diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index f461ed862480..ea303386e688 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -365,6 +365,15 @@ drm_setclientcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		file_priv->writeback_connectors = req->value;
 		break;
+	case DRM_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR_PLANE_HOTSPOT:
+		if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_CURSOR_HOTSPOT))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		if (!file_priv->atomic)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (req->value > 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		file_priv->supports_virtualized_cursor_plane = req->value;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index 796de831f4a0..91943e5ce010 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -850,6 +850,31 @@ struct drm_get_cap {
  */
 #define DRM_CLIENT_CAP_WRITEBACK_CONNECTORS	5
 
+/**
+ * DRM_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR_PLANE_HOTSPOT
+ *
+ * Drivers for para-virtualized hardware (e.g. vmwgfx, qxl, virtio and
+ * virtualbox) have additional restrictions for cursor planes (thus
+ * making cursor planes on those drivers not truly universal,) e.g.
+ * they need cursor planes to act like one would expect from a mouse
+ * cursor and have correctly set hotspot properties.
+ * If this client cap is not set the DRM core will hide cursor plane on
+ * those virtualized drivers because not setting it implies that the
+ * client is not capable of dealing with those extra restictions.
+ * Clients which do set cursor hotspot and treat the cursor plane
+ * like a mouse cursor should set this property.
+ * The client must enable &DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC first.
+ *
+ * Setting this property on drivers which do not special case
+ * cursor planes (i.e. non-virtualized drivers) will return
+ * EOPNOTSUPP, which can be used by userspace to gauge
+ * requirements of the hardware/drivers they're running on.
+ *
+ * This capability is always supported for atomic-capable virtualized
+ * drivers starting from kernel version 6.6.
+ */
+#define DRM_CLIENT_CAP_CURSOR_PLANE_HOTSPOT	6
+
 /* DRM_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_CAP ioctl argument type */
 struct drm_set_client_cap {
 	__u64 capability;