diff --git a/flutter/lib/models/model.dart b/flutter/lib/models/model.dart
index 255913ee7..f1f89f5e2 100644
--- a/flutter/lib/models/model.dart
+++ b/flutter/lib/models/model.dart
@@ -3463,8 +3463,12 @@ class CursorModel with ChangeNotifier {
         pixelRatio > 0 &&
         parent.target?.ffiModel.pi.platform == kPeerPlatformMacOS) {
       // macOS cursors with density metadata use premultiplied alpha; older
-      // hosts send straight alpha. Keep native decoding and old hosts unchanged.
+      // hosts send straight alpha. Web needs a straight-alpha resize source.
       (rgba, image) = await _decodeWebMacCursor(rgba, width, height);
+    } else if (!isWeb &&
+        pixelRatio == 0 &&
+        parent.target?.ffiModel.pi.platform == kPeerPlatformMacOS) {
+      image = await _decodeLegacyMacCursor(rgba, width, height);
     } else {
       image = await img.decodeImageFromPixels(
           rgba, width, height, ui.PixelFormat.rgba8888);
@@ -3485,6 +3489,22 @@ class CursorModel with ChangeNotifier {
     _updateCurData();
   }
 
+  Future<ui.Image?> _decodeLegacyMacCursor(
+      Uint8List rgba, int width, int height) async {
+    // Old macOS packets are straight alpha. Premultiply a copy for native
+    // ui.Image, retaining the original colors for the separate byte cache.
+    final source = img2.Image.fromBytes(
+        width: width, height: height, bytes: rgba.buffer, order: img2.ChannelOrder.rgba);
+    for (final pixel in source) {
+      final opacity = pixel.a / pixel.maxChannelValue;
+      pixel.r = (pixel.r * opacity).round();
+      pixel.g = (pixel.g * opacity).round();
+      pixel.b = (pixel.b * opacity).round();
+    }
+    return img.decodeImageFromPixels(
+        source.getBytes(), width, height, ui.PixelFormat.rgba8888);
+  }
+
   Future<(Uint8List, ui.Image)> _decodeWebMacCursor(
       Uint8List rgba, int width, int height) async {
     final source = img2.Image.fromBytes(
diff --git a/flutter/test/cursor_native_alpha_test.dart b/flutter/test/cursor_native_alpha_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..916765981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flutter/test/cursor_native_alpha_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:ui' as ui;
+
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_hbb/consts.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_hbb/models/model.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_hbb/native/custom_cursor.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:image/image.dart' as img;
+
+const _side = 32;
+const _hotspot = Offset(7, 9);
+const _colors = [
+  [64, 32, 16, 128],
+  [240, 100, 20, 255],
+  [0, 0, 0, 0],
+  [0, 0, 0, 128],
+];
+final _stripeWidth = _side ~/ _colors.length;
+
+class _Canvas extends Fake implements CanvasModel {
+  @override
+  final viewStyle = ViewStyle(
+      style: kRemoteViewStyleAdaptive,
+      width: 200,
+      height: 160,
+      displayWidth: 200,
+      displayHeight: 160);
+}
+
+class _Peer extends Fake implements FfiModel {
+  _Peer(String platform) : pi = (PeerInfo()..platform = platform);
+  @override
+  final PeerInfo pi;
+}
+
+class _FFI extends Fake implements FFI {
+  _FFI(String platform) : ffiModel = _Peer(platform);
+  @override
+  final canvasModel = _Canvas();
+  @override
+  final _Peer ffiModel;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  final binding = TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  final view = binding.platformDispatcher.views.single;
+  final channel = Platform.isWindows
+      ? SystemChannels.mouseCursor
+      : const MethodChannel('flutter_custom_cursor');
+  final registrations = <Map<dynamic, dynamic>>[];
+  setUp(() {
+    registrations.clear();
+    binding.defaultBinaryMessenger.setMockMethodCallHandler(channel,
+        (call) async {
+      if (!call.method.startsWith('createCustomCursor')) return null;
+      final args = call.arguments as Map<dynamic, dynamic>;
+      registrations.add(args);
+      return args['name'];
+    });
+  });
+  tearDown(() {
+    view.resetDevicePixelRatio();
+    binding.defaultBinaryMessenger.setMockMethodCallHandler(channel, null);
+  });
+  for (final testCase in <(String, String?, List<int>)>[
+    (kPeerPlatformMacOS, null, [64, 32, 16, 128]),
+    (kPeerPlatformMacOS, '0', [64, 32, 16, 128]),
+    (kPeerPlatformMacOS, '1', [32, 16, 8, 128]),
+    (kPeerPlatformMacOS, '2', [32, 16, 8, 128]),
+    (kPeerPlatformLinux, '0', [32, 16, 8, 128]),
+  ]) {
+    for (final dpr in [1.0, 2.0]) {
+      test(
+          'native ${testCase.$1} scale=${testCase.$2} DPR=$dpr preserves alpha',
+          () {
+        view.devicePixelRatio = dpr;
+        return _checkCursor(testCase, dpr, registrations);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+Future<void> _checkCursor((String, String?, List<int>) testCase, double dpr,
+    List<Map<dynamic, dynamic>> registrations) async {
+  final (platform, density, color) = testCase;
+  final ffi = _FFI(platform);
+  final cursor = CursorModel(WeakReference(ffi))..id = '$testCase-$dpr';
+  addTearDown(() {
+    cursor.disposeImages();
+    cursor.dispose();
+  });
+  final palette = [color, ..._colors.skip(1)];
+  final rgba = [
+    for (var y = 0; y < _side; y++)
+      for (var x = 0; x < _side; x++) ...palette[x ~/ _stripeWidth]
+  ];
+  await cursor.updateCursorData({
+    'id': '$testCase-$dpr',
+    'width': '$_side',
+    'height': '$_side',
+    'hotx': '${_hotspot.dx}',
+    'hoty': '${_hotspot.dy}',
+    if (density != null) 'scale': density,
+    'colors': jsonEncode(rgba),
+  });
+  final cache = cursor.cache!;
+  buildCursorOfCache(cursor, Platform.isWindows ? dpr : 1, cache);
+  await deleteCustomCursor(cursor.cachedKeys.single);
+  expect(cache.image.getBytes(), rgba); // Keep the original byte-cache source.
+  _checkRegistration(registrations.single, dpr);
+  // The same ui.Image also supplies the painted remote cursor.
+  final straight = await cache.nativeImage
+      .toByteData(format: ui.ImageByteFormat.rawStraightRgba);
+  _checkColors(img.Image.fromBytes(
+      width: _side,
+      height: _side,
+      bytes: straight!.buffer,
+      bytesOffset: straight.offsetInBytes,
+      order: img.ChannelOrder.rgba));
+}
+
+void _checkRegistration(Map<dynamic, dynamic> args, double dpr) {
+  final bytes = args['buffer'] as Uint8List;
+  final decoded = Platform.isWindows
+      ? img.Image.fromBytes(
+          width: args['width'] as int,
+          height: args['height'] as int,
+          bytes: bytes.buffer,
+          bytesOffset: bytes.offsetInBytes,
+          order: img.ChannelOrder.bgra)
+      : img.decodePng(bytes)!;
+  expect((decoded.width, decoded.height), (_side * dpr, _side * dpr));
+  expect((args['hotX'], args['hotY']), (_hotspot.dx * dpr, _hotspot.dy * dpr));
+  _checkColors(decoded);
+}
+
+void _checkColors(img.Image bitmap) {
+  for (var stripe = 0; stripe < _colors.length; stripe++) {
+    final pixel = bitmap.getPixel(
+        ((stripe + 0.5) * bitmap.width / _colors.length).floor(),
+        bitmap.height ~/ 2);
+    final expected = _colors[stripe];
+    expect(pixel.a, expected.last);
+    for (final (actual, wanted) in [
+      (pixel.r, expected[0]),
+      (pixel.g, expected[1]),
+      (pixel.b, expected[2])
+    ]) {
+      expect(actual, closeTo(wanted, 1), reason: 'RGBA stripe $stripe');
+    }
+  }
+}