diff --git a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
index ad03083de..411fb3694 100644
--- a/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
+++ b/components/sdlutil/sdlcursormanager.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 #include <SDL_mouse.h>
 #include <SDL_endian.h>
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ namespace
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Image> decompress (osg::ref_ptr<osg::Image> source, float rotDegrees)
     {
+        // TODO: use software decompression once S3TC patent expires
+
         int width = source->s();
         int height = source->t();
 
@@ -130,9 +133,13 @@ namespace
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> geom;
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
-        // Extra flip needed on Intel graphics OS X systems due to a driver bug
+        // Extra flip needed on OS X systems due to a driver bug
+        const char* envval = getenv("OPENMW_CURSOR_WORKAROUND");
+        bool workaround = !envval || envval == std::string("1");
         std::string vendorString = (const char*)glGetString(GL_VENDOR);
-        if (vendorString.find("Intel") != std::string::npos)
+        if (!envval)
+            workaround = vendorString.find("Intel") != std::string::npos || vendorString.find("ATI") != std::string::npos || vendorString.find("AMD") != std::string::npos;
+        if (workaround)
             geom = osg::createTexturedQuadGeometry(osg::Vec3(-1,1,0), osg::Vec3(2,0,0), osg::Vec3(0,-2,0));
         else
 #endif