diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 05426d581..dadc48178 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -217,6 +217,30 @@ show_mouse_cursor(GLFWwindow *w) {
     glfwSetInputMode(w, GLFW_CURSOR, GLFW_CURSOR_NORMAL);
 }
 
+void
+cursor_active_callback(GLFWwindow *w, monotonic_t now) {
+    if (OPT(mouse_show_wait) == 0) {
+        show_mouse_cursor(w);
+    } else if (OPT(mouse_show_wait) > 0) {
+            if (global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_activate_deadline == -1) {
+                global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_activate_deadline = OPT(mouse_show_wait) + now;
+                global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_show_threshold = (int) (OPT(mouse_show_wait) * OPT(mouse_show_threshold));
+            } else if (now < global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_activate_deadline) {
+                if (global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_show_threshold > 0) {
+                    global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_show_threshold--;
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (
+                        now < global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_activate_deadline + s_double_to_monotonic_t(0.5) &&
+                        global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_show_threshold == 0
+                ) {
+                    show_mouse_cursor(w);
+                }
+                global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_activate_deadline = -1;
+            }
+    }
+}
+
 void
 blank_os_window(OSWindow *osw) {
     color_type color = OPT(background);
@@ -451,8 +475,8 @@ cursor_enter_callback(GLFWwindow *w, int entered) {
         double x, y;
         glfwGetCursorPos(w, &x, &y);
         debug_input("Mouse cursor entered window: %llu at %fx%f\n", global_state.callback_os_window->id, x, y);
-        show_mouse_cursor(w);
         monotonic_t now = monotonic();
+        cursor_active_callback(w, now);
         global_state.callback_os_window->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
         global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_x = x * global_state.callback_os_window->viewport_x_ratio;
         global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_y = y * global_state.callback_os_window->viewport_y_ratio;
@@ -465,9 +489,9 @@ cursor_enter_callback(GLFWwindow *w, int entered) {
 static void
 mouse_button_callback(GLFWwindow *w, int button, int action, int mods) {
     if (!set_callback_window(w)) return;
-    show_mouse_cursor(w);
-    mods_at_last_key_or_button_event = mods;
     monotonic_t now = monotonic();
+    cursor_active_callback(w, now);
+    mods_at_last_key_or_button_event = mods;
     OSWindow *window = global_state.callback_os_window;
     window->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
     if (button >= 0 && (unsigned int)button < arraysz(global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_button_pressed)) {
@@ -489,8 +513,8 @@ mouse_button_callback(GLFWwindow *w, int button, int action, int mods) {
 static void
 cursor_pos_callback(GLFWwindow *w, double x, double y) {
     if (!set_callback_window(w)) return;
-    show_mouse_cursor(w);
     monotonic_t now = monotonic();
+    cursor_active_callback(w, now);
     global_state.callback_os_window->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
     global_state.callback_os_window->cursor_blink_zero_time = now;
     global_state.callback_os_window->mouse_x = x * global_state.callback_os_window->viewport_x_ratio;
@@ -504,8 +528,10 @@ cursor_pos_callback(GLFWwindow *w, double x, double y) {
 static void
 scroll_callback(GLFWwindow *w, double xoffset, double yoffset, int flags, int mods) {
     if (!set_callback_window(w)) return;
-    show_mouse_cursor(w);
     monotonic_t now = monotonic();
+    if (OPT(mouse_scroll_show)) {
+        cursor_active_callback(w, now);
+    }
     global_state.callback_os_window->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
     if (is_window_ready_for_callbacks()) scroll_event(xoffset, yoffset, flags, mods);
     request_tick_callback();
@@ -519,13 +545,13 @@ window_focus_callback(GLFWwindow *w, int focused) {
     if (!set_callback_window(w)) return;
     debug_input("\x1b[35mon_focus_change\x1b[m: window id: 0x%llu focused: %d\n", global_state.callback_os_window->id, focused);
     global_state.callback_os_window->is_focused = focused ? true : false;
+    monotonic_t now = monotonic();
     if (focused) {
-        show_mouse_cursor(w);
+        cursor_active_callback(w, now);
         focus_in_event();
         global_state.callback_os_window->last_focused_counter = ++focus_counter;
         global_state.check_for_active_animated_images = true;
     }
-    monotonic_t now = monotonic();
     global_state.callback_os_window->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
     global_state.callback_os_window->cursor_blink_zero_time = now;
     if (is_window_ready_for_callbacks()) {
@@ -1371,6 +1397,8 @@ create_os_window(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
     w->is_focused = true;
     w->cursor_blink_zero_time = now;
     w->last_mouse_activity_at = now;
+    w->mouse_activate_deadline = -1;
+    w->mouse_show_threshold = 0;
     w->is_semi_transparent = is_semi_transparent;
     if (want_semi_transparent && !w->is_semi_transparent) {
         static bool warned = false;
diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index 660984dcd..39210d89d 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -518,6 +518,36 @@ used. Set to zero to disable mouse cursor hiding. Set to a negative value to
 hide the mouse cursor immediately when typing text. Disabled by default on macOS
 as getting it to work robustly with the ever-changing sea of bugs that is Cocoa
 is too much effort.
+'''
+    )
+opt('mouse_show_wait', '0.0',
+    option_type='float', ctype='time',
+    long_text='''
+Waits for the specified number of seconds after mouse events before unhiding the
+mouse cursor. Set to zero to unhide mouse cursor immediately on mouse activity.
+This is useful to prevent the mouse cursor from unhiding on accidental swipes on
+the trackpad.
+'''
+    )
+opt('mouse_show_threshold', '40',
+    option_type='positive_int',
+    long_text='''
+Sets the threshold of mouse activity required to unhide the mouse cursor, when
+the mouse_show_wait option is non-zero. When mouse_show_wait is zero, this has
+no effect.
+
+For example, if mouse_show_threshold is 40 and mouse_show_wait is 2.5, when
+kitty detects a mouse event, it records the number of mouse events in the next
+2.5 seconds, and checks if that exceeds 40 * 2.5 = 100.  If it does, then the
+mouse cursor is unhidden, otherwise nothing happens.
+'''
+    )
+opt('mouse_scroll_show', 'yes',
+    option_type='to_bool', ctype='bool',
+    long_text='''
+Controls what mouse events may unhide the mouse cursor. If enabled, both scroll
+and movement events may unhide the cursor. If disabled, only mouse movements can
+unhide the cursor.
 '''
     )
 
diff --git a/kitty/options/parse.py b/kitty/options/parse.py
index 7b046bc36..19d2d9d15 100644
--- a/kitty/options/parse.py
+++ b/kitty/options/parse.py
@@ -1139,6 +1139,15 @@ class Parser:
     def mouse_hide_wait(self, val: str, ans: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> None:
         ans['mouse_hide_wait'] = float(val)
 
+    def mouse_scroll_show(self, val: str, ans: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> None:
+        ans['mouse_scroll_show'] = to_bool(val)
+
+    def mouse_show_threshold(self, val: str, ans: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> None:
+        ans['mouse_show_threshold'] = positive_int(val)
+
+    def mouse_show_wait(self, val: str, ans: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> None:
+        ans['mouse_show_wait'] = float(val)
+
     def narrow_symbols(self, val: str, ans: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> None:
         for k, v in narrow_symbols(val):
             ans["narrow_symbols"][k] = v
diff --git a/kitty/options/to-c-generated.h b/kitty/options/to-c-generated.h
index b1ac92ef1..3031e0299 100644
--- a/kitty/options/to-c-generated.h
+++ b/kitty/options/to-c-generated.h
@@ -330,6 +330,32 @@ convert_from_opts_mouse_hide_wait(PyObject *py_opts, Options *opts) {
     Py_DECREF(ret);
 }
 
+static void
+convert_from_python_mouse_show_wait(PyObject *val, Options *opts) {
+    opts->mouse_show_wait = parse_s_double_to_monotonic_t(val);
+}
+
+static void
+convert_from_opts_mouse_show_wait(PyObject *py_opts, Options *opts) {
+    PyObject *ret = PyObject_GetAttrString(py_opts, "mouse_show_wait");
+    if (ret == NULL) return;
+    convert_from_python_mouse_show_wait(ret, opts);
+    Py_DECREF(ret);
+}
+
+static void
+convert_from_python_mouse_scroll_show(PyObject *val, Options *opts) {
+    opts->mouse_scroll_show = PyObject_IsTrue(val);
+}
+
+static void
+convert_from_opts_mouse_scroll_show(PyObject *py_opts, Options *opts) {
+    PyObject *ret = PyObject_GetAttrString(py_opts, "mouse_scroll_show");
+    if (ret == NULL) return;
+    convert_from_python_mouse_scroll_show(ret, opts);
+    Py_DECREF(ret);
+}
+
 static void
 convert_from_python_url_color(PyObject *val, Options *opts) {
     opts->url_color = color_as_int(val);
@@ -1227,6 +1253,10 @@ convert_opts_from_python_opts(PyObject *py_opts, Options *opts) {
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return false;
     convert_from_opts_mouse_hide_wait(py_opts, opts);
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return false;
+    convert_from_opts_mouse_show_wait(py_opts, opts);
+    if (PyErr_Occurred()) return false;
+    convert_from_opts_mouse_scroll_show(py_opts, opts);
+    if (PyErr_Occurred()) return false;
     convert_from_opts_url_color(py_opts, opts);
     if (PyErr_Occurred()) return false;
     convert_from_opts_url_style(py_opts, opts);
diff --git a/kitty/options/types.py b/kitty/options/types.py
index 0949ccc83..bf1f55a78 100644
--- a/kitty/options/types.py
+++ b/kitty/options/types.py
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ option_names = (
     'modify_font',
     'mouse_hide_wait',
     'mouse_map',
+    'mouse_scroll_show',
+    'mouse_show_threshold',
+    'mouse_show_wait',
     'narrow_symbols',
     'notify_on_cmd_finish',
     'open_url_with',
@@ -569,6 +572,9 @@ class Options:
     mark3_background: Color = Color(242, 116, 188)
     mark3_foreground: Color = Color(0, 0, 0)
     mouse_hide_wait: float = 0.0 if is_macos else 3.0
+    mouse_scroll_show: bool = True
+    mouse_show_threshold: int = 40
+    mouse_show_wait: float = 0.0
     notify_on_cmd_finish: NotifyOnCmdFinish = NotifyOnCmdFinish(when='never', duration=5.0, action='notify', cmdline=(), clear_on=('focus', 'next'))
     open_url_with: list[str] = ['default']
     paste_actions: frozenset[str] = frozenset({'confirm', 'quote-urls-at-prompt'})
diff --git a/kitty/state.h b/kitty/state.h
index 2b11c6777..56ff1c7e3 100644
--- a/kitty/state.h
+++ b/kitty/state.h
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ struct MenuItem {
 };
 
 typedef struct {
-    monotonic_t visual_bell_duration, cursor_blink_interval, cursor_stop_blinking_after, mouse_hide_wait, click_interval;
+    monotonic_t visual_bell_duration, cursor_blink_interval, cursor_stop_blinking_after, mouse_hide_wait, mouse_show_wait, click_interval;
+    int mouse_show_threshold;
+    bool mouse_scroll_show;
     double wheel_scroll_multiplier, touch_scroll_multiplier;
     int wheel_scroll_min_lines;
     bool enable_audio_bell;
@@ -286,7 +288,8 @@ typedef struct {
     } tab_bar_edge_color;
     bool tab_bar_data_updated;
     bool is_focused;
-    monotonic_t cursor_blink_zero_time, last_mouse_activity_at;
+    monotonic_t cursor_blink_zero_time, last_mouse_activity_at, mouse_activate_deadline;
+    int mouse_show_threshold;
     bool has_received_cursor_pos_event;
     double mouse_x, mouse_y;
     bool mouse_button_pressed[32];
diff --git a/kitty_tests/options.py b/kitty_tests/options.py
index 1eba937d8..e73b65201 100644
--- a/kitty_tests/options.py
+++ b/kitty_tests/options.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ def conf_parsing(self):
     opts = p('font_size 11.37', 'clear_all_shortcuts y', 'color23 red')
     self.ae(opts.font_size, 11.37)
     self.ae(opts.mouse_hide_wait, 0 if is_macos else 3)
+    self.ae(opts.mouse_show_wait, 0)
+    self.ae(opts.mouse_show_threshold, 40)
+    self.ae(opts.mouse_scroll_show, True)
     self.ae(opts.color23, Color(255, 0, 0))
     self.assertFalse(opts.keyboard_modes[''].keymap)
     opts = p('clear_all_shortcuts y', 'map f1 next_window')