diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
index 6e9233b2e2..c6be30fa82 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ bool DrmPipeline::updateCursor()
     if (amdgpuVrrWorkaroundActive() && m_cursorLayer->isEnabled()) {
         return false;
     }
+    // We need to make sure that on vmwgfx software cursor is selected
+    // until Broadcom fixes hw cursor issues with vmwgfx. Otherwise
+    // the cursor is missing.
+    if (gpu()->isVmwgfx()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     // explicitly check for the cursor plane and not for AMS, as we might not always have one
     if (m_pending.crtc->cursorPlane()) {
         // test the full state, to take pending commits into account