diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
index 36be7f8d3..103d8e66e 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ struct _MetaCursorRendererNativePrivate
   gboolean input_disconnected;
   GMutex input_mutex;
   GCond input_cond;
+
+  CoglSnippet *premult_snippet;
+  CoglSnippet *unpremult_snippet;
 };
 typedef struct _MetaCursorRendererNativePrivate MetaCursorRendererNativePrivate;
 
@@ -183,6 +186,8 @@ meta_cursor_renderer_native_finalize (GObject *object)
   g_clear_signal_handler (&priv->texture_changed_handler_id,
                           priv->current_cursor);
   g_clear_object (&priv->current_cursor);
+  g_clear_object (&priv->premult_snippet);
+  g_clear_object (&priv->unpremult_snippet);
   g_clear_handle_id (&priv->animation_timeout_id, g_source_remove);
 
   G_OBJECT_CLASS (meta_cursor_renderer_native_parent_class)->finalize (object);
@@ -725,6 +730,40 @@ load_cursor_sprite_gbm_buffer_for_crtc (MetaCursorRendererNative *native,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+static void
+add_pipeline_snippet (CoglPipeline  *pipeline,
+                      CoglSnippet  **snippet,
+                      const char    *snippet_source)
+{
+  if (!*snippet)
+    *snippet = cogl_snippet_new (COGL_SNIPPET_HOOK_FRAGMENT, "",
+                                 snippet_source);
+
+  cogl_pipeline_add_snippet (pipeline, *snippet);
+}
+
+static void
+add_pipeline_premultiply (MetaCursorRendererNative *cursor_renderer_native,
+                          CoglPipeline             *pipeline)
+{
+  MetaCursorRendererNativePrivate *priv =
+    meta_cursor_renderer_native_get_instance_private (cursor_renderer_native);
+
+  add_pipeline_snippet (pipeline, &priv->premult_snippet,
+                        "  cogl_color_out.rgb *= cogl_color_out.a;\n");
+}
+
+static void
+add_pipeline_unpremultiply (MetaCursorRendererNative *cursor_renderer_native,
+                            CoglPipeline             *pipeline)
+{
+  MetaCursorRendererNativePrivate *priv =
+    meta_cursor_renderer_native_get_instance_private (cursor_renderer_native);
+
+  add_pipeline_snippet (pipeline, &priv->unpremult_snippet,
+                        "  cogl_color_out.rgb /= cogl_color_out.a;\n");
+}
+
 static CoglTexture *
 scale_and_transform_cursor_sprite_cpu (MetaCursorRendererNative *cursor_renderer_native,
                                        ClutterColorState        *target_color_state,
@@ -772,11 +811,17 @@ scale_and_transform_cursor_sprite_cpu (MetaCursorRendererNative *cursor_renderer
   cogl_pipeline_set_layer_texture (pipeline, 0, src_texture);
   cogl_pipeline_set_layer_matrix (pipeline, 0, matrix);
 
+  if (cogl_texture_get_premultiplied (src_texture))
+    add_pipeline_unpremultiply (cursor_renderer_native, pipeline);
+
   color_state = meta_cursor_sprite_get_color_state (cursor_sprite);
   clutter_color_state_add_pipeline_transform (color_state,
                                               target_color_state,
                                               pipeline);
 
+  if (cogl_texture_get_premultiplied (dst_texture))
+    add_pipeline_premultiply (cursor_renderer_native, pipeline);
+
   cogl_framebuffer_clear4f (COGL_FRAMEBUFFER (offscreen),
                             COGL_BUFFER_BIT_COLOR,
                             0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);