diff --git a/src/duckstation-nogui/sdl_host_interface.cpp b/src/duckstation-nogui/sdl_host_interface.cpp
index aad357792..76cf9422a 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-nogui/sdl_host_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/duckstation-nogui/sdl_host_interface.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ bool SDLHostInterface::SetFullscreen(bool enabled)
 
   SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(m_window, enabled ? SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP : 0);
   m_fullscreen = enabled;
+
+  const bool hide_cursor = (enabled && GetBoolSettingValue("Main", "HideCursorInFullscreen", true));
+  SDL_ShowCursor(hide_cursor ? SDL_DISABLE : SDL_ENABLE);
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -145,10 +148,7 @@ bool SDLHostInterface::CreatePlatformWindow(bool fullscreen)
   }
 
   if (fullscreen || m_fullscreen)
-  {
-    SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(m_window, SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP);
-    m_fullscreen = true;
-  }
+    SetFullscreen(true);
 
   ImGui_ImplSDL2_Init(m_window);
 
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp b/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
index ed1f7bedd..e02b5887f 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/common_host_interface.cpp
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ void CommonHostInterface::CreateImGuiContext()
   ImGui::GetIO().IniFilename = nullptr;
 #ifndef __ANDROID__
   // Android has no keyboard, nor are we using ImGui for any actual user-interactable windows.
-  ImGui::GetIO().ConfigFlags |= ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableKeyboard | ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableGamepad;
+  ImGui::GetIO().ConfigFlags |=
+    ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableKeyboard | ImGuiConfigFlags_NavEnableGamepad | ImGuiConfigFlags_NoMouseCursorChange;
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/fullscreen_ui.cpp b/src/frontend-common/fullscreen_ui.cpp
index 1ce422842..09f9a045d 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/fullscreen_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend-common/fullscreen_ui.cpp
@@ -1297,6 +1297,9 @@ void DrawSettingsWindow()
         settings_changed |=
           ToggleButton("Start Fullscreen", "Automatically switches to fullscreen mode when the program is started.",
                        &s_settings_copy.start_fullscreen);
+        settings_changed |= ToggleButtonForNonSetting(
+          "Hide Cursor In Fullscreen", "Hides the mouse pointer/cursor when the emulator is in fullscreen mode.",
+          "Main", "HideCursorInFullscreen", true);
         settings_changed |=
           ToggleButton("Load Devices From Save States",
                        "When enabled, memory cards and controllers will be overwritten when save states are loaded.",