diff --git a/layouts/community/ergodox/zweihander-macos/rules.mk b/layouts/community/ergodox/zweihander-macos/rules.mk
index 8011660ced..4a9626356a 100644
--- a/layouts/community/ergodox/zweihander-macos/rules.mk
+++ b/layouts/community/ergodox/zweihander-macos/rules.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # Don’t do a tricolor flashing-light wave when the computer is shut down in Windows,
 # or when the machine is sleeping in macOS
 SLEEP_LED_ENABLE = no
+
+# Don’t pretend to be a mouse (if a a mouse is plugged into a FreeBSD machine, an annoying cursor will pop up)
+MOUSEKEY_ENABLE = no