diff --git a/kcms/cursortheme/package/contents/ui/Delegate.qml b/kcms/cursortheme/package/contents/ui/Delegate.qml
index b8ea7f8f7..691408c7a 100644
--- a/kcms/cursortheme/package/contents/ui/Delegate.qml
+++ b/kcms/cursortheme/package/contents/ui/Delegate.qml
@@ -1,57 +1,66 @@
 /*
    Copyright (c) 2015 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
    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; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 import QtQuick 2.1
+import QtQuick.Window 2.2
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.1
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.2 as Controls
 import QtQuick.Templates 2.2 as T2
 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.2 as Kirigami
 
 import org.kde.kcm 1.0
 import org.kde.private.kcm_cursortheme 1.0
 
 GridDelegate {
     id: delegate
 
     text: model.display
     toolTip: model.description
 
     thumbnail: PreviewWidget {
         id: previewWidget
-        anchors.fill: parent
+        //for cursor themes we must ignore the native scaling,
+        //as they will be rendered by X11/KWin, ignoring whatever Qt
+        //scaling
+        width: parent.width * Screen.devicePixelRatio
+        height: parent.height * Screen.devicePixelRatio
+        x: Screen.devicePixelRatio % 1
+        y: Screen.devicePixelRatio % 1
+        transformOrigin: Item.TopLeft
+        scale: 1 / Screen.devicePixelRatio
         themeModel: kcm.cursorsModel
         currentIndex: index
         currentSize: parseInt(sizeCombo.currentText) !== NaN ? parseInt(sizeCombo.currentText) : 0
     }
 
     actions: [
         Kirigami.Action {
             iconName: "edit-delete"
             tooltip: i18n("Remove Theme")
             enabled: model.isWritable
             onTriggered: kcm.removeTheme(index);
         }
     ]
 
     onClicked: {
         view.currentIndex = index;
         view.forceActiveFocus();
     }
 }