diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 5e0dc65a..0840a45c 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -1626,6 +1626,19 @@ term_damage_view(struct terminal *term)
     term_damage_rows_in_view(term, 0, term->rows - 1);
 }
 
+void
+term_damage_cursor(struct terminal *term)
+{
+    term->grid->cur_row->cells[term->grid->cursor.point.col].attrs.clean = 0;
+    term->grid->cur_row->dirty = true;
+}
+
+void
+term_damage_margins(struct terminal *term)
+{
+    term->render.margins = true;
+}
+
 void
 term_damage_scroll(struct terminal *term, enum damage_type damage_type,
                    struct scroll_region region, int lines)
diff --git a/terminal.h b/terminal.h
index 12e93ce2..13339c3b 100644
--- a/terminal.h
+++ b/terminal.h
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ struct terminal {
             bool title;
         } pending;
 
+        bool margins;  /* Someone explicitly requested a refresh of the margins */
+
         int scrollback_lines; /* Number of scrollback lines, from conf (TODO: move out from render struct?) */
 
         struct {
@@ -512,6 +514,9 @@ void term_damage_rows_in_view(struct terminal *term, int start, int end);
 void term_damage_all(struct terminal *term);
 void term_damage_view(struct terminal *term);
 
+void term_damage_cursor(struct terminal *term);
+void term_damage_margins(struct terminal *term);
+
 void term_reset_view(struct terminal *term);
 
 void term_damage_scroll(