diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e663f4c1..552fe7d1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 changes since 0.17.0
 ===================================
+NEW 2016-08-24 in musrview it is now possible to enable/disable a
+               crosshair cursor by pressing 'c'.
 NEW 2016-04-28 updated licence info in musredit and added paramList 
                feature to the msr2data GUI.
 NEW 2016-04-28 msr2data gets a new option: paramList which allows to 
diff --git a/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp b/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
index 54bcc51c..9a0a3b49 100644
--- a/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
@@ -1140,6 +1140,13 @@ void PMusrCanvas::HandleCmdKey(Int_t event, Int_t x, Int_t y, TObject *selected)
       cout << "**INFO** averaging of a single data set doesn't make any sense, will ignore 'a' ..." << endl;
       return;
     }
+  } else if (x == 'c') {
+    Int_t state = fDataTheoryPad->GetCrosshair();
+    if (state == 0)
+      fDataTheoryPad->SetCrosshair(2);
+    else
+      fDataTheoryPad->SetCrosshair(0);
+    fMainCanvas->Update();
   } else {
     fMainCanvas->Update();
   }