diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 491adf5142..2db18d0db6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Unreleased` header.
 
 - On Windows, macOS, X11, Wayland and Web, implement setting images as cursors. See the `custom_cursors.rs` example.
   - **Breaking:** Remove `Window::set_cursor_icon`
-  - Add `Window::set_cursor` which takes a `CursorIcon` or `CustomCursor`
+  - Add `WindowBuilder::with_cursor` and `Window::set_cursor` which takes a `CursorIcon` or `CustomCursor`
   - Add `CustomCursor`
   - Add `CustomCursor::from_rgba` to allow creating cursor images from RGBA data.
   - Add `CustomCursorExtWebSys::from_url` to allow loading cursor images from URLs.
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/window/mod.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/window/mod.rs
index e09fb54e23..2374ecf07a 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/window/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/wayland/window/mod.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ impl Window {
             _ => (),
         };
 
+        match attributes.cursor {
+            Cursor::Icon(icon) => window_state.set_cursor(icon),
+            Cursor::Custom(cursor) => window_state.set_custom_cursor(&cursor.inner.0),
+        }
+
         // Activate the window when the token is passed.
         if let (Some(xdg_activation), Some(token)) = (
             xdg_activation.as_ref(),
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
index b701a3e7e0..a31780ff39 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ impl UnownedWindow {
             leap!(window.set_window_level_inner(window_attrs.window_level)).ignore_error();
         }
 
+        window.set_cursor(window_attrs.cursor);
+
         // Remove the startup notification if we have one.
         if let Some(startup) = pl_attribs.activation_token.as_ref() {
             leap!(xconn.remove_activation_token(xwindow, &startup._token));
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/window.rs
index f1b51bc01f..e294a951c0 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/window.rs
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ impl WinitWindow {
             }
         }
 
+        this.set_cursor(attrs.cursor);
+
         let delegate = WinitWindowDelegate::new(&this, attrs.fullscreen.0.is_some());
 
         // XXX Send `Focused(false)` right after creating the window delegate, so we won't
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/web/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/web/window.rs
index 04503bc262..650ed49418 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/web/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/web/window.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ impl Window {
         inner.set_maximized(attr.maximized);
         inner.set_visible(attr.visible);
         inner.set_window_icon(attr.window_icon);
+        inner.set_cursor(attr.cursor);
 
         let canvas = Rc::downgrade(&inner.canvas);
         let (dispatcher, runner) = Dispatcher::new(target.runner.main_thread(), inner).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
index 7c9ba8c133..cd604b3b2a 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
@@ -1225,6 +1225,8 @@ impl<'a, T: 'static> InitData<'a, T> {
             win.set_content_protected(true);
         }
 
+        win.set_cursor(attributes.cursor);
+
         // Set visible before setting the size to ensure the
         // attribute is correctly applied.
         win.set_visible(attributes.visible);
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index 4bb1942cfd..118a73f581 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ pub struct WindowAttributes {
     pub content_protected: bool,
     pub window_level: WindowLevel,
     pub active: bool,
+    pub cursor: Cursor,
     #[cfg(feature = "rwh_06")]
     pub(crate) parent_window: SendSyncWrapper<Option<rwh_06::RawWindowHandle>>,
     pub(crate) fullscreen: SendSyncWrapper<Option<Fullscreen>>,
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ impl Default for WindowAttributes {
             preferred_theme: None,
             resize_increments: None,
             content_protected: false,
+            cursor: Cursor::default(),
             #[cfg(feature = "rwh_06")]
             parent_window: SendSyncWrapper(None),
             active: true,
@@ -474,6 +476,17 @@ impl WindowBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Modifies the cursor icon of the window.
+    ///
+    /// The default is [`CursorIcon::Default`].
+    ///
+    /// See [`Window::set_cursor()`] for more details.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn with_cursor(mut self, cursor: impl Into<Cursor>) -> Self {
+        self.window.cursor = cursor.into();
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Build window with parent window.
     ///
     /// The default is `None`.