, uint16_t hotspot_y)
+		uint16_t height, uint16_t hotspot_x, uint16_t hotspot_y,
+		bool is_damaged)
 {
 	if (self->cursor.buffer) {
 		nvnc_fb_release(self->cursor.buffer);
@@ -1582,6 +1583,7 @@ void nvnc_set_cursor(struct nvnc* self, struct nvnc_fb* fb, uint16_t width,
 	}
 
 	self->cursor.buffer = fb;
+
 	if (fb) {
 		// TODO: Hash cursors to check if they actually changed?
 		nvnc_fb_ref(fb);
@@ -1599,6 +1601,9 @@ void nvnc_set_cursor(struct nvnc* self, struct nvnc_fb* fb, uint16_t width,
 		self->cursor.hotspot_y = 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!is_damaged)
+		return;
+
 	self->cursor_seq++;
 
 	struct nvnc_client* client;