diff --git a/csi.c b/csi.c
index d6ae1f94..42f7b5e2 100644
--- a/csi.c
+++ b/csi.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ csi_dispatch(struct terminal *term, uint8_t final)
                     break;
 
                 case 12:
-                    /* Ignored */
+                    term_cursor_blink_enable(term);
                     break;
 
                 case 25:
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ csi_dispatch(struct terminal *term, uint8_t final)
                     break;
 
                 case 12:
-                    /* Ignored */
+                    term_cursor_blink_disable(term);
                     break;
 
                 case 25:
@@ -1224,9 +1224,10 @@ csi_dispatch(struct terminal *term, uint8_t final)
                 break;
             }
 
-            term->cursor_blinking = param == 0 || param & 1;
-            if (term->cursor_blinking)
-                LOG_WARN("unimplemented: blinking cursor");
+            if (param == 0 || param & 1)
+                term_cursor_blink_enable(term);
+            else
+                term_cursor_blink_disable(term);
             break;
         }
 
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index b8d8381c..1b574a83 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
     int x = term->x_margin + col * width;
     int y = term->y_margin + row * height;
 
-    bool block_cursor = has_cursor && term->cursor_style == CURSOR_BLOCK;
     bool is_selected = coord_is_selected(term, col, row);
 
+    bool block_cursor =
+        has_cursor &&
+        term->cursor_style == CURSOR_BLOCK &&
+        term->cursor_blink.state == CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+
     uint32_t _fg = 0;
     uint32_t _bg = 0;
 
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ render_cell(struct terminal *term, pixman_image_t *pix,
         &(pixman_rectangle16_t){x, y, cell_cols * width, height});
 
     /* Non-block cursors */
-    if (has_cursor && !block_cursor) {
+    if (has_cursor && !block_cursor && term->cursor_blink.state == CURSOR_BLINK_ON) {
         pixman_color_t cursor_color;
         if (term->cursor_color.text >> 31) {
             cursor_color = color_hex_to_pixman(term->cursor_color.cursor);
@@ -524,6 +528,15 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
             /* Detect cursor movement - we don't dirty cells touched
              * by the cursor, since only the final cell matters. */
             all_clean = false;
+
+            /* Force cursor blink to ON, to avoid blinking while moving cursor */
+            term->render.last_cursor.blink_state = CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+            term->cursor_blink.state = CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+        }
+
+        if (term->render.last_cursor.blink_state != term->cursor_blink.state) {
+            /* Need to re-draw cursor */
+            all_clean = false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -675,6 +688,7 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
 
         cell->attrs.clean = 0;
         term->render.last_cursor.cell = cell;
+        term->render.last_cursor.blink_state = term->cursor_blink.state;
         int cols_updated = render_cell(
             term, pix, cell, term->cursor.point.col, view_aligned_row, true);
 
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index f949aa8f..5fe9e072 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -275,6 +275,36 @@ fdm_blink(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
     return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+fdm_cursor_blink(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
+{
+    if (events & EPOLLHUP)
+        return false;
+
+    struct terminal *term = data;
+    uint64_t expiration_count;
+    ssize_t ret = read(
+        term->cursor_blink.fd, &expiration_count, sizeof(expiration_count));
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        if (errno == EAGAIN)
+            return true;
+
+        LOG_ERRNO("failed to read cursor blink timer");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DBG("cursor blink timer expired %llu times",
+            (unsigned long long)expiration_count);
+
+    /* Invert blink state */
+    term->cursor_blink.state = term->cursor_blink.state == CURSOR_BLINK_ON
+        ? CURSOR_BLINK_OFF : CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+
+    render_refresh(term);
+    return true;
+}
+
 static bool
 fdm_delayed_render(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
 {
@@ -403,6 +433,7 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
     int ptmx = -1;
     int flash_fd = -1;
     int blink_fd = -1;
+    int cursor_blink_fd = -1;
     int delay_lower_fd = -1;
     int delay_upper_fd = -1;
 
@@ -420,6 +451,10 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
         LOG_ERRNO("failed to create blink timer FD");
         goto close_fds;
     }
+    if ((cursor_blink_fd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, TFD_CLOEXEC | TFD_NONBLOCK)) == -1) {
+        LOG_ERRNO("failed to create cursor blink timer FD");
+        goto close_fds;
+    }
     if ((delay_lower_fd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, TFD_CLOEXEC | TFD_NONBLOCK)) == -1 ||
         (delay_upper_fd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_BOOTTIME, TFD_CLOEXEC | TFD_NONBLOCK)) == -1)
     {
@@ -438,6 +473,7 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
     if (!fdm_add(fdm, ptmx, EPOLLIN, &fdm_ptmx, term) ||
         !fdm_add(fdm, flash_fd, EPOLLIN, &fdm_flash, term) ||
         !fdm_add(fdm, blink_fd, EPOLLIN, &fdm_blink, term) ||
+        !fdm_add(fdm, cursor_blink_fd, EPOLLIN, &fdm_cursor_blink, term) ||
         !fdm_add(fdm, delay_lower_fd, EPOLLIN, &fdm_delayed_render, term) ||
         !fdm_add(fdm, delay_upper_fd, EPOLLIN, &fdm_delayed_render, term))
     {
@@ -489,6 +525,10 @@ term_init(const struct config *conf, struct fdm *fdm, struct wayland *wayl,
         .origin = ORIGIN_ABSOLUTE,
         .default_cursor_style = conf->cursor.style,
         .cursor_style = conf->cursor.style,
+        .cursor_blink = {
+            .state = CURSOR_BLINK_ON,
+            .fd = cursor_blink_fd,
+        },
         .default_cursor_color = {
             .text = conf->cursor.color.text,
             .cursor = conf->cursor.color.cursor,
@@ -572,6 +612,7 @@ close_fds:
     fdm_del(fdm, ptmx);
     fdm_del(fdm, flash_fd);
     fdm_del(fdm, blink_fd);
+    fdm_del(fdm, cursor_blink_fd);
     fdm_del(fdm, delay_lower_fd);
     fdm_del(fdm, delay_upper_fd);
 
@@ -688,6 +729,7 @@ term_destroy(struct terminal *term)
 
     fdm_del(term->fdm, term->delayed_render_timer.lower_fd);
     fdm_del(term->fdm, term->delayed_render_timer.upper_fd);
+    fdm_del(term->fdm, term->cursor_blink.fd);
     fdm_del(term->fdm, term->blink.fd);
     fdm_del(term->fdm, term->flash.fd);
     fdm_del(term->fdm, term->ptmx);
@@ -878,7 +920,7 @@ term_reset(struct terminal *term, bool hard)
     term->saved_cursor = (struct cursor){.point = {0, 0}};
     term->alt_saved_cursor = (struct cursor){.point = {0, 0}};
     term->cursor_style = term->default_cursor_style;
-    term->cursor_blinking = false;
+    term_cursor_blink_disable(term);
     term->cursor_color.text = term->default_cursor_color.text;
     term->cursor_color.cursor = term->default_cursor_color.cursor;
     selection_cancel(term);
@@ -1085,6 +1127,27 @@ term_cursor_down(struct terminal *term, int count)
     term_cursor_to(term, term->cursor.point.row + move_amount, term->cursor.point.col);
 }
 
+void
+term_cursor_blink_enable(struct terminal *term)
+{
+    static const struct itimerspec timer = {
+        .it_value = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 500000000},
+        .it_interval = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 500000000},
+    };
+
+    if (timerfd_settime(term->cursor_blink.fd, 0, &timer, NULL) < 0)
+        LOG_ERRNO("failed to arm cursor blink timer");
+
+    term->cursor_blink.state = CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+}
+
+void
+term_cursor_blink_disable(struct terminal *term)
+{
+    term->cursor_blink.state = CURSOR_BLINK_ON;
+    timerfd_settime(term->cursor_blink.fd, 0, &(struct itimerspec){{0}}, NULL);
+}
+
 void
 term_scroll_partial(struct terminal *term, struct scroll_region region, int rows)
 {
diff --git a/terminal.h b/terminal.h
index b73f1c21..e29f5269 100644
--- a/terminal.h
+++ b/terminal.h
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ struct terminal {
     struct cursor alt_saved_cursor;
     enum cursor_style default_cursor_style;
     enum cursor_style cursor_style;
-    bool cursor_blinking;
+    struct {
+        enum { CURSOR_BLINK_ON, CURSOR_BLINK_OFF } state;
+        int fd;
+    } cursor_blink;
     struct {
         uint32_t text;
         uint32_t cursor;
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ struct terminal {
             struct coord actual;     /* Absolute */
             struct coord in_view;    /* Offset by view */
             struct cell *cell; /* For easy access to content */
+            int blink_state;
         } last_cursor;
 
         struct buffer *last_buf;     /* Buffer we rendered to last time */
@@ -345,6 +349,8 @@ void term_cursor_left(struct terminal *term, int count);
 void term_cursor_right(struct terminal *term, int count);
 void term_cursor_up(struct terminal *term, int count);
 void term_cursor_down(struct terminal *term, int count);
+void term_cursor_blink_enable(struct terminal *term);
+void term_cursor_blink_disable(struct terminal *term);
 
 void term_scroll(struct terminal *term, int rows);
 void term_scroll_reverse(struct terminal *term, int rows);