diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index d3d166a..e206257 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ void
 xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og)
 {
 	Color drawcol;
+	XRenderColor colbg;
 
 	/* remove the old cursor */
 	if (selected(ox, oy))
@@ -1539,10 +1540,18 @@ xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og)
 			g.fg = defaultfg;
 			g.bg = defaultrcs;
 		} else {
+			g.bg = g.fg;
 			g.fg = defaultbg;
-			g.bg = defaultcs;
 		}
-		drawcol = dc.col[g.bg];
+
+		if (IS_TRUECOL(g.bg)){
+			colbg.alpha = 0xffff;
+			colbg.red = TRUERED(g.bg);
+			colbg.green = TRUEGREEN(g.bg);
+			colbg.blue = TRUEBLUE(g.bg);
+			XftColorAllocValue(xw.dpy, xw.vis, xw.cmap, &colbg, &drawcol);
+		} else
+			drawcol = dc.col[g.bg];
 	}
 
 	/* draw the new one */