diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_egl_cursor_layer.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_egl_cursor_layer.cpp
index 6e58bf9092..1bb580877a 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_egl_cursor_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_egl_cursor_layer.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ EglGbmCursorLayer::EglGbmCursorLayer(EglGbmBackend *eglBackend, DrmPipeline *pip
 
 std::optional<OutputLayerBeginFrameInfo> EglGbmCursorLayer::beginFrame()
 {
+    if (m_pipeline->output()->needsColormanagement()) {
+        // TODO for hardware cursors to work with color management, KWin needs to offload post-blending color management steps to KMS
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
     return m_surface.startRendering(m_pipeline->gpu()->cursorSize(), drmToTextureRotation(m_pipeline) | TextureTransform::MirrorY, m_pipeline->cursorFormats(), m_pipeline->colorDescription(), m_pipeline->output()->channelFactors(), m_pipeline->output()->needsColormanagement());
 }