diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
index 3f0453e3e1..ca62e2dd05 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/midi_region_view.cc
@@ -3434,6 +3434,15 @@ MidiRegionView::show_verbose_cursor (string const & text, double xoffset, double
 	wx += xoffset;
 	wy += yoffset;
 
+	/* Flip the cursor above the mouse pointer if it would overlap the bottom of the canvas */
+	
+	double x1, y1, x2, y2;
+	trackview.editor().verbose_cursor()->canvas_item()->get_bounds (x1, y1, x2, y2);
+
+	if ((wy + y2 - y1) > trackview.editor().canvas_height()) {
+		wy -= (y2 - y1) + 2 * yoffset;
+	}
+
 	trackview.editor().verbose_cursor()->set (text, wx, wy);
 	trackview.editor().verbose_cursor()->show ();
 }
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/public_editor.h b/gtk2_ardour/public_editor.h
index b5db8377d3..84194f2b35 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/public_editor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/public_editor.h
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ class PublicEditor : public Gtk::Window, public PBD::StatefulDestructible {
 	virtual void show_window () = 0;
 	virtual framepos_t leftmost_position() const = 0;
 	virtual framecnt_t current_page_frames() const = 0;
+	virtual double canvas_height () const = 0;
 	virtual void temporal_zoom_step (bool coarser) = 0;
 	virtual void scroll_tracks_down_line () = 0;
 	virtual void scroll_tracks_up_line () = 0;