diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index 5d8382a30ae..fd02fd23a27 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -1351,6 +1351,7 @@ There are also links to normal bindings to style the tree itself.
 NvimTreeNormal
 NvimTreeEndOfBuffer     (NonText)
 NvimTreeCursorLine      (CursorLine)
+NvimTreeCursorLineNr    (CursorLineNr)
 NvimTreeVertSplit       (VertSplit)     [deprecated, use NvimTreeWinSeparator]
 NvimTreeWinSeparator    (VertSplit)
 NvimTreeCursorColumn    (CursorColumn)
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
index 908aa9c3b89..22250a8ff5f 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ local function get_links()
     Normal = "Normal",
     NormalNC = "NvimTreeNormal",
     EndOfBuffer = "EndOfBuffer",
+    CursorLineNr = "CursorLineNr",
     CursorLine = "CursorLine",
     VertSplit = "VertSplit",
     WinSeparator = "NvimTreeVertSplit",
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
index 5b4ed966d36..1d0d7841989 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ M.View = {
     foldmethod = "manual",
     foldcolumn = "0",
     cursorcolumn = false,
-    cursorlineopt = "line",
+    cursorlineopt = "both",
     colorcolumn = "0",
     wrap = false,
     winhl = table.concat({
       "EndOfBuffer:NvimTreeEndOfBuffer",
       "Normal:NvimTreeNormal",
       "CursorLine:NvimTreeCursorLine",
+      "CursorLineNr:NvimTreeCursorLineNr",
       get_win_sep_hl(),
       "StatusLine:NvimTreeStatusLine",
       "StatusLineNC:NvimTreeStatuslineNC",