diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index 6cd63141c4..729f630e3a 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -2046,6 +2046,9 @@ static void set_encodings(VncState *vs, int32_t *encodings, size_t n_encodings)
             break;
         case VNC_ENCODING_RICH_CURSOR:
             vs->features |= VNC_FEATURE_RICH_CURSOR_MASK;
+            if (vs->vd->cursor) {
+                vnc_cursor_define(vs);
+            }
             break;
         case VNC_ENCODING_EXT_KEY_EVENT:
             send_ext_key_event_ack(vs);