diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/linerangelog.js b/mercurial/templates/static/linerangelog.js
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/linerangelog.js
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/linerangelog.js
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoa
         sourcelines.children,
         function(x) { return x.tagName === 'SPAN' });
 
+    // add a "followlines-select" class to change cursor type in CSS
+    for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {
+        spans[i].classList.add('followlines-select');
+    }
+
     var lineSelectedCSSClass = 'followlines-selected';
 
     //** add CSS class on <span> element in `from`-`to` line range */
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style-paper.css
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ td.annotate:hover div.annotate-info { di
   background-color: #bfdfff;
 }
 
-div.overflow pre.sourcelines > span:hover {
+div.overflow pre.sourcelines > span.followlines-select:hover {
   cursor: cell;
 }