diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style.rs b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
index 3c7da1b1..e7a2c76e 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 #![allow(clippy::if_same_then_else)]
 
-use crate::{ecolor::*, emath::*, FontFamily, FontId, Response, RichText, WidgetText};
+use crate::{
+    ecolor::*, emath::*, ComboBox, CursorIcon, FontFamily, FontId, Response, RichText, WidgetText,
+};
 use epaint::{Rounding, Shadow, Stroke};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
@@ -544,6 +546,13 @@ pub struct Visuals {
     ///
     /// Enabling this will affect ALL sliders, and can be enabled/disabled per slider with [`Slider::trailing_fill`].
     pub slider_trailing_fill: bool,
+
+    /// Should the cursor change when the user hovers over an interactive/clickable item?
+    ///
+    /// This is consistent with a lot of browser-based applications (vscode, github
+    /// all turn your cursor into [`CursorIcon::PointingHand`] when a button is
+    /// hovered) but it is inconsistent with native UI toolkits.
+    pub interact_cursor: Option<CursorIcon>,
 }
 
 impl Visuals {
@@ -806,6 +815,8 @@ impl Visuals {
             striped: false,
 
             slider_trailing_fill: false,
+
+            interact_cursor: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1376,6 +1387,7 @@ impl Visuals {
             striped,
 
             slider_trailing_fill,
+            interact_cursor,
         } = self;
 
         ui.collapsing("Background Colors", |ui| {
@@ -1441,6 +1453,16 @@ impl Visuals {
 
         ui.checkbox(slider_trailing_fill, "Add trailing color to sliders");
 
+        ComboBox::from_label("Interact Cursor")
+            .selected_text(format!("{interact_cursor:?}"))
+            .show_ui(ui, |ui| {
+                ui.selectable_value(interact_cursor, None, "None");
+
+                for icon in CursorIcon::ALL {
+                    ui.selectable_value(interact_cursor, Some(icon), format!("{icon:?}"));
+                }
+            });
+
         ui.vertical_centered(|ui| reset_button(ui, self));
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/button.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/button.rs
index 932918ab..fd3f4ecc 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/button.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/button.rs
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ impl Widget for Button {
             }
         }
 
+        if let Some(cursor) = ui.visuals().interact_cursor {
+            if response.hovered {
+                ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(cursor);
+            }
+        }
+
         response
     }
 }