diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
index 02c64b1bd..8641ccf80 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -1479,6 +1479,19 @@ public class SDLActivity extends Activity implements View.OnSystemUiVisibilityCh
         return mLastCursorID;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method is called by SDL using JNI.
+     */
+    public static void destroyCustomCursor(int cursorID) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24) {
+            try {
+                mCursors.remove(cursorID);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method is called by SDL using JNI.
      */
diff --git a/src/core/android/SDL_android.c b/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
index e23841413..b731f3996 100644
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.c
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ static jmethodID midClipboardGetText;
 static jmethodID midClipboardHasText;
 static jmethodID midClipboardSetText;
 static jmethodID midCreateCustomCursor;
+static jmethodID midDestroyCustomCursor;
 static jmethodID midGetContext;
 static jmethodID midGetDisplayDPI;
 static jmethodID midGetManifestEnvironmentVariables;
@@ -582,6 +583,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL SDL_JAVA_INTERFACE(nativeSetupJNI)(JNIEnv *env, jclass cl
     midClipboardHasText = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "clipboardHasText", "()Z");
     midClipboardSetText = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "clipboardSetText", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V");
     midCreateCustomCursor = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "createCustomCursor", "([IIIII)I");
+    midDestroyCustomCursor = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "destroyCustomCursor", "(I)V");
     midGetContext = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "getContext","()Landroid/content/Context;");
     midGetDisplayDPI = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "getDisplayDPI", "()Landroid/util/DisplayMetrics;");
     midGetManifestEnvironmentVariables = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, mActivityClass, "getManifestEnvironmentVariables", "()Z");
@@ -612,6 +614,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL SDL_JAVA_INTERFACE(nativeSetupJNI)(JNIEnv *env, jclass cl
         !midClipboardHasText ||
         !midClipboardSetText ||
         !midCreateCustomCursor ||
+        !midDestroyCustomCursor ||
         !midGetContext ||
         !midGetDisplayDPI ||
         !midGetManifestEnvironmentVariables ||
@@ -2503,6 +2506,12 @@ int Android_JNI_CreateCustomCursor(SDL_Surface *surface, int hot_x, int hot_y)
     return custom_cursor;
 }
 
+void Android_JNI_DestroyCustomCursor(int cursorID)
+{
+    JNIEnv *env = Android_JNI_GetEnv();
+    (*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, mActivityClass, midDestroyCustomCursor, cursorID);
+    return;
+}
 
 SDL_bool Android_JNI_SetCustomCursor(int cursorID)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/android/SDL_android.h b/src/core/android/SDL_android.h
index 5db745828..9634fce05 100644
--- a/src/core/android/SDL_android.h
+++ b/src/core/android/SDL_android.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int Android_JNI_ShowMessageBox(const SDL_MessageBoxData *messageboxdata, int *bu
 
 /* Cursor support */
 int Android_JNI_CreateCustomCursor(SDL_Surface *surface, int hot_x, int hot_y);
+void Android_JNI_DestroyCustomCursor(int cursorID);
 SDL_bool Android_JNI_SetCustomCursor(int cursorID);
 SDL_bool Android_JNI_SetSystemCursor(int cursorID);
 
diff --git a/src/video/android/SDL_androidmouse.c b/src/video/android/SDL_androidmouse.c
index bfb29e003..96b368c30 100644
--- a/src/video/android/SDL_androidmouse.c
+++ b/src/video/android/SDL_androidmouse.c
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ Android_CreateSystemCursor(SDL_SystemCursor id)
 static void
 Android_FreeCursor(SDL_Cursor * cursor)
 {
+    SDL_AndroidCursorData *data = (SDL_AndroidCursorData*) cursor->driverdata;
+    if (data->custom_cursor != 0) {
+        Android_JNI_DestroyCustomCursor(data->custom_cursor);
+    }
     SDL_free(cursor->driverdata);
     SDL_free(cursor);
 }