diff --git a/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx b/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
index 01cb5a1e1..c3361693f 100644
--- a/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/EncodeManager.cxx
@@ -365,8 +365,21 @@ void EncodeManager::writeLosslessRefresh(const Region& req,  const ScreenSet &la
                                          const RenderedCursor* renderedCursor,
                                          size_t maxUpdateSize)
 {
-    if (videoDetected || video_mode_available)
+    if (videoDetected || video_mode_available) {
+        // In video mode there's no lossless refresh to send, but pending
+        // pseudo-encodings (cursor shape, LED state, etc.) must still be
+        // flushed — otherwise the cursor shape lags whenever the desktop
+        // is idle (e.g. user hovering a window edge to resize). Without
+        // this, writeFramebufferUpdate() reaches us via writeDataUpdate's
+        // "ui.is_empty() but needFakeUpdate()" branch and we early-return,
+        // never emitting the FBU that would carry the pseudo-rects.
+        if (conn->writer()->needFakeUpdate()) {
+            int nRects = conn->cp.supportsLastRect ? 0xFFFF : 0;
+            conn->writer()->writeFramebufferUpdateStart(nRects);
+            conn->writer()->writeFramebufferUpdateEnd();
+        }
         return;
+    }
 
     doUpdate(false, getLosslessRefresh(req, maxUpdateSize),
              Region(), Point(), std::vector<CopyPassRect>(), layout, pb, renderedCursor);