diff --git a/src/mixins/canvas_events.mixin.js b/src/mixins/canvas_events.mixin.js
index f6c61d74a98..41b8d88d5b4 100644
--- a/src/mixins/canvas_events.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/canvas_events.mixin.js
@@ -1047,6 +1047,13 @@
                     && target._findTargetCorner(this.getPointer(e, true));
 
       if (!corner) {
+        if (target.subTargetCheck){
+          // hoverCursor should come from top-most subTarget,
+          // so we walk the array backwards
+          this.targets.concat().reverse().map(function(_target){
+            hoverCursor = _target.hoverCursor || hoverCursor;
+          });
+        }
         this.setCursor(hoverCursor);
       }
       else {