diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
index 4967b0258..98fa0772a 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-text.c
@@ -6793,10 +6793,17 @@ void
 clutter_text_get_cursor_rect (ClutterText     *self,
                               graphene_rect_t *rect)
 {
+  float inverse_scale;
+
   g_return_if_fail (CLUTTER_IS_TEXT (self));
   g_return_if_fail (rect != NULL);
 
-  *rect = self->priv->cursor_rect;
+  inverse_scale = 1.f / clutter_actor_get_resource_scale (CLUTTER_ACTOR (self));
+
+  graphene_rect_scale (&self->priv->cursor_rect,
+                       inverse_scale,
+                       inverse_scale,
+                       rect);
 }
 
 void