SetCursor not working over QWebView?

[pmh4514]

I'm using Qt5.3 on Windows, and am trying to set a custom cursor as follows:
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QImage image(":/images/eyedropper.png");
QCursor cur(QPixmap::fromImage(image));
QApplication::setOverrideCursor(cur);
@

This works, but the cursor is application wide, which is not what I want.
Instead, I want the cursor to apply over a QWebView widget which is embedded in my MainWindow

if instead of QAppliation::setOverrideCursor(cur) I call _myWebView->setCursor(cur) I do not see any errors, but the cursor never changes.

Am I doing something wrong or is there a known inability to use setCursor with QWebView?

edit: I have turned on mouse-tracking on the QWebView but it still doesn't work.

Thanks