diff --git a/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.cpp b/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.cpp
index 46e00eccde..bbf2320836 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #include "ServerCursor.h"
 #include <Errors.h>
 
+//! The global cursor manager object. Allocated and freed by AppServer class
+CursorManager *cursormanager;
+
 //! Initializes the CursorManager
 CursorManager::CursorManager(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.h b/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.h
index 970842e7ea..81284db769 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/server/CursorManager.h
@@ -94,4 +94,6 @@ private:
 	cursor_which _current_which;
 };
 
+extern CursorManager *cursormanager;
+
 #endif
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