diff --git a/KShare.pro b/KShare.pro
index e5e7388..feef83e 100644
--- a/KShare.pro
+++ b/KShare.pro
@@ -70,7 +70,25 @@ HEADERS  += mainwindow.hpp \
     cropeditor/settings/blurdialog.hpp \
     cropeditor/drawing/pathitem.hpp \
     cropeditor/drawing/lineitem.hpp \
-    cropeditor/drawing/textitem.hpp
+    cropeditor/drawing/textitem.hpp \
+    platformbackend.hpp
+mac {
+        SOURCES += $$PWD/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.cpp
+        HEADERS += $$PWD/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.hpp
+        LIBS += -framework Carbon
+} else:win32 {
+        SOURCES += $$PWD/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.cpp
+        HEADERS += $$PWD/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.hpp
+        LIBS += -luser32
+        QT += winextras
+} else:unix {
+        SOURCES += $$PWD/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.cpp
+        HEADERS += $$PWD/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.hpp
+        QT += x11extras
+        LIBS += -lxcb-cursor -lxcb-xfixes
+} else {
+        error(Unsupported platform);
+}
 
 FORMS    += mainwindow.ui \
     cropeditor/settings/brushpenselection.ui \
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 718d139..caada8c 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QtGlobal>
+#include <platformbackend.hpp>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 bool verbose = false;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     parser.addOption(v);
     parser.process(a);
     verbose = parser.isSet(v);
+    PlatformBackend::inst().getCursor().save("test.png", "PNG");
 
     MainWindow w;
     w.show();
diff --git a/platformbackend.hpp b/platformbackend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8133ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformbackend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef PLATFORMBACKEND_HPP
+#define PLATFORMBACKEND_HPP
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.hpp>
+#endif
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.hpp>
+#endif
+#ifdef __unix__
+#include <platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#endif // PLATFORMBACKEND_HPP
diff --git a/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.cpp b/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af2f4e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "macbackend.hpp"
+
+QPixmap PlatformBackend::getCursor() {
+#warning "TODO: Mac backend"
+    return QPixmap();
+}
diff --git a/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.hpp b/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..324e375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/mac/macbackend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef MACBACKEND_HPP
+#define MACBACKEND_HPP
+
+#include <QPixmap>
+
+class PlatformBackend {
+    public:
+    QPixmap getCursor();
+    static PlatformBackend &inst() {
+        static PlatformBackend inst;
+        return inst;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // MACBACKEND_HPP
diff --git a/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.cpp b/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b190328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "u32backend.hpp"
+
+#include <QCursor>
+#include <QtWin>
+#include <windows.h>
+
+QPixmap PlatformBackend::getCursor() {
+    CURSORINFO cursorInfo;
+    cursorInfo.cbSize = sizeof(cursorInfo);
+    if (GetCursorInfo(&cursorInfo)) {
+        if (cursorInfo.flags == CURSOR_SHOWING) {
+            ICONINFO info; // It took me 5 hours to get to here
+            if (GetIconInfo(cursorInfo.hCursor, &info)) {
+                return QtWin::fromHBITMAP(info.hbmColor);
+            } else
+                return QPixmap();
+        } else
+            return QPixmap();
+    } else
+        return QPixmap();
+}
diff --git a/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.hpp b/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d082d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/u32/u32backend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef U32BACKEND_HPP
+#define U32BACKEND_HPP
+
+#include <QPixmap>
+
+class PlatformBackend {
+    public:
+    QPixmap getCursor();
+    static PlatformBackend &inst() {
+        static PlatformBackend inst;
+        return inst;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // U32BACKEND_HPP
diff --git a/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.cpp b/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f347f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include "x11backend.hpp"
+
+#include <QPixmap>
+#include <QX11Info>
+#include <xcb/xcb_cursor.h>
+#include <xcb/xcb_util.h>
+#include <xcb/xfixes.h>
+
+QPixmap PlatformBackend::getCursor() {
+    xcb_connection_t *connection = QX11Info::connection();
+    xcb_xfixes_get_cursor_image_cookie_t cursorCookie = xcb_xfixes_get_cursor_image_unchecked(connection);
+    QScopedPointer<xcb_xfixes_get_cursor_image_reply_t> cursorReply(xcb_xfixes_get_cursor_image_reply(connection, cursorCookie, NULL));
+    if (cursorReply.isNull()) {
+        return QPixmap();
+    }
+
+    quint32 *pixels = xcb_xfixes_get_cursor_image_cursor_image(cursorReply.data());
+    if (!pixels) {
+        return QPixmap();
+    }
+    return QPixmap::fromImage(QImage((quint8 *)pixels, cursorReply->width, cursorReply->height, QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied));
+}
diff --git a/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.hpp b/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab4ed57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platformspecifics/x11/x11backend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef X11BACKEND_HPP
+#define X11BACKEND_HPP
+
+#include <QPixmap>
+
+class PlatformBackend {
+    public:
+    QPixmap getCursor();
+    static PlatformBackend &inst() {
+        static PlatformBackend inst;
+        return inst;
+    }
+};
+
+#endif // X11BACKEND_HPP