diff --git a/tests/callbackcursor.c b/tests/callbackcursor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63c651fde2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/callbackcursor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/* testpaintablecursor.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Author: Matthias Clasen
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
+static GdkTexture *
+cursor_callback (GdkCursor *cursor,
+                 int        cursor_size,
+                 double     scale,
+                 int       *width,
+                 int       *height,
+                 int       *hotspot_x,
+                 int       *hotspot_y,
+                 gpointer   data)
+{
+  GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
+  GdkTexture *texture;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  int scaled_size;
+
+  scaled_size = ceil (cursor_size * scale);
+
+  g_print ("cursor size %d scale %g\n", cursor_size, scale);
+  g_print ("resulting pixels %d x %d\n", scaled_size, scaled_size);
+
+  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size ((const char *)data,
+                                             scaled_size, scaled_size,
+                                             &error);
+  if (!pixbuf)
+    {
+      g_print ("%s\n", error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  texture = gdk_texture_new_for_pixbuf (pixbuf);
+
+  g_object_unref (pixbuf);
+
+  *width = cursor_size;
+  *height = cursor_size;
+  *hotspot_x = 0;
+  *hotspot_y = 0;
+
+  return texture;
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  GtkWidget *window, *button;
+  gboolean done = FALSE;
+  GdkCursor *cursor;
+
+  gtk_init ();
+
+  window = gtk_window_new ();
+  gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "hello world");
+  gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (window), FALSE);
+
+  button = gtk_button_new ();
+  gtk_button_set_label (GTK_BUTTON (button), "hello world");
+  gtk_widget_set_margin_top (button, 10);
+  gtk_widget_set_margin_bottom (button, 10);
+  gtk_widget_set_margin_start (button, 10);
+  gtk_widget_set_margin_end (button, 10);
+
+  cursor = gdk_cursor_new_from_callback (cursor_callback,
+                                         (gpointer) "docs/reference/gsk/gtk-logo.svg", NULL,
+                                         gdk_cursor_new_from_name ("default", NULL));
+
+  gtk_widget_set_cursor (button, cursor);
+  g_object_unref (cursor);
+
+  gtk_window_set_child (GTK_WINDOW (window), button);
+
+  gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (window));
+
+  while (!done)
+    g_main_context_iteration (NULL, TRUE);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 6990712cb7..3f67ad4177 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 gtk_tests = [
   # testname, optional extra sources
+  ['callbackcursor'],
   ['devicepixels'],
   ['testsections'],
   ['testfilelauncher'],