diff --git a/src/ts/RemoteCursorManager.ts b/src/ts/RemoteCursorManager.ts
index e9ff489..4765615 100644
--- a/src/ts/RemoteCursorManager.ts
+++ b/src/ts/RemoteCursorManager.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export interface IRemoteCursorManagerOptions {
    */
   tooltipDuration?: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Show the tooltip when the cursor is hovered
+   */
+  showTooltipOnHover?: boolean;
+  
   /**
    * An additional class name for the tooltip element, to tweak the default style
    */
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ export class RemoteCursorManager {
    * The default values for optional parameters.
    * @internal
    */
-  private static readonly DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {tooltips: true, tooltipDuration: 1};
+  private static readonly DEFAULT_OPTIONS: Partial<IRemoteCursorManagerOptions> = {tooltips: true, tooltipDuration: 1, showTooltipOnHover: false};
 
   /**
    * A counter that generates unique ids for the cursor widgets.
@@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ export class RemoteCursorManager {
       label,
       this._options.tooltips,
       tooltipDurationMs,
+      this._options.showTooltipOnHover,
       this._options.tooltipClassName,
       () => this.removeCursor(id));
     this._cursorWidgets.set(id, cursorWidget);
diff --git a/src/ts/RemoteCursorWidget.ts b/src/ts/RemoteCursorWidget.ts
index 8ad38d8..93752e4 100644
--- a/src/ts/RemoteCursorWidget.ts
+++ b/src/ts/RemoteCursorWidget.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export class RemoteCursorWidget implements editor.IContentWidget, IDisposable {
               label: string,
               tooltipEnabled: boolean,
               tooltipDuration: number,
+              showTooltipOnHover: boolean,
               tooltipClassName: string | undefined,
               onDisposed: OnDisposed) {
     this._editor = codeEditor;
@@ -83,6 +84,16 @@ export class RemoteCursorWidget implements editor.IContentWidget, IDisposable {
       this._scrollListener = this._editor.onDidScrollChange(() => {
         this._updateTooltipPosition();
       });
+
+      if (showTooltipOnHover) {
+        this._domNode.style.pointerEvents = 'auto';
+        this._domNode.addEventListener('mouseover', () => {
+          this._setTooltipVisible(true);
+        })
+        this._domNode.addEventListener('mouseout', () => {
+          this._setTooltipVisible(false);
+        })
+      }
     } else {
       this._tooltipNode = null;
       this._scrollListener = null;
@@ -173,17 +184,10 @@ export class RemoteCursorWidget implements editor.IContentWidget, IDisposable {
   }
 
   private _showTooltip(): void {
-    this._updateTooltipPosition();
-
-    if (this._hideTimer !== null) {
-      clearTimeout(this._hideTimer);
-    } else {
-      this._setTooltipVisible(true);
-    }
+    this._setTooltipVisible(true);
 
     this._hideTimer = setTimeout(() => {
       this._setTooltipVisible(false);
-      this._hideTimer = null;
     }, this._tooltipDuration);
   }
 
@@ -199,7 +203,12 @@ export class RemoteCursorWidget implements editor.IContentWidget, IDisposable {
   }
 
   private _setTooltipVisible(visible: boolean): void {
+    if (this._hideTimer !== null) {
+      clearTimeout(this._hideTimer);
+      this._hideTimer = null;
+    }
     if (visible) {
+      this._updateTooltipPosition();
       this._tooltipNode.style.opacity = "1.0";
     } else {
       this._tooltipNode.style.opacity = "0";