diff --git a/large-sw.nix b/large-sw.nix
index 3818a20..706fb55 100644
--- a/large-sw.nix
+++ b/large-sw.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
     # calibre
     goldendict
 
+    (xournalpp.overrideDerivation (_: {
+      patches = [
+        ./xournalpp-cursor-blink.patch
+      ];
+    }))
+
     vscode
     ccls
 
diff --git a/xournalpp-cursor-blink.patch b/xournalpp-cursor-blink.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462c8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xournalpp-cursor-blink.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+commit 92e4041efb6165505a8729968648392d7b5ff459
+Author: Gabriel Ebner <gebner@gebner.org>
+Date:   Sun Aug 16 19:47:52 2020 +0200
+
+    Allow the user to disable cursor blinking.
+    
+    This uses the same setting which is also used by the built-in text entry
+    widget.
+
+diff --git a/src/gui/TextEditor.cpp b/src/gui/TextEditor.cpp
+index 0750ad0e..807786cf 100644
+--- a/src/gui/TextEditor.cpp
++++ b/src/gui/TextEditor.cpp
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ TextEditor::TextEditor(XojPageView* gui, GtkWidget* widget, Text* text, bool own
+ 	gtk_text_buffer_place_cursor(this->buffer, &first);
+ 
+ 	GtkSettings* settings = gtk_widget_get_settings(this->widget);
++        g_object_get(settings, "gtk-cursor-blink", &this->cursorBlink, nullptr);
+ 	g_object_get(settings, "gtk-cursor-blink-time", &this->cursorBlinkTime, nullptr);
+ 	g_object_get(settings, "gtk-cursor-blink-timeout", &this->cursorBlinkTimeout, nullptr);
+ 
+@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ TextEditor::TextEditor(XojPageView* gui, GtkWidget* widget, Text* text, bool own
+ 	g_signal_connect(this->imContext, "retrieve-surrounding", G_CALLBACK(iMRetrieveSurroundingCallback), this);
+ 	g_signal_connect(this->imContext, "delete-surrounding", G_CALLBACK(imDeleteSurroundingCallback), this);
+ 
+-	blinkCallback(this);
++    if (this->cursorBlink) {
++        blinkCallback(this);
++    } else {
++        this->cursorVisible = true;
++    }
++
+ }
+ 
+ TextEditor::~TextEditor()
+@@ -654,12 +660,15 @@ void TextEditor::moveCursor(GtkMovementStep step, int count, bool extendSelectio
+ 		gtk_widget_error_bell(this->widget);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	this->cursorVisible = false;
+-	if (this->blinkTimeout)
+-	{
+-		g_source_remove(this->blinkTimeout);
+-	}
+-	blinkCallback(this);
++    if (this->cursorBlink) {
++        this->cursorVisible = false;
++        if (this->blinkTimeout) {
++            g_source_remove(this->blinkTimeout);
++        }
++        blinkCallback(this);
++    } else {
++        repaintCursor();
++    }
+ }
+ 
+ void TextEditor::findPos(GtkTextIter* iter, double xPos, double yPos)
+diff --git a/src/gui/TextEditor.h b/src/gui/TextEditor.h
+index fdeb8b0f..008807b1 100644
+--- a/src/gui/TextEditor.h
++++ b/src/gui/TextEditor.h
+@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ private:
+ 	double markPosX = 0;
+ 	double markPosY = 0;
+ 
++        bool cursorBlink = true;
+ 	int cursorBlinkTime = 0;
+ 	int cursorBlinkTimeout = 0;
+ 	int blinkTimeout = 0;  // handler id