diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tab.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tab.jsx
index 73cdca34ed15..faa1e046eff7 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tab.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tab.jsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { styled } from '@superset-ui/core';
 
 import DashboardComponent from '../../containers/DashboardComponent';
 import DragDroppable from '../dnd/DragDroppable';
@@ -62,6 +63,17 @@ const defaultProps = {
   onResizeStop() {},
 };
 
+const TabTitleContainer = styled.div`
+  ${({ isHighlighted, theme: { gridUnit, colors } }) => `
+    padding: ${gridUnit}px ${gridUnit * 2}px;
+    margin: ${-gridUnit}px ${gridUnit * -2}px;
+    transition: box-shadow 0.2s ease-in-out;
+    ${
+      isHighlighted && `box-shadow: 0 0 ${gridUnit}px ${colors.primary.light1};`
+    }
+  `}
+`;
+
 export default class Tab extends React.PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
@@ -192,6 +204,7 @@ export default class Tab extends React.PureComponent {
       editMode,
       filters,
       isFocused,
+      isHighlighted,
     } = this.props;
 
     return (
@@ -205,7 +218,11 @@ export default class Tab extends React.PureComponent {
         editMode={editMode}
       >
         {({ dropIndicatorProps, dragSourceRef }) => (
-          <div className="dragdroppable-tab" ref={dragSourceRef}>
+          <TabTitleContainer
+            isHighlighted={isHighlighted}
+            className="dragdroppable-tab"
+            ref={dragSourceRef}
+          >
             <EditableTitle
               title={component.meta.text}
               defaultTitle={component.meta.defaultText}
@@ -225,7 +242,7 @@ export default class Tab extends React.PureComponent {
             )}
 
             {dropIndicatorProps && <div {...dropIndicatorProps} />}
-          </div>
+          </TabTitleContainer>
         )}
       </DragDroppable>
     );
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tabs.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tabs.jsx
index 427145b89eb1..bdf60f8f4236 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tabs.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/gridComponents/Tabs.jsx
@@ -33,7 +33,38 @@ import getLeafComponentIdFromPath from '../../util/getLeafComponentIdFromPath';
 import { componentShape } from '../../util/propShapes';
 import { NEW_TAB_ID, DASHBOARD_ROOT_ID } from '../../util/constants';
 import { RENDER_TAB, RENDER_TAB_CONTENT } from './Tab';
-import { TAB_TYPE } from '../../util/componentTypes';
+import { CHART_TYPE, TAB_TYPE } from '../../util/componentTypes';
+import { getChartIdsInFilterScope } from '../../util/activeDashboardFilters';
+
+const findTabsWithChartsInScope = (
+  dashboardLayout,
+  chartsInScope,
+  childId,
+  tabId,
+  tabsToHighlight,
+) => {
+  if (
+    dashboardLayout[childId].type === CHART_TYPE &&
+    chartsInScope.includes(dashboardLayout[childId].meta.chartId)
+  ) {
+    tabsToHighlight.add(tabId);
+  }
+  if (
+    dashboardLayout[childId].children.length === 0 ||
+    (dashboardLayout[childId].type === TAB_TYPE && tabsToHighlight.has(childId))
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+  dashboardLayout[childId].children.forEach(subChildId =>
+    findTabsWithChartsInScope(
+      dashboardLayout,
+      chartsInScope,
+      subChildId,
+      tabId,
+      tabsToHighlight,
+    ),
+  );
+};
 
 const propTypes = {
   id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
@@ -268,11 +299,30 @@ class Tabs extends React.PureComponent {
       renderHoverMenu,
       isComponentVisible: isCurrentTabVisible,
       editMode,
+      focusedFilterScope,
+      dashboardLayout,
     } = this.props;
 
     const { children: tabIds } = tabsComponent;
     const { tabIndex: selectedTabIndex, activeKey } = this.state;
 
+    const tabsToHighlight = new Set();
+    if (focusedFilterScope) {
+      const chartsInScope = getChartIdsInFilterScope({
+        filterScope: focusedFilterScope.scope,
+      });
+      tabIds.forEach(tabId => {
+        if (!tabsToHighlight.has(tabId)) {
+          findTabsWithChartsInScope(
+            dashboardLayout,
+            chartsInScope,
+            tabId,
+            tabId,
+            tabsToHighlight,
+          );
+        }
+      });
+    }
     return (
       <DragDroppable
         component={tabsComponent}
@@ -322,6 +372,9 @@ class Tabs extends React.PureComponent {
                       columnWidth={columnWidth}
                       onDropOnTab={this.handleDropOnTab}
                       isFocused={activeKey === tabId}
+                      isHighlighted={
+                        activeKey !== tabId && tabsToHighlight.has(tabId)
+                      }
                     />
                   }
                 >
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardComponent.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardComponent.jsx
index f47a8734ab4e..42f408cd0d9c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardComponent.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardComponent.jsx
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(
   const component = dashboardLayout[id];
   const props = {
     component,
+    dashboardLayout,
     parentComponent: dashboardLayout[parentId],
     editMode: dashboardState.editMode,
     undoLength: undoableLayout.past.length,