diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
index dc8b7623c1..e0f26d9be2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,18 @@
 using namespace SpreadsheetGui;
 using namespace Spreadsheet;
 using namespace App;
-namespace sp = std::placeholders;
+
+void SheetViewHeader::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
+{
+    // for some reason QWidget::setCursor() has no effect in QGraphicsView
+    // therefore we resort to override cursor
+    const QCursor currentCursor = this->cursor();
+    QHeaderView::mouseMoveEvent(e);
+    const QCursor newerCursor = this->cursor();
+    if (newerCursor != currentCursor) {
+        qApp->setOverrideCursor(newerCursor);
+    }
+}
 
 void SheetViewHeader::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
 {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.h b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.h
index e63af97da9..078b0aa61f 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Spreadsheet/Gui/SheetTableView.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void resizeFinished();
 
 protected:
+    void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* e) override;
     void mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* event) override;
     bool viewportEvent(QEvent* e) override;