diff --git a/src/client/qwaylanddisplay.cpp b/src/client/qwaylanddisplay.cpp
index e0155fc95b664a01ae2b508c90ec960b7c7c5cd2..c3925f5c4468b083508c0d2ec5a973cd73539381 100644
--- a/src/client/qwaylanddisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/client/qwaylanddisplay.cpp
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ void QWaylandDisplay::registry_global(uint32_t id, const QString &interface, uin
         mScreens.append(screen);
         // We need to get the output events before creating surfaces
         forceRoundTrip();
+        screen->init();
         mWaylandIntegration->screenAdded(screen);
     } else if (interface == QStringLiteral("wl_compositor")) {
         mCompositorVersion = qMin((int)version, 3);
diff --git a/src/client/qwaylandscreen.cpp b/src/client/qwaylandscreen.cpp
index acd125c62753a8f6da161f7815d395f961b18c19..8a01e366e782533bc4177fa53d0a2144db1c6990 100644
--- a/src/client/qwaylandscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/client/qwaylandscreen.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ QWaylandScreen::QWaylandScreen(QWaylandDisplay *waylandDisplay, int version, uin
     , mFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied)
     , mOutputName(QStringLiteral("Screen%1").arg(id))
     , m_orientation(Qt::PrimaryOrientation)
-    , mWaylandCursor(new QWaylandCursor(this))
+    , mWaylandCursor(0)
 {
     // handle case of output extension global being sent after outputs
     createExtendedOutput();
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ QWaylandScreen::~QWaylandScreen()
     delete mWaylandCursor;
 }
 
+void QWaylandScreen::init()
+{
+    mWaylandCursor = new QWaylandCursor(this);
+}
+
 QWaylandDisplay * QWaylandScreen::display() const
 {
     return mWaylandDisplay;
diff --git a/src/client/qwaylandscreen_p.h b/src/client/qwaylandscreen_p.h
index 35adee34a5bf6e2ecbc28ddbfa26ebf86cb17476..06389f7e4408adff50a688805fbc39270b4543ff 100644
--- a/src/client/qwaylandscreen_p.h
+++ b/src/client/qwaylandscreen_p.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     QWaylandScreen(QWaylandDisplay *waylandDisplay, int version, uint32_t id);
     ~QWaylandScreen();
 
+    void init();
     QWaylandDisplay *display() const;
 
     QRect geometry() const;