diff --git a/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c b/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c
index c4096540e68e..07cf37cb9b57 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: pcdisplay_subr.c,v 1.9 1999/09/29 17:26:06 ad Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: pcdisplay_subr.c,v 1.10 1999/12/06 10:04:50 ad Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Carnegie-Mellon University.
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 #include <dev/wscons/wsdisplayvar.h>
 
+#include "vga.h"
+
 void
 pcdisplay_cursor(id, on, row, col)
 	void *id;
@@ -50,6 +52,19 @@ pcdisplay_cursor(id, on, row, col)
 	bus_space_tag_t memt = scr->hdl->ph_memt;
 	bus_space_handle_t memh = scr->hdl->ph_memh;
 	int off;
+#if NVGA == 0
+	static int hwoff;
+
+	/* 
+	 * If the VGA driver hasn't been included in the kernel, we
+	 * need to turn the hardware cursor off here.
+	 */
+	if (hwoff == 0) {
+		pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, cursorh, 0x10);
+		pcdisplay_6845_write(scr->hdl, cursorl, 0x10);
+		hwoff = 1;
+	}
+#endif	/* NVGA == 0 */
 
 	/* Remove old cursor image */
 	if (scr->cursoron) {