diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 19f9b21..870863d 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Cursor_pos = 1  -- in Unicode codepoints, from 1 to utf8.len(line) + 1
 
 Screen_width, Screen_height, Screen_flags = 0, 0, nil
 
+Cursor_x, Cursor_y = 0, 0  -- in pixels
+
 Current_drawing_mode = 'line'
 Previous_drawing_mode = nil
 
diff --git a/text.lua b/text.lua
index 44abc67..f4181d8 100644
--- a/text.lua
+++ b/text.lua
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ function Text.draw_cursor(x, y)
   love.graphics.setColor(1,0,0)
   love.graphics.circle('fill', x,y+math.floor(15*Zoom), 2)
   love.graphics.setColor(0,0,0)
+  Cursor_x = x
+  Cursor_y = y+math.floor(15*Zoom)
 end
 
 function Text.compute_fragments(line, line_width)