diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
index 829674fbb8..f1e8142835 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
@@ -1227,9 +1227,14 @@ bool wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetupCursor(WX_NSEvent event)
         
         while ( cursorTarget && !cursorTarget->MacSetupCursor( cursorPoint ) )
         {
+            // at least in GTK cursor events are not propagated either ...
+#if 1
+            cursorTarget = NULL;
+#else
             cursorTarget = cursorTarget->GetParent() ;
             if ( cursorTarget )
                 cursorPoint += cursorTarget->GetPosition();
+#endif
         }
         
         return cursorTarget != NULL;
diff --git a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
index 7fd9f067d9..d7ef17acce 100644
--- a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
@@ -1814,6 +1814,8 @@ bool wxWindowMac::MacSetupCursor( const wxPoint& pt )
     if ( wxRect2DInt( clientorigin.x , clientorigin.y , clientsize.x , clientsize.y ).Contains( wxPoint2DInt( pt ) ) )
     {
         wxSetCursorEvent event( pt.x , pt.y );
+        event.SetId(GetId());
+        event.SetEventObject(this);
 
         bool processedEvtSetCursor = HandleWindowEvent(event);
         if ( processedEvtSetCursor && event.HasCursor() )