diff --git a/cmd/micro/view.go b/cmd/micro/view.go
index 5bc33ec5..71058306 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/view.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/view.go
@@ -656,9 +656,13 @@ func (v *View) DisplayView() {
 		if settings["ruler"] == true {
 			// Write the line number
 			lineNumStyle := defStyle
+			curLineNumStyle := defStyle
 			if style, ok := colorscheme["line-number"]; ok {
 				lineNumStyle = style
 			}
+			if style, ok := colorscheme["current-line-number"]; ok {
+				curLineNumStyle = style
+			}
 
 			lineNum := strconv.Itoa(curLineN + 1)
 
@@ -669,7 +673,11 @@ func (v *View) DisplayView() {
 			}
 			// Write the actual line number
 			for _, ch := range lineNum {
-				v.drawCell(screenX, screenY, ch, nil, lineNumStyle)
+				if curLineN == v.Cursor.Y {
+					v.drawCell(screenX, screenY, ch, nil, curLineNumStyle)
+				} else {
+					v.drawCell(screenX, screenY, ch, nil, lineNumStyle)
+				}
 				screenX++
 			}
 
diff --git a/runtime/colorschemes/default.micro b/runtime/colorschemes/default.micro
index 904e89ca..22d19950 100644
--- a/runtime/colorschemes/default.micro
+++ b/runtime/colorschemes/default.micro
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ color-link error ",brightred"
 color-link todo ",brightyellow"
 color-link indent-char "black"
 color-link line-number "yellow"
+color-link current-line-number "red"
 color-link gutter-error ",red"
 color-link gutter-warning "red"
 color-link cursor-line "white"