diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index bf3fdb22d42..73822a4bd1b 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -1363,6 +1363,7 @@ NvimTreeNormal
 NvimTreeEndOfBuffer     (NonText)
 NvimTreeCursorLine      (CursorLine)
 NvimTreeCursorLineNr    (CursorLineNr)
+NvimTreeLineNr          (LineNr)
 NvimTreeVertSplit       (VertSplit)     [deprecated, use NvimTreeWinSeparator]
 NvimTreeWinSeparator    (VertSplit)
 NvimTreeCursorColumn    (CursorColumn)
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
index 22250a8ff5f..61dbc62a718 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/colors.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ local function get_links()
     NormalNC = "NvimTreeNormal",
     EndOfBuffer = "EndOfBuffer",
     CursorLineNr = "CursorLineNr",
+    LineNr = "LineNr",
     CursorLine = "CursorLine",
     VertSplit = "VertSplit",
     WinSeparator = "NvimTreeVertSplit",
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
index 05a3e7a5553..eb38b015bf5 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/view.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ M.View = {
       "Normal:NvimTreeNormal",
       "CursorLine:NvimTreeCursorLine",
       "CursorLineNr:NvimTreeCursorLineNr",
+      "LineNr:NvimTreeLineNr",
       get_win_sep_hl(),
       "StatusLine:NvimTreeStatusLine",
       "StatusLineNC:NvimTreeStatuslineNC",