diff --git a/wayland-cursor/src/lib.rs b/wayland-cursor/src/lib.rs
index ff6ae747273..4c6ef7d7cc5 100644
--- a/wayland-cursor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wayland-cursor/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 //! # }
 //! ```
 
+use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{Error as IoError, Read, Result as IoResult, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
@@ -83,6 +84,22 @@ pub struct CursorTheme {
     backend: WeakBackend,
 }
 
+/// An error that occurs when a binding a global fails.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum CursorLoadError {
+    /// When give a icon name, but XCursorTheme cannot find a path
+    IconPathNotFound(String),
+
+    /// When the path finded before, but it cannot be opened
+    IconFileCannotOpen(std::io::Error),
+
+    /// When the file is opened, but cannot get the data
+    IconFileNotReadable(std::io::Error),
+
+    /// When the data of icon is get, but xparser cannot parse it
+    IconFileNotParsable,
+}
+
 impl CursorTheme {
     /// Load a cursor theme from system defaults.
     ///
@@ -177,6 +194,63 @@ impl CursorTheme {
         }
     }
 
+    /// try to load data from theme, else, it will try to load from fallback data
+    ///
+    /// This method returns [`None`] if this cursor is not provided either by the theme, or by one of its parents,
+    /// and the data by fallback function cannot parse it
+    /// fallback function will receive a enum which discribe the error, you can print some messages
+    /// or do some other things before return the finally fallback data
+    pub fn get_cursor_with_default_data<F>(&mut self, name: &str, fallback: F) -> Option<&Cursor>
+    where
+        F: Fn(CursorLoadError) -> Cow<'static, [u8]>,
+    {
+        match self.cursors.iter().position(|cursor| cursor.name == name) {
+            Some(i) => Some(&self.cursors[i]),
+            None => {
+                let cursor = self.load_cursor_with_default_data(name, self.size, fallback)?;
+                self.cursors.push(cursor);
+                self.cursors.iter().last()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn load_cursor_with_default_data<F>(
+        &mut self,
+        name: &str,
+        size: u32,
+        fallback: F,
+    ) -> Option<Cursor>
+    where
+        F: Fn(CursorLoadError) -> Cow<'static, [u8]>,
+    {
+        let conn = Connection::from_backend(self.backend.upgrade()?);
+        let err_reason = 'fallback: {
+            let Some(icon_path) = XCursorTheme::load(&self.name).load_icon(name) else {
+                break 'fallback CursorLoadError::IconPathNotFound(name.to_owned());
+            };
+            let mut icon_file = match File::open(icon_path) {
+                Ok(icon_file) => icon_file,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    break 'fallback CursorLoadError::IconFileCannotOpen(e);
+                }
+            };
+            let mut buf = Vec::new();
+            let Some(images) = ({
+                if let Err(e) = icon_file.read_to_end(&mut buf) {
+                    break 'fallback CursorLoadError::IconFileNotReadable(e);
+                }
+                xparser::parse_xcursor(&buf)
+            }) else {
+                break 'fallback CursorLoadError::IconFileNotParsable;
+            };
+
+            return Some(Cursor::new(&conn, name, self, &images, size));
+        };
+        let data = fallback(err_reason);
+        let images = xparser::parse_xcursor(data.as_ref())?;
+        Some(Cursor::new(&conn, name, self, &images, size))
+    }
+
     /// This function loads a cursor, parses it and pushes the images onto the shm pool.
     ///
     /// Keep in mind that if the cursor is already loaded, the function will make a duplicate.