diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 64a995265..44e5bbafd 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ pub fn init(
             .env_override = config.env,
             .shell_integration = config.@"shell-integration",
             .shell_integration_features = config.@"shell-integration-features",
+            .cursor_blink = config.@"cursor-style-blink",
             .working_directory = config.@"working-directory",
             .resources_dir = global_state.resources_dir.host(),
             .term = config.term,
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index 8ca64efe9..02d3f0d04 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -2710,7 +2710,7 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 ///
 /// Available features:
 ///
-///   * `cursor` - Set the cursor to a blinking bar at the prompt.
+///   * `cursor` - Set the cursor to a bar at the prompt.
 ///
 ///   * `sudo` - Set sudo wrapper to preserve terminfo.
 ///
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
index 65a49a190..e49742e71 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
+++ b/src/shell-integration/bash/ghostty.bash
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ function __ghostty_precmd() {
 
     # Cursor
     if [[ "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES" == *"cursor"* ]]; then
-      [[ "$PS1" != *'\[\e[5 q\]'* ]] && PS1=$PS1'\[\e[5 q\]' # input
+      builtin local cursor=5  # blinking bar
+      [[ "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES" == *"cursor:steady"* ]] && cursor=6  # steady bar
+
+      [[ "$PS1" != *"\[\e[${cursor} q\]"* ]] && PS1=$PS1"\[\e[${cursor} q\]"
       [[ "$PS0" != *'\[\e[0 q\]'* ]] && PS0=$PS0'\[\e[0 q\]' # reset
     fi
 
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
index a7c8bfc0c..776aab676 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
+++ b/src/shell-integration/elvish/lib/ghostty-integration.elv
@@ -154,11 +154,16 @@
   set edit:after-readline  = (conj $edit:after-readline $mark-output-start~)
   set edit:after-command   = (conj $edit:after-command $mark-output-end~)
 
-  if (has-value $features cursor) {
-    fn beam  { printf "\e[5 q" }
-    fn block { printf "\e[0 q" }
+  if (str:contains $E:GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES "cursor") {
+    var cursor = "5"    # blinking bar
+    if (has-value $features cursor:steady) {
+      set cursor = "6"  # steady bar
+    }
+
+    fn beam  { printf "\e["$cursor" q" }
+    fn reset { printf "\e[0 q" }
     set edit:before-readline = (conj $edit:before-readline $beam~)
-    set edit:after-readline  = (conj $edit:after-readline {|_| block })
+    set edit:after-readline  = (conj $edit:after-readline {|_| reset })
   }
   if (and (has-value $features path) (has-env GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR)) {
     if (not (has-value $paths $E:GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR)) {
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish b/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
index 7568dd566..3f1f6099e 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
+++ b/src/shell-integration/fish/vendor_conf.d/ghostty-shell-integration.fish
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ function __ghostty_setup --on-event fish_prompt -d "Setup ghostty integration"
         set -g __ghostty_prompt_start_mark "\e]133;A;click_events=1\a"
     end
 
-    if contains cursor $features
+    if string match -q 'cursor*' -- $features
+        set -l cursor 5                                   # blinking bar
+        contains cursor:steady $features && set cursor 6  # steady bar
+
         # Change the cursor to a beam on prompt.
-        function __ghostty_set_cursor_beam --on-event fish_prompt -d "Set cursor shape"
+        function __ghostty_set_cursor_beam --on-event fish_prompt -V cursor -d "Set cursor shape"
             if not functions -q fish_vi_cursor_handle
-                echo -en "\e[5 q"
+                echo -en "\e[$cursor q"
             end
         end
         function __ghostty_reset_cursor --on-event fish_preexec -d "Reset cursor shape"
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ function __ghostty_setup --on-event fish_prompt -d "Setup ghostty integration"
     set --global fish_handle_reflow 1
 
     # Initial calls for first prompt
-    if contains cursor $features
+    if string match -q 'cursor*' -- $features
         __ghostty_set_cursor_beam
     end
     __ghostty_mark_prompt_start
diff --git a/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration b/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
index c17de669a..1e0eb95aa 100644
--- a/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
+++ b/src/shell-integration/zsh/ghostty-integration
@@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ _ghostty_deferred_init() {
       # executed from zle. For example, users of fzf-based widgets may find
       # themselves with a blinking block cursor within fzf.
       _ghostty_zle_line_init _ghostty_zle_line_finish _ghostty_zle_keymap_select() {
-	  case ${KEYMAP-} in
-	      # Blinking block cursor.
-	      vicmd|visual) builtin print -nu "$_ghostty_fd" '\e[1 q';;
-	      # Blinking bar cursor.
-	      *)            builtin print -nu "$_ghostty_fd" '\e[5 q';;
-	  esac
+        builtin local steady=0
+        [[ "$GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES" == *"cursor:steady"* ]] && steady=1
+        case ${KEYMAP-} in
+            vicmd|visual) builtin print -nu "$_ghostty_fd" "\e[$(( 1 + steady )) q" ;; # block
+            *)            builtin print -nu "$_ghostty_fd" "\e[$(( 5 + steady )) q" ;; # bar
+        esac
       }
-      # Restore the blinking default shape before executing an external command
+      # Restore the default shape before executing an external command
       functions[_ghostty_preexec]+="
 	  builtin print -rnu $_ghostty_fd \$'\\e[0 q'"
     fi
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index 0e7cdc172..4443f324b 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ pub const Config = struct {
     env_override: configpkg.RepeatableStringMap = .{},
     shell_integration: configpkg.Config.ShellIntegration = .detect,
     shell_integration_features: configpkg.Config.ShellIntegrationFeatures = .{},
+    cursor_blink: ?bool = null,
     working_directory: ?[]const u8 = null,
     resources_dir: ?[]const u8,
     term: []const u8,
@@ -755,6 +756,7 @@ const Subprocess = struct {
             try shell_integration.setupFeatures(
                 &env,
                 cfg.shell_integration_features,
+                cfg.cursor_blink orelse true,
             );
 
             const force: ?shell_integration.Shell = switch (cfg.shell_integration) {
diff --git a/src/termio/shell_integration.zig b/src/termio/shell_integration.zig
index ab6dcd6ff..e5b9eab10 100644
--- a/src/termio/shell_integration.zig
+++ b/src/termio/shell_integration.zig
@@ -188,11 +188,13 @@ test detectShell {
 pub fn setupFeatures(
     env: *EnvMap,
     features: config.ShellIntegrationFeatures,
+    cursor_blink: bool,
 ) !void {
     const fields = @typeInfo(@TypeOf(features)).@"struct".fields;
     const capacity: usize = capacity: {
         comptime var n: usize = fields.len - 1; // commas
         inline for (fields) |field| n += field.name.len;
+        n += ":steady".len; // cursor value
         break :capacity n;
     };
 
@@ -221,6 +223,10 @@ pub fn setupFeatures(
         if (@field(features, name)) {
             if (writer.end > 0) try writer.writeByte(',');
             try writer.writeAll(name);
+
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, "cursor")) {
+                try writer.writeAll(if (cursor_blink) ":blink" else ":steady");
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -241,8 +247,8 @@ test "setup features" {
         var env = EnvMap.init(alloc);
         defer env.deinit();
 
-        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = true, .sudo = true, .title = true, .@"ssh-env" = true, .@"ssh-terminfo" = true, .path = true });
-        try testing.expectEqualStrings("cursor,path,ssh-env,ssh-terminfo,sudo,title", env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES").?);
+        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = true, .sudo = true, .title = true, .@"ssh-env" = true, .@"ssh-terminfo" = true, .path = true }, true);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("cursor:blink,path,ssh-env,ssh-terminfo,sudo,title", env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES").?);
     }
 
     // Test: all features disabled
@@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ test "setup features" {
         var env = EnvMap.init(alloc);
         defer env.deinit();
 
-        try setupFeatures(&env, std.mem.zeroes(config.ShellIntegrationFeatures));
+        try setupFeatures(&env, std.mem.zeroes(config.ShellIntegrationFeatures), true);
         try testing.expect(env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES") == null);
     }
 
@@ -259,9 +265,25 @@ test "setup features" {
         var env = EnvMap.init(alloc);
         defer env.deinit();
 
-        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = false, .sudo = true, .title = false, .@"ssh-env" = true, .@"ssh-terminfo" = false, .path = false });
+        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = false, .sudo = true, .title = false, .@"ssh-env" = true, .@"ssh-terminfo" = false, .path = false }, true);
         try testing.expectEqualStrings("ssh-env,sudo", env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES").?);
     }
+
+    // Test: blinking cursor
+    {
+        var env = EnvMap.init(alloc);
+        defer env.deinit();
+        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = true, .sudo = false, .title = false, .@"ssh-env" = false, .@"ssh-terminfo" = false, .path = false }, true);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("cursor:blink", env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES").?);
+    }
+
+    // Test: steady cursor
+    {
+        var env = EnvMap.init(alloc);
+        defer env.deinit();
+        try setupFeatures(&env, .{ .cursor = true, .sudo = false, .title = false, .@"ssh-env" = false, .@"ssh-terminfo" = false, .path = false }, false);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings("cursor:steady", env.get("GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES").?);
+    }
 }
 
 /// Setup the bash automatic shell integration. This works by