diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGame.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGame.cs
index fadb821bef..87e23e3404 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGame.cs
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Drawing;
-using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
-using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
-using osu.Game.Graphics.Cursor;
-using osu.Game.Tournament.Models;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Handlers.Mouse;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Cursor;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Tournament.Models;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament
         private LoadingSpinner loadingSpinner;
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(FrameworkConfigManager frameworkConfig)
+        private void load(FrameworkConfigManager frameworkConfig, GameHost host)
         {
             windowSize = frameworkConfig.GetBindable<Size>(FrameworkSetting.WindowedSize);
             windowMode = frameworkConfig.GetBindable<WindowMode>(FrameworkSetting.WindowMode);
@@ -48,6 +51,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament
                 Margin = new MarginPadding(40),
             });
 
+            // in order to have the OS mouse cursor visible, relative mode needs to be disabled.
+            // can potentially be removed when https://github.com/ppy/osu-framework/issues/4309 is resolved.
+            var mouseHandler = host.AvailableInputHandlers.OfType<MouseHandler>().FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (mouseHandler != null)
+                mouseHandler.UseRelativeMode.Value = false;
+
             loadingSpinner.Show();
 
             BracketLoadTask.ContinueWith(_ => LoadComponentsAsync(new[]