diff --git a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
index 6cb2fd039..9ca998dc8 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ std::string Display::new_frame( bool initialized, const Framebuffer &last, const
     frame.append( "\033[?25l" );
   }
 
+  /* is cursor style initialized? */
+  if ( !initialized ) {
+    frame.cursor_style = Terminal::CursorStyle::BLINKING_BLOCK;
+    frame.append( "\033[0 q" );
+  }
+
   int frame_y = 0;
   Framebuffer::row_pointer blank_row;
   Framebuffer::rows_type rows( frame.last_frame.get_rows() );
@@ -286,6 +292,14 @@ std::string Display::new_frame( bool initialized, const Framebuffer &last, const
     }
   }
 
+  /* has cursor style changed? */
+  if ( (!initialized)
+       || (f.ds.cursor_style != frame.cursor_style) ) {
+    char cursor_style_sequence_buf[6];
+    snprintf( cursor_style_sequence_buf, sizeof cursor_style_sequence_buf, "\033[%d q", f.ds.cursor_style );
+    frame.append( cursor_style_sequence_buf );
+  }
+
   /* have renditions changed? */
   frame.update_rendition( f.ds.get_renditions(), !initialized );
 
@@ -483,6 +497,7 @@ bool Display::put_row( bool initialized, FrameState &frame, const Framebuffer &f
 FrameState::FrameState( const Framebuffer &s_last )
       : str(), cursor_x(0), cursor_y(0), current_rendition( 0 ),
 	cursor_visible( s_last.ds.cursor_visible ),
+	cursor_style( s_last.ds.cursor_style ),
 	last_frame( s_last )
 {
   /* Preallocate for better performance.  Make a guess-- doesn't matter for correctness */
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.h b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.h
index 81009b014..0d6335d43 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.h
+++ b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace Terminal {
     int cursor_x, cursor_y;
     Renditions current_rendition;
     bool cursor_visible;
+    int cursor_style;
 
     const Framebuffer &last_frame;
 
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.cc b/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.cc
index ab692d6df..94007a93f 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ DrawState::DrawState( int s_width, int s_height )
     combining_char_col( 0 ), combining_char_row( 0 ), default_tabs( true ), tabs( s_width ),
     scrolling_region_top_row( 0 ), scrolling_region_bottom_row( height - 1 ),
     renditions( 0 ), save(),
+    cursor_style( Terminal::CursorStyle::BLINKING_BLOCK ),
     next_print_will_wrap( false ), origin_mode( false ), auto_wrap_mode( true ),
     insert_mode( false ), cursor_visible( true ), reverse_video( false ),
     bracketed_paste( false ), mouse_reporting_mode( MOUSE_REPORTING_NONE ), mouse_focus_event( false ),
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ void Framebuffer::soft_reset( void )
   ds.insert_mode = false;
   ds.origin_mode = false;
   ds.cursor_visible = true; /* per xterm and gnome-terminal */
+  ds.cursor_style = Terminal::CursorStyle::BLINKING_BLOCK;
   ds.application_mode_cursor_keys = false;
   ds.set_scrolling_region( 0, ds.get_height() - 1 );
   ds.add_rendition( 0 );
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.h b/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.h
index 5434b72a1..a74a021a5 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.h
+++ b/src/terminal/terminalframebuffer.h
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ namespace Terminal {
   using shared::make_shared;
   typedef uint32_t color_type;
 
+  enum CursorStyle {
+    BLINKING_BLOCK = 0,
+    BLINKING_BLOCK_DEFAULT = 1,
+    STEADY_BLOCK = 2,
+    BLINKING_UNDERLINE = 3,
+    STEADY_UNDERLINE = 4,
+    BLINKING_BAR = 5,
+    STEADY_BAR = 6,
+  };
+
   class Renditions {
   public:
     typedef enum { bold, faint, italic, underlined, blink, inverse, invisible, strikethrough, SIZE } attribute_type;
@@ -275,6 +285,8 @@ namespace Terminal {
     SavedCursor save;
 
   public:
+    int cursor_style;
+
     bool next_print_will_wrap;
     bool origin_mode;
     bool auto_wrap_mode;
@@ -351,6 +363,7 @@ namespace Terminal {
       return ( width == x.width ) && ( height == x.height ) && ( cursor_col == x.cursor_col )
 	&& ( cursor_row == x.cursor_row ) && ( cursor_visible == x.cursor_visible ) &&
 	( reverse_video == x.reverse_video ) && ( renditions == x.renditions ) &&
+	( cursor_style == x.cursor_style ) &&
   ( bracketed_paste == x.bracketed_paste ) && ( mouse_reporting_mode == x.mouse_reporting_mode ) &&
   ( mouse_focus_event == x.mouse_focus_event ) && ( mouse_alternate_scroll == x.mouse_alternate_scroll) &&
   ( mouse_encoding_mode == x.mouse_encoding_mode );
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
index ca59841bf..c0f9416e1 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminalfunctions.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ static void clearline( Framebuffer *fb, int row, int start, int end )
   }
 }
 
+/* cursor style */
+static void CSI_DECSCUSR( Framebuffer *fb, Dispatcher *dispatch ) {
+  int style = dispatch->getparam( 0, 0 );
+  switch ( style ) {
+  case 0:
+  case 1:
+  case 2:
+  case 3:
+  case 4:
+  case 5:
+  case 6:
+    fb->ds.cursor_style = style;
+    break;
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+static Function func_CSI_DECSCUSR( CSI, " q", CSI_DECSCUSR );
+
 /* erase in line */
 static void CSI_EL( Framebuffer *fb, Dispatcher *dispatch )
 {