diff --git a/src/drawscreen.c b/src/drawscreen.c
index 702d686aba..cecfcccb62 100644
--- a/src/drawscreen.c
+++ b/src/drawscreen.c
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ update_screen(int type_arg)
     }
     updating_screen = TRUE;
 
+    // Hide the cursor while redrawing when sync output is not active, to
+    // avoid visible cursor flicker on terminals like Windows ConPTY.
+    int hid_cursor = !sync_output_active();
+    if (hid_cursor)
+	cursor_off();
     term_set_sync_output(TERM_SYNC_OUTPUT_ENABLE);
 
 #ifdef FEAT_PROP_POPUP
@@ -447,6 +452,8 @@ update_screen(int type_arg)
 #endif
 
     term_set_sync_output(TERM_SYNC_OUTPUT_DISABLE);
+    if (hid_cursor)
+	cursor_on();
 
     return OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/proto/term.pro b/src/proto/term.pro
index 9653a35af3..3f099338be 100644
--- a/src/proto/term.pro
+++ b/src/proto/term.pro
@@ -98,5 +98,6 @@ void cterm_color2rgb(int nr, char_u *r, char_u *g, char_u *b, char_u *ansi_idx);
 int term_replace_keycodes(char_u *ta_buf, int ta_len, int len_arg);
 void term_disable_dec(void);
 void term_set_win_resize(bool state);
+int sync_output_active(void);
 void term_set_sync_output(int flags);
 /* vim: set ft=c : */
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index 07eb5974b7..37f05ed016 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -8094,6 +8094,17 @@ term_set_win_resize(bool state)
 }
 #endif
 
+    int
+sync_output_active(void)
+{
+#ifdef FEAT_GUI
+    if (gui.in_use)
+	return TRUE;
+#endif
+    return p_tsy && (sync_output_setting == 1 || sync_output_setting == 2)
+	&& *T_BSU != NUL && *T_ESU != NUL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Enable or disable synchronized output if possible. Specification can be found
  * here:
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 81809c9ea4..34f3dd8508 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    440,
 /**/
     439,
 /**/