diff --git a/project/java/MainActivity.java b/project/java/MainActivity.java
index 85b780d5d..9f690c359 100644
--- a/project/java/MainActivity.java
+++ b/project/java/MainActivity.java
@@ -1617,6 +1617,13 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity
 		}
 	}
 
+    public void setSystemMousePointerVisible(int visible) {
+        if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N)
+		{
+			mGLView.setPointerIcon(android.view.PointerIcon.getSystemIcon(this, (visible == 0) ? android.view.PointerIcon.TYPE_NULL : android.view.PointerIcon.TYPE_DEFAULT));
+		}
+    }
+
 	public FrameLayout getVideoLayout() { return _videoLayout; }
 
 	DemoGLSurfaceView mGLView = null;
diff --git a/project/java/Video.java b/project/java/Video.java
index f0bd8dd64..205eb0611 100644
--- a/project/java/Video.java
+++ b/project/java/Video.java
@@ -943,6 +943,11 @@ class DemoRenderer extends GLSurfaceView_SDL.Renderer
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void setSystemMousePointerVisible(int visible)
+	{
+		context.setSystemMousePointerVisible(visible);
+	}
+
 	public void restartMyself(String restartParams)
 	{
 		Intent intent = new Intent(context, RestartMainActivity.class);
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
index 7cd48cf01..d22494b6e 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/include/SDL_android.h
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_SetMouseEmulationMode(
 	
 extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_GetMouseEmulationMode();
 
+/* Control the System mouse pointer visibility */
+extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_SetSystemMousePointerVisible(int visible);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
index 5075ca3aa..ca886e194 100644
--- a/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
+++ b/project/jni/sdl-1.2/src/video/android/SDL_androidvideo.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static jmethodID JavaRequestCloudLoad = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestOpenExternalApp = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestRestartMyself = NULL;
 static jmethodID JavaRequestSetConfigOption = NULL;
+static jmethodID JavaSetSystemMousePointerVisible = NULL;
 static int glContextLost = 0;
 static int showScreenKeyboardDeferred = 0;
 static const char * showScreenKeyboardOldText = "";
@@ -391,7 +392,8 @@ JAVA_EXPORT_NAME(DemoRenderer_nativeInitJavaCallbacks) ( JNIEnv*  env, jobject t
 	JavaRequestOpenExternalApp = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "openExternalApp", "(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V");
 	JavaRequestRestartMyself = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "restartMyself", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
 	JavaRequestSetConfigOption = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "setConfigOptionFromSDL", "(II)V");
-	
+	JavaSetSystemMousePointerVisible = (*JavaEnv)->GetMethodID(JavaEnv, JavaRendererClass, "setSystemMousePointerVisible", "(I)V");
+
 	ANDROID_InitOSKeymap();
 }
 
@@ -652,6 +654,12 @@ void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalWebBrowser(const char *url)
 	SDL_ANDROID_OpenExternalApp(NULL, NULL, url);
 }
 
+void SDLCALL SDL_ANDROID_SetSystemMousePointerVisible(int visible)
+{
+	JNIEnv *JavaEnv = GetJavaEnv();
+	(*JavaEnv)->CallVoidMethod( JavaEnv, JavaRenderer, JavaSetSystemMousePointerVisible, (jint)visible );
+}
+
 // Dummy callback for SDL2 to satisfy linker
 extern void SDL_Android_Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls);
 void SDL_Android_Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls)