diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index a8ae0bd49..b417c764d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ add_openmw_dir (mwinput
 add_openmw_dir (mwgui
     layouts text_input widgets race class birth review window_manager console dialogue
     dialogue_history window_base stats_window messagebox journalwindow charactercreation
-    map_window window_pinnable_base
+    map_window window_pinnable_base cursorreplace
     )
 
 add_openmw_dir (mwdialogue
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 259733600..8fe6963a9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "mwinput/inputmanager.hpp"
 
 #include "mwgui/window_manager.hpp"
+#include "mwgui/cursorreplace.hpp"
 
 #include "mwscript/scriptmanager.hpp"
 #include "mwscript/compilercontext.hpp"
@@ -368,6 +369,9 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
 
     loadBSA();
 
+    // cursor replacer (converts the cursor from the bsa so they can be used by mygui)
+    MWGui::CursorReplace replacer;
+
     // Create the world
     mEnvironment.mWorld = new MWWorld::World (*mOgre, mFileCollections, mMaster,
         mResDir, mNewGame, mEnvironment, mEncoding, mFallbackMap);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2079538fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include "cursorreplace.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <openengine/ogre/imagerotate.hpp>
+
+#include <OgreResourceGroupManager.h>
+#include <OgreRoot.h>
+
+using namespace MWGui;
+
+CursorReplace::CursorReplace()
+{
+    OEngine::Render::ImageRotate::rotate("textures\\tx_cursormove.dds", "mwpointer_vresize.png", 90);
+    OEngine::Render::ImageRotate::rotate("textures\\tx_cursormove.dds", "mwpointer_dresize1.png", -45);
+    OEngine::Render::ImageRotate::rotate("textures\\tx_cursormove.dds", "mwpointer_dresize2.png", 45);
+}
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06fe28e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/cursorreplace.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef GAME_CURSORREPLACE_H
+#define GAME_CURSORREPLACE_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace MWGui
+{
+    /// \brief MyGUI does not support rotating cursors, so we have to do it manually
+    class CursorReplace
+    {
+    public:
+        CursorReplace();
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/files/mygui/CMakeLists.txt b/files/mygui/CMakeLists.txt
index dbc20f3f8..e3a7b9999 100644
--- a/files/mygui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/files/mygui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ configure_file("${SDIR}/bigbars.png" "${DDIR}/bigbars.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/black.png" "${DDIR}/black.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/core.skin" "${DDIR}/core.skin" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/core.xml" "${DDIR}/core.xml" COPYONLY)
-configure_file("${SDIR}/mwpointer.png" "${DDIR}/mwpointer.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/mwgui.png" "${DDIR}/mwgui.png" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_images.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_images.xml" COPYONLY)
 configure_file("${SDIR}/openmw_settings.xml" "${DDIR}/openmw_settings.xml" COPYONLY)
diff --git a/files/mygui/mwpointer.png b/files/mygui/mwpointer.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 90bc19b5e..000000000
Binary files a/files/mygui/mwpointer.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_images.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_images.xml
index 6487742c3..e149273e2 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_images.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_images.xml
@@ -2,37 +2,37 @@
 
 <MyGUI type="Resource">
         <Resource type="ResourceImageSet" name="ArrowPointerImage">
-                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer.png" size="32 32">
+                <Group name="Pointer" texture="textures\tx_cursor.dds" size="32 32">
                         <Index name="Pointer" >
                                 <Frame point="0 0"/>
                         </Index>
                 </Group>
         </Resource>
         <Resource type="ResourceImageSet" name="HResizePointerImage">
-                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer.png" size="32 32">
+                <Group name="Pointer" texture="textures\tx_cursormove.dds" size="32 32">
                         <Index name="Pointer" >
-                                <Frame point="32 0"/>
+                                <Frame point="0 0"/>
                         </Index>
                 </Group>
         </Resource>
         <Resource type="ResourceImageSet" name="VResizePointerImage">
-                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer.png" size="32 32">
+                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer_vresize.png" size="32 32">
                         <Index name="Pointer" >
-                                <Frame point="0 32"/>
+                                <Frame point="0 0"/>
                         </Index>
                 </Group>
         </Resource>
         <Resource type="ResourceImageSet" name="DResizePointerImage">
-                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer.png" size="32 32">
+                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer_dresize1.png" size="32 32">
                         <Index name="Pointer" >
-                                <Frame point="32 32"/>
+                                <Frame point="o o"/>
                         </Index>
                 </Group>
         </Resource>
         <Resource type="ResourceImageSet" name="DResize2PointerImage">
-                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer.png" size="32 32">
+                <Group name="Pointer" texture="mwpointer_dresize2.png" size="32 32">
                         <Index name="Pointer" >
-                                <Frame point="64 32"/>
+                                <Frame point="0 0"/>
                         </Index>
                 </Group>
         </Resource>
diff --git a/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.cpp b/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.cpp
index 166a1d3c6..b7522c100 100644
--- a/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.cpp
+++ b/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void ImageRotate::rotate(const std::string& sourceImage, const std::string& dest
     unsigned int height = sourceTexture->getHeight();
 
     TexturePtr destTexture = TextureManager::getSingleton().createManual(
-                    "ImageRotateDestTexture",
+                    destImage,
                     ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME,
                     TEX_TYPE_2D,
                     width, height,
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ void ImageRotate::rotate(const std::string& sourceImage, const std::string& dest
     rtt->writeContentsToFile(destImage);
 
     // remove all the junk we've created
-    TextureManager::getSingleton().remove("ImageRotateDestTexture");
     MaterialManager::getSingleton().remove("ImageRotateMaterial");
     root->destroySceneManager(sceneMgr);
     delete rect;
diff --git a/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.hpp b/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.hpp
index 85363d71f..a3f6d662f 100644
--- a/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.hpp
+++ b/libs/openengine/ogre/imagerotate.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Render
     public:
         /**
          * @param source image (file name - has to exist in an resource group)
-         * @param destination image (absolute file path)
+         * @param name of the destination texture to save to (in memory)
          * @param angle in degrees to turn
          */
         static void rotate(const std::string& sourceImage, const std::string& destImage, const float angle);