diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae54c457832..26c31d9e712 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ name = "audio-wav"
 [[example]]
 name = "audio-whitenoise"
 
+[[example]]
+required-features = ["image", "gfx"]
+name = "cursor"
+
 [[example]]
 name = "demo"
 
diff --git a/assets/cursor.png b/assets/cursor.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2118eb86ea3
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/cursor.png differ
diff --git a/examples/cursor.rs b/examples/cursor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60656038ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cursor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+extern crate sdl2;
+
+use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
+use sdl2::event::Event;
+use sdl2::image::{LoadSurface, INIT_PNG, INIT_JPG};
+use sdl2::keyboard::Keycode;
+use sdl2::mouse::Cursor;
+use sdl2::pixels::Color;
+use sdl2::gfx::primitives::DrawRenderer;
+use sdl2::surface::Surface;
+
+pub fn run(png: &Path) {
+
+    let sdl_context = sdl2::init().unwrap();
+    let video_subsystem = sdl_context.video().unwrap();
+    let _image_context = sdl2::image::init(INIT_PNG | INIT_JPG).unwrap();
+    let window = video_subsystem.window("rust-sdl2 demo: Cursor", 800, 600)
+      .position_centered()
+      .build()
+      .unwrap();
+
+    let mut canvas = window.into_canvas().software().build().unwrap();
+
+    let surface = match Surface::from_file(png) {
+        Ok(surface) => surface,
+        Err(err)    => panic!("failed to load cursor image: {}", err)
+    };
+    let cursor = match Cursor::from_surface(surface, 0, 0) {
+        Ok(cursor) => cursor,
+        Err(err) => panic!("failed to load cursor: {}", err)
+    };
+    cursor.set();
+
+    canvas.clear();
+    canvas.present();
+
+    let mut events = sdl_context.event_pump().unwrap();
+
+    'mainloop: loop {
+        for event in events.poll_iter() {
+            match event {
+                Event::Quit{..} |
+                Event::KeyDown {keycode: Option::Some(Keycode::Escape), ..} =>
+                    break 'mainloop,
+                 Event::MouseButtonDown {x, y, ..} => {
+                    let color = Color::RGB(255, 255, 255);
+                    canvas.pixel(x as i16, y as i16, color).unwrap();
+                    canvas.present();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+fn main() {
+
+    let args: Vec<_> = env::args().collect();
+
+    if args.len() < 2 {
+        println!("Usage: cargo run /path/to/image.(png|jpg)")
+    } else {
+        run(Path::new(&args[1]));
+    }
+}