diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
index 41a3df530..fcf25f479 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceScrollView.swift
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ class SurfaceScrollView: NSView {
                 }
             }
             .store(in: &cancellables)
+        surfaceView.$pointerStyle
+            .receive(on: DispatchQueue.main)
+            .sink { [weak self] newStyle in
+                self?.scrollView.documentCursor = newStyle.cursor
+            }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
     }
     
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
index b42e34314..0358f765b 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
                         .focusedValue(\.ghosttySurfaceView, surfaceView)
                         .focusedValue(\.ghosttySurfaceCellSize, surfaceView.cellSize)
                     #if canImport(AppKit)
-                        .backport.pointerStyle(surfaceView.pointerStyle)
                         .onReceive(pubBecomeKey) { notification in
                             guard let window = notification.object as? NSWindow else { return }
                             guard let surfaceWindow = surfaceView.window else { return }
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index 3375e47ce..063b13300 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ extension Ghostty {
         @Published var surfaceSize: ghostty_surface_size_s? = nil
 
         // Whether the pointer should be visible or not
-        @Published private(set) var pointerStyle: BackportPointerStyle = .default
+        @Published private(set) var pointerStyle: CursorStyle = .horizontalText
 
         /// The configuration derived from the Ghostty config so we don't need to rely on references.
         @Published private(set) var derivedConfig: DerivedConfig
@@ -477,16 +477,16 @@ extension Ghostty {
                 pointerStyle = .resizeLeftRight
 
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_VERTICAL_TEXT:
-                pointerStyle = .default
+                pointerStyle = .verticalText
 
-            // These are not yet supported. We should support them by constructing a
-            // PointerStyle from an NSCursor.
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CONTEXT_MENU:
-                fallthrough
+                pointerStyle = .contextMenu
+
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_CROSSHAIR:
-                fallthrough
+                pointerStyle = .crosshair
+
             case GHOSTTY_MOUSE_SHAPE_NOT_ALLOWED:
-                pointerStyle = .default
+                pointerStyle = .operationNotAllowed
 
             default:
                 // We ignore unknown shapes.
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Helpers/Cursor.swift b/macos/Sources/Helpers/Cursor.swift
index fe4a148b5..f749386da 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Helpers/Cursor.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Helpers/Cursor.swift
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Cocoa
+import SwiftUI
 
-/// This helps manage the stateful nature of NSCursor hiding and unhiding. 
+/// This helps manage the stateful nature of NSCursor hiding and unhiding.
 class Cursor {
     private static var counter: UInt = 0
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class Cursor {
         // won't go negative.
         NSCursor.unhide()
 
-        if (counter > 0) {
+        if counter > 0 {
             counter -= 1
             return true
         }
@@ -29,10 +30,89 @@ class Cursor {
 
     static func unhideCompletely() -> UInt {
         let counter = self.counter
-        for _ in 0..<counter {
+        for _ in 0 ..< counter {
             assert(unhide())
         }
         assert(self.counter == 0)
         return counter
     }
 }
+
+enum CursorStyle {
+    case `default`
+    case grabIdle
+    case grabActive
+    case horizontalText
+    case verticalText
+    case link
+    case resizeLeft
+    case resizeRight
+    case resizeUp
+    case resizeDown
+    case resizeUpDown
+    case resizeLeftRight
+    case contextMenu
+    case crosshair
+    case operationNotAllowed
+}
+
+extension CursorStyle {
+    var cursor: NSCursor {
+        switch self {
+        case .default:
+            return .arrow
+        case .grabIdle:
+            return .openHand
+        case .grabActive:
+            return .closedHand
+        case .horizontalText:
+            return .iBeam
+        case .verticalText:
+            return .iBeamCursorForVerticalLayout
+        case .link:
+            return .pointingHand
+        case .resizeLeft:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .columnResize(directions: .left)
+            } else {
+                return .resizeLeft
+            }
+        case .resizeRight:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .columnResize(directions: .right)
+            } else {
+                return .resizeRight
+            }
+        case .resizeUp:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .rowResize(directions: .up)
+            } else {
+                return .resizeUp
+            }
+        case .resizeDown:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .rowResize(directions: .down)
+            } else {
+                return .resizeDown
+            }
+        case .resizeUpDown:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .rowResize
+            } else {
+                return .resizeUpDown
+            }
+        case .resizeLeftRight:
+            if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+                return .columnResize
+            } else {
+                return .resizeLeftRight
+            }
+        case .contextMenu:
+            return .contextualMenu
+        case .crosshair:
+            return .crosshair
+        case .operationNotAllowed:
+            return .operationNotAllowed
+        }
+    }
+}