diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39c95231..12bac7be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,8 +84,14 @@
   In other words, if, after this change, `XTGETTCAP` returns a string
   that is different compared to `tigetstr()`, then it is likely a bug
   in foot's implementation of `XTGETTCAP`.
+* If the cursor foreground and background colors are identical (for
+  example, when cursor uses inverted colors and the cell's foreground
+  and background are the same), the cursor will instead be rendered
+  using the default foreground and background colors, inverted
+  ([#1761][1761]).
 
 [1701]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1701
+[1761]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1761
 
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 2f18ff88..fd078184 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -573,6 +573,14 @@ cursor_colors_for_cell(const struct terminal *term, const struct cell *cell,
             *text_color = color_hex_to_pixman(term->colors.bg);
         }
     }
+
+    if (text_color->red == cursor_color->red &&
+        text_color->green == cursor_color->green &&
+        text_color->blue == cursor_color->blue)
+    {
+        *text_color = color_hex_to_pixman(term->colors.bg);
+        *cursor_color = color_hex_to_pixman(term->colors.fg);
+    }
 }
 
 static void