diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index bd23686..d803420 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ 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))
@@ -1548,11 +1549,21 @@ xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og)
 		if (selected(cx, cy)) {
 			g.fg = defaultfg;
 			g.bg = defaultrcs;
-		} else {
-			g.fg = defaultbg;
-			g.bg = defaultcs;
+		} else if (!(og.mode & ATTR_REVERSE)) {
+			unsigned long col = g.bg;
+			g.bg = g.fg;
+			g.fg = col;
+		}
+
+		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];
 		}
-		drawcol = dc.col[g.bg];
 	}
 
 	/* draw the new one */