diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
index f55299ff2..96554b1b6 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "render/backend/opengl/openglrenderfunctions.h"
 #include "render/backend/opengl/openglshader.h"
 #include "render/pixelformat.h"
+#include "core.h"
 
 OLIVE_NAMESPACE_ENTER
 
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ ViewerDisplayWidget::ViewerDisplayWidget(QWidget *parent) :
   zoomed_(false),
   zoom_multiplier_(1.0)
 {
+  connect(Core::instance(), &Core::ToolChanged, this, &ViewerDisplayWidget::ToolChanged);
+
+  ToolChanged(Core::instance()->tool());
 }
 
 ViewerDisplayWidget::~ViewerDisplayWidget()
@@ -84,6 +88,17 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::SetZoomData(bool flag, int percent)
   }
 }
 
+void ViewerDisplayWidget::ToolChanged(Tool::Item tool)
+{
+  if (tool == Tool::kHand) {
+    hand_tool_ = true;
+    setCursor(Qt::OpenHandCursor);
+  } else {
+    hand_tool_ = false;
+    unsetCursor();
+  }
+}
+
 QMatrix4x4 ViewerDisplayWidget::GetCompleteMatrix()
 {
   QMatrix4x4 mat;
@@ -180,7 +195,7 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
   }
 
   // If translation is enabled get current position in preperation for move event
-  if (event->button() == Qt::MiddleButton && zoomed_) {
+  if ((event->button() == Qt::MiddleButton || hand_tool_) && zoomed_) {
     position_ = event->pos();
     return;
   }
@@ -195,7 +210,7 @@ void ViewerDisplayWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 void ViewerDisplayWidget::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
   // Only allow translation if the image is larger than the container widget
-  if (event->buttons() & Qt::MiddleButton && zoomed_) {
+  if ((event->buttons() & Qt::MiddleButton || hand_tool_) && zoomed_) {
     QPointF delta = event->pos() - position_;
     // scale delta to widget size and zoom level
     delta.setX(zoom_multiplier_ * delta.x() / width());
diff --git a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
index f6c10a92f..2e10c1392 100644
--- a/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
+++ b/app/widget/viewer/viewerdisplay.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "render/backend/opengl/opengltexture.h"
 #include "render/color.h"
 #include "render/colormanager.h"
+#include "tool/tool.h"
 #include "viewersafemargininfo.h"
 #include "widget/manageddisplay/manageddisplay.h"
 #include "widget/timetarget/timetarget.h"
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ public slots:
 
   void SetZoomData(bool flag, int percent);
 
+  void ToolChanged(Tool::Item tool);
+
 signals:
   /**
    * @brief Signal emitted when the user starts dragging from the viewer
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ private:
    */
   QPoint position_;
 
+  bool hand_tool_;
+
 private slots:
   /**
    * @brief Slot to connect just before the OpenGL context is destroyed to clean up resources