diff --git a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
index d91ef46ad0..b01bacd553 100644
--- a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
+++ b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ void ScreenShotEffect::sendReplyImage(const QImage &img)
     m_scheduledGeometry = QRect();
     m_multipleOutputsImage = QImage();
     m_multipleOutputsRendered = QRegion();
+    m_captureCursor = false;
 }
 
 QString ScreenShotEffect::saveTempImage(const QImage &img)
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ void ScreenShotEffect::screenshotForWindow(qulonglong winid, int mask)
     }
 }
 
-QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotFullscreen()
+QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotFullscreen(bool captureCursor)
 {
     if (!calledFromDBus()) {
         return QString();
@@ -284,11 +285,12 @@ QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotFullscreen()
     m_replyMessage = message();
     setDelayedReply(true);
     m_scheduledGeometry = effects->virtualScreenGeometry();
+    m_captureCursor = captureCursor;
     effects->addRepaintFull();
     return QString();
 }
 
-QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotScreen(int screen)
+QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotScreen(int screen, bool captureCursor)
 {
     if (!calledFromDBus()) {
         return QString();
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotScreen(int screen)
         sendErrorReply(QDBusError::Failed, "Invalid screen requested");
         return QString();
     }
+    m_captureCursor = captureCursor;
     m_replyConnection = connection();
     m_replyMessage = message();
     setDelayedReply(true);
@@ -309,7 +312,7 @@ QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotScreen(int screen)
     return QString();
 }
 
-QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotArea(int x, int y, int width, int height)
+QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotArea(int x, int y, int width, int height, bool captureCursor)
 {
     if (!calledFromDBus()) {
         return QString();
@@ -324,6 +327,7 @@ QString ScreenShotEffect::screenshotArea(int x, int y, int width, int height)
         sendErrorReply(QDBusError::Failed, "Invalid area requested");
         return QString();
     }
+    m_captureCursor = captureCursor;
     m_replyConnection = connection();
     m_replyMessage = message();
     setDelayedReply(true);
@@ -365,6 +369,10 @@ QImage ScreenShotEffect::blitScreenshot(const QRect &geometry)
     }
 #endif
 
+    if (m_captureCursor) {
+        grabPointerImage(img, geometry.x(), geometry.y());
+    }
+
     return img;
 }
 
diff --git a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
index 8e4fa57a6c..4f43c86842 100644
--- a/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
+++ b/effects/screenshot/screenshot.h
@@ -58,16 +58,18 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
      * Saves a screenshot of all screen into a file and returns the path to the file.
      * Functionality requires hardware support, if not available a null string is returned.
+     * @param captureCursor Whether to include the cursor in the image
      * @returns Path to stored screenshot, or null string in failure case.
      **/
-    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotFullscreen();
+    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotFullscreen(bool captureCursor = false);
     /**
      * Saves a screenshot of the screen identified by @p screen into a file and returns the path to the file.
      * Functionality requires hardware support, if not available a null string is returned.
      * @param screen Number of screen as numbered by QDesktopWidget
+     * @param captureCursor Whether to include the cursor in the image
      * @returns Path to stored screenshot, or null string in failure case.
      **/
-    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotScreen(int screen);
+    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotScreen(int screen, bool captureCursor = false);
     /**
      * Saves a screenshot of the selected geometry into a file and returns the path to the file.
      * Functionality requires hardware support, if not available a null string is returned.
@@ -75,9 +77,10 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
      * @param y Left upper y coord of region
      * @param width Width of the region to screenshot
      * @param height Height of the region to screenshot
+     * @param captureCursor Whether to include the cursor in the image
      * @returns Path to stored screenshot, or null string in failure case.
      **/
-    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotArea(int x, int y, int width, int height);
+    Q_SCRIPTABLE QString screenshotArea(int x, int y, int width, int height, bool captureCursor = false);
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     Q_SCRIPTABLE void screenshotCreated(qulonglong handle);
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ private:
     QRect m_cachedOutputGeometry;
     QImage m_multipleOutputsImage;
     QRegion m_multipleOutputsRendered;
+    bool m_captureCursor = false;
 };
 
 } // namespace