diff --git a/common/draw_panel_gal.cpp b/common/draw_panel_gal.cpp
index a868551683..68530a8820 100644
--- a/common/draw_panel_gal.cpp
+++ b/common/draw_panel_gal.cpp
@@ -662,7 +662,16 @@ void EDA_DRAW_PANEL_GAL::SetCurrentCursor( KICURSOR aCursor )
 
     DPI_SCALING_COMMON dpi( nullptr, m_parent );
 
-    m_gal->SetNativeCursorStyle( aCursor, dpi.GetContentScaleFactor() >= 2.0 );
+    bool hidpi = false;
+
+    // Cursor scaling factor cannot be set for a wxCursor on GTK and OSX (at least before wx 3.3),
+    // resulting in 4x rendered size on 2x window scale.
+    // MSW renders the bitmap as-is, without scaling, so this works here.
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+    hidpi = dpi.GetContentScaleFactor() >= 2.0;
+#endif
+
+    m_gal->SetNativeCursorStyle( aCursor, hidpi );
 }