diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index a2b6d80feb..2c7049cd0f 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ static gchar *
 sanity_check_gdk_pixbuf (void)
 {
 #define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MAJOR 2
-#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MINOR 24
-#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MICRO 1
+#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MINOR 30
+#define GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MICRO 8
 
   if (! sanity_check_version (gdk_pixbuf_major_version, GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MAJOR,
                               gdk_pixbuf_minor_version, GDK_PIXBUF_REQUIRED_MINOR,
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpcursor.c b/app/widgets/gimpcursor.c
index cf9936fef1..192af60ab9 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpcursor.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpcursor.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "gimpcursor.h"
 
-#include "cursors/gimp-tool-cursors.h"
+#include "cursors/gimp-tool-cursors.c"
 
 
 #define cursor_default_x_hot 10
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ typedef struct _GimpCursor GimpCursor;
 
 struct _GimpCursor
 {
-  const guint8 *pixbuf_data;
-  const gint    x_hot, y_hot;
+  const gchar *resource_name;
+  const gint   x_hot, y_hot;
 
-  GdkPixbuf    *pixbuf;
+  GdkPixbuf   *pixbuf;
 };
 
 
@@ -55,99 +55,99 @@ static GimpCursor gimp_cursors[] =
   /* these have to match up with enum GimpCursorType in widgets-enums.h */
 
   {
-    cursor_none,
+    "cursor-none.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_mouse,
+    "cursor-mouse.png",
     cursor_mouse_x_hot, cursor_mouse_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_crosshair,
+    "cursor-crosshair.png",
     cursor_crosshair_x_hot, cursor_crosshair_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_crosshair_small,
+    "cursor-crosshair-small.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_bad,
+    "cursor-bad.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_move,
+    "cursor-move.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_zoom,
+    "cursor-zoom.png",
     cursor_zoom_x_hot, cursor_zoom_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_color_picker,
+    "cursor-color-picker.png",
     cursor_color_picker_x_hot, cursor_color_picker_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_top,
+    "cursor-corner-top.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_top_right,
+    "cursor-corner-top-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_right,
+    "cursor-corner-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_bottom_right,
+    "cursor-corner-bottom-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_bottom,
+    "cursor-corner-bottom.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_bottom_left,
+    "cursor-corner-bottom-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_left,
+    "cursor-corner-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_corner_top_left,
+    "cursor-corner-top-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_top,
+    "cursor-sid-_top.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_top_right,
+    "cursor-side-top-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_right,
+    "cursor-side-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_bottom_right,
+    "cursor-side-bottom-right.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_bottom,
+    "cursor-side-bottom.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_bottom_left,
+    "cursor-side-bottom-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_left,
+    "cursor-side-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   },
   {
-    cursor_side_top_left,
+    "cursor-side-top-left.png",
     cursor_default_x_hot, cursor_default_y_hot
   }
 };
@@ -157,42 +157,42 @@ static GimpCursor gimp_tool_cursors[] =
   /* these have to match up with enum GimpToolCursorType in widgets-enums.h */
 
   { NULL },
-  { tool_rect_select },
-  { tool_ellipse_select },
-  { tool_free_select },
-  { tool_polygon_select },
-  { tool_fuzzy_select },
-  { tool_paths },
-  { tool_paths_anchor },
-  { tool_paths_control },
-  { tool_paths_segment },
-  { tool_iscissors },
-  { tool_move },
-  { tool_zoom },
-  { tool_crop },
-  { tool_resize },
-  { tool_rotate },
-  { tool_shear },
-  { tool_perspective },
-  { tool_flip_horizontal },
-  { tool_flip_vertical },
-  { tool_text },
-  { tool_color_picker },
-  { tool_bucket_fill },
-  { tool_blend },
-  { tool_pencil },
-  { tool_paintbrush },
-  { tool_airbrush },
-  { tool_ink },
-  { tool_clone },
-  { tool_heal },
-  { tool_eraser },
-  { tool_smudge },
-  { tool_blur },
-  { tool_dodge },
-  { tool_burn },
-  { tool_measure },
-  { tool_hand }
+  { "tool-rect-select.png" },
+  { "tool-ellipse-select.png" },
+  { "tool-free-select.png" },
+  { "tool-polygon-select.png" },
+  { "tool-fuzzy-select.png" },
+  { "tool-paths.png" },
+  { "tool-paths-anchor.png" },
+  { "tool-paths-control.png" },
+  { "tool-paths-segment.png" },
+  { "tool-iscissors.png" },
+  { "tool-move.png" },
+  { "tool-zoom.png" },
+  { "tool-crop.png" },
+  { "tool-resize.png" },
+  { "tool-rotate.png" },
+  { "tool-shear.png" },
+  { "tool-perspective.png" },
+  { "tool-flip-horizontal.png" },
+  { "tool-flip-vertical.png" },
+  { "tool-text.png" },
+  { "tool-color-picker.png" },
+  { "tool-bucket-fill.png" },
+  { "tool-blend.png" },
+  { "tool-pencil.png" },
+  { "tool-paintbrush.png" },
+  { "tool-airbrush.png" },
+  { "tool-ink.png" },
+  { "tool-clone.png" },
+  { "tool-heal.png" },
+  { "tool-eraser.png" },
+  { "tool-smudge.png" },
+  { "tool-blur.png" },
+  { "tool-dodge.png" },
+  { "tool-burn.png" },
+  { "tool-measure.png" },
+  { "tool-hand.png" }
 };
 
 static GimpCursor gimp_cursor_modifiers[] =
@@ -200,19 +200,19 @@ static GimpCursor gimp_cursor_modifiers[] =
   /* these have to match up with enum GimpCursorModifier in widgets-enums.h */
 
   { NULL },
-  { modifier_bad },
-  { modifier_plus },
-  { modifier_minus },
-  { modifier_intersect },
-  { modifier_move },
-  { modifier_resize },
-  { modifier_control },
-  { modifier_anchor },
-  { modifier_foreground },
-  { modifier_background },
-  { modifier_pattern },
-  { modifier_join },
-  { modifier_select }
+  { "modifier-bad.png" },
+  { "modifier-plus.png" },
+  { "modifier-minus.png" },
+  { "modifier-intersect.png" },
+  { "modifier-move.png" },
+  { "modifier-resize.png" },
+  { "modifier-control.png" },
+  { "modifier-anchor.png" },
+  { "modifier-foreground.png" },
+  { "modifier-background.png" },
+  { "modifier-pattern.png" },
+  { "modifier-join.png" },
+  { "modifier-select.png" }
 };
 
 
@@ -220,10 +220,23 @@ static const GdkPixbuf *
 get_cursor_pixbuf (GimpCursor *cursor)
 {
   if (! cursor->pixbuf)
-    cursor->pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_inline (-1,
-                                                 cursor->pixbuf_data,
-                                                 FALSE, NULL);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (cursor->pixbuf != NULL, NULL);
+    {
+      gchar  *resource_path;
+      GError *error = NULL;
+
+      resource_path = g_strconcat ("/org/gimp/tool-cursors/",
+                                   cursor->resource_name, NULL);
+
+      cursor->pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_resource (resource_path, &error);
+
+      if (! cursor->pixbuf)
+        {
+          g_critical ("Failed to create cursor image: %s", error->message);
+          g_clear_error (&error);
+        }
+
+      g_free (resource_path);
+    }
 
   return cursor->pixbuf;
 }
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1f5b7e38fd..adab1757fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ m4_define([gegl_required_version], [0.3.0])
 m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.40.0])
 m4_define([atk_required_version], [2.2.0])
 m4_define([gtk_required_version], [2.24.10])
-m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [2.24.1])
+m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [2.30.8])
 m4_define([cairo_required_version], [1.12.2])
 m4_define([cairo_pdf_required_version], [1.12.2])
 m4_define([pangocairo_required_version], [1.29.4])
@@ -589,6 +589,11 @@ else
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIO_UNIX, gio-unix-2.0)
 fi
 
+AC_PATH_PROG(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES, glib-compile-resources, no)
+if test "x$GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES" = xno; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find glib-compile-resources in your PATH)
+fi
+
 AC_PATH_PROG(GDBUS_CODEGEN, gdbus-codegen, no)
 if test "x$GDBUS_CODEGEN" = xno; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find gdbus-codegen in your PATH])
diff --git a/cursors/.gitignore b/cursors/.gitignore
index 8b2ce5afaa..7cdea3a30d 100644
--- a/cursors/.gitignore
+++ b/cursors/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /Makefile.in
 /.xvpics
 /.thumbnails
-/color-picker-cursors.list
-/tool-cursors.list
-/gimp-color-picker-cursors.h
-/gimp-tool-cursors.h
+/gimp-color-picker-cursors.c
+/gimp-color-picker-cursors.gresource.xml
+/gimp-tool-cursors.c
+/gimp-tool-cursors.gresource.xml
diff --git a/cursors/Makefile.am b/cursors/Makefile.am
index 634ab4a830..95ce459648 100644
--- a/cursors/Makefile.am
+++ b/cursors/Makefile.am
@@ -85,33 +85,45 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	gimp-tool-cursors.xcf
 
 noinst_DATA = \
-	gimp-tool-cursors.h			\
-	gimp-color-picker-cursors.h
+	gimp-tool-cursors.c			\
+	gimp-color-picker-cursors.c
 
 CLEANFILES = \
-	gimp-tool-cursors.h			\
-	tool-cursors.list			\
-	gimp-color-picker-cursors.h		\
-	color-picker-cursors.list
+	gimp-tool-cursors.c			\
+	gimp-tool-cursors.gresource.xml		\
+	gimp-color-picker-cursors.c		\
+	gimp-color-picker-cursors.gresource.xml
 
-tool-cursors.list: $(CURSOR_IMAGES) Makefile.am
+
+gimp-tool-cursors.gresource.xml: $(CURSOR_IMAGES) Makefile.am
 	$(AM_V_GEN) ( rm -f $@; \
+	  echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' > $@; \
+	  echo '<gresources>' >> $@; \
+	  echo '  <gresource prefix="/org/gimp/tool-cursors">' >> $@; \
 	  for image in $(CURSOR_IMAGES); do \
-	    echo $$image | \
-	      sed -e 's|.*/||' -e 's|-|_|g' -e 's|\.png$$||' >> $@; \
-	    echo "  $(srcdir)/$$image" >> $@; \
-	  done )
+	    echo "    <file preprocess=\"to-pixdata\">$$image</file>" >> $@; \
+	  done; \
+	  echo '  </gresource>' >> $@; \
+	  echo '</gresources>' >> $@ )
 
-color-picker-cursors.list: $(COLOR_PICKER_IMAGES) Makefile.am
+gimp-tool-cursors.c: gimp-tool-cursors.gresource.xml
+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) \
+	  --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --generate-source \
+	  --target=$@ gimp-tool-cursors.gresource.xml
+
+
+gimp-color-picker-cursors.gresource.xml: $(CURSOR_IMAGES) Makefile.am
 	$(AM_V_GEN) ( rm -f $@; \
-	  for image in $(COLOR_PICKER_IMAGES); do \
-	    echo $$image | \
-	      sed -e 's|.*/||' -e 's|-|_|g' -e 's|\.png$$||' >> $@; \
-	    echo "  $(srcdir)/$$image" >> $@; \
-	  done )
+	  echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' > $@; \
+	  echo '<gresources>' >> $@; \
+	  echo '  <gresource prefix="/org/gimp/color-picker-cursors">' >> $@; \
+	  for image in $(CURSOR_IMAGES); do \
+	    echo "    <file preprocess=\"to-pixdata\">$$image</file>" >> $@; \
+	  done; \
+	  echo '  </gresource>' >> $@; \
+	  echo '</gresources>' >> $@ )
 
-$(srcdir)/gimp-tool-cursors.h: tool-cursors.list
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GDK_PIXBUF_CSOURCE) --raw --build-list `cat tool-cursors.list` > $(@F)
-
-$(srcdir)/gimp-color-picker-cursors.h: color-picker-cursors.list
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GDK_PIXBUF_CSOURCE) --raw --build-list `cat color-picker-cursors.list` > $(@F)
+gimp-color-picker-cursors.c: gimp-color-picker-cursors.gresource.xml
+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES) \
+	  --sourcedir=$(srcdir) --generate-source \
+	  --target=$@ gimp-color-picker-cursors.gresource.xml
diff --git a/libgimpwidgets/gimppickbutton.c b/libgimpwidgets/gimppickbutton.c
index 7a47c2eceb..2cfea92c1b 100644
--- a/libgimpwidgets/gimppickbutton.c
+++ b/libgimpwidgets/gimppickbutton.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "gimppickbutton.h"
 #include "gimpstock.h"
 
-#include "cursors/gimp-color-picker-cursors.h"
+#include "cursors/gimp-color-picker-cursors.c"
 
 #include "libgimp/libgimp-intl.h"
 
@@ -175,16 +175,27 @@ gimp_pick_button_new (void)
 static GdkCursor *
 make_cursor (GdkDisplay *display)
 {
-  GdkCursor           *cursor;
-  GdkPixbuf           *pixbuf;
+  GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
+  GError    *error = NULL;
 
-  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_inline (-1, cursor_color_picker, FALSE, NULL);
+  pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_resource ("/org/gimp/color-picker-cursors/cursor-color-picker.png",
+                                         &error);
 
-  cursor = gdk_cursor_new_from_pixbuf (display, pixbuf, 1, 30);
+  if (pixbuf)
+    {
+      GdkCursor *cursor = gdk_cursor_new_from_pixbuf (display, pixbuf, 1, 30);
 
-  g_object_unref (pixbuf);
+      g_object_unref (pixbuf);
 
-  return cursor;
+      return cursor;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      g_critical ("Failed to create cursor image: %s", error->message);
+      g_clear_error (&error);
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.def b/libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.def
index a43394696c..d8c7e11420 100644
--- a/libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.def
+++ b/libgimpwidgets/gimpwidgets.def
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ EXPORTS
 	gimp_color_hex_entry_set_color
 	gimp_color_notebook_get_type
 	gimp_color_notebook_set_has_page
+	gimp_color_picker_cursors_get_resource
 	gimp_color_profile_chooser_dialog_get_type
 	gimp_color_profile_chooser_dialog_new
 	gimp_color_profile_combo_box_add