diff --git a/src/components/monitor-list/monitor-list.jsx b/src/components/monitor-list/monitor-list.jsx
index e4da715b0b4..333e57b9cfa 100644
--- a/src/components/monitor-list/monitor-list.jsx
+++ b/src/components/monitor-list/monitor-list.jsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const MonitorList = props => (
                     <Monitor
                         draggable={props.draggable}
                         height={monitorData.height}
+                        highlightItem={monitorData.highlightItem}
                         id={monitorData.id}
                         isDiscrete={monitorData.isDiscrete}
                         key={monitorData.id}
diff --git a/src/components/monitor/list-monitor-scroller.jsx b/src/components/monitor/list-monitor-scroller.jsx
index cfcd6a248b8..25484405677 100644
--- a/src/components/monitor/list-monitor-scroller.jsx
+++ b/src/components/monitor/list-monitor-scroller.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import bindAll from 'lodash.bindall';
 import {FormattedMessage} from 'react-intl';
-
+import {Set} from 'immutable';
 import styles from './monitor.css';
 import {List} from 'react-virtualized';
 
@@ -31,13 +31,21 @@ class ListMonitorScroller extends React.Component {
         );
     }
     rowRenderer ({index, key, style}) {
+        const isHighlighted = this.props.highlightItems.has(index);
         return (
             <div
                 className={styles.listRow}
                 key={key}
                 style={style}
             >
-                <div className={styles.listIndex}>{index + 1 /* one indexed */}</div>
+                <div
+                    className={classNames(
+                        styles.listIndex,
+                        {
+                            [styles.highlightIndex]: isHighlighted
+                        }
+                    )}
+                >{index + 1 /* one indexed */}</div>
                 <div
                     className={styles.listValue}
                     dataIndex={index}
@@ -74,14 +82,17 @@ class ListMonitorScroller extends React.Component {
         );
     }
     render () {
-        const {height, values, width, activeIndex, activeValue} = this.props;
+        const {height, values, width, activeIndex, activeValue, highlightItem} = this.props;
         // Keep the active index in view if defined, else must be undefined for List component
-        const scrollToIndex = activeIndex === null ? undefined : activeIndex; /* eslint-disable-line no-undefined */
+        const highlightIndex = highlightItem === null ? undefined : highlightItem; // eslint-disable-line no-undefined
+        const scrollToIndex = activeIndex === null ? highlightIndex : activeIndex; // eslint-disable-line no-undefined
         return (
             <List
                 activeIndex={activeIndex}
                 activeValue={activeValue}
                 height={(height) - 44 /* Header/footer size, approx */}
+                highlightItems={this.props.highlightItems.toString()
+                /* note that this is not an actual prop - it's just there to re-render whenever the list updates */}
                 noRowsRenderer={this.noRowsRenderer}
                 rowCount={values.length}
                 rowHeight={24 /* Row size is same for all rows */}
@@ -100,6 +111,8 @@ ListMonitorScroller.propTypes = {
     categoryColor: PropTypes.string,
     draggable: PropTypes.bool,
     height: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItem: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItems: PropTypes.instanceOf(Set),
     onActivate: PropTypes.func,
     onDeactivate: PropTypes.func,
     onFocus: PropTypes.func,
diff --git a/src/components/monitor/list-monitor.jsx b/src/components/monitor/list-monitor.jsx
index e3422e5b31d..714f39fd3cc 100644
--- a/src/components/monitor/list-monitor.jsx
+++ b/src/components/monitor/list-monitor.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import {FormattedMessage} from 'react-intl';
+import {Set} from 'immutable';
 import styles from './monitor.css';
 import ListMonitorScroller from './list-monitor-scroller.jsx';
 
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ ListMonitor.propTypes = {
     categoryColor: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     draggable: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
     height: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItem: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItems: PropTypes.instanceOf(Set),
     label: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     onActivate: PropTypes.func,
     onAdd: PropTypes.func,
@@ -74,7 +77,8 @@ ListMonitor.propTypes = {
 
 ListMonitor.defaultProps = {
     width: 110,
-    height: 200
+    height: 200,
+    highlightItem: null
 };
 
 export default ListMonitor;
diff --git a/src/components/monitor/monitor.css b/src/components/monitor/monitor.css
index 521c39279aa..6df7402ff52 100644
--- a/src/components/monitor/monitor.css
+++ b/src/components/monitor/monitor.css
@@ -187,3 +187,7 @@
 .footer-length {
     text-align: center;
 }
+
+.highlight-index {
+    color: $control-primary;
+}
diff --git a/src/containers/list-monitor.jsx b/src/containers/list-monitor.jsx
index c8d06e511bd..5d0ac75603a 100644
--- a/src/containers/list-monitor.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/list-monitor.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {getEventXY} from '../lib/touch-utils';
 import {getVariableValue, setVariableValue} from '../lib/variable-utils';
 import ListMonitorComponent from '../components/monitor/list-monitor.jsx';
-import {Map} from 'immutable';
+import {Map as ImmutableMap, Set} from 'immutable'; // to avoid conflict with built-in Map
 
 class ListMonitor extends React.Component {
     constructor (props) {
@@ -19,15 +19,43 @@ class ListMonitor extends React.Component {
             'handleKeyPress',
             'handleFocus',
             'handleAdd',
-            'handleResizeMouseDown'
+            'handleResizeMouseDown',
+            'unhighlight'
         ]);
 
         this.state = {
             activeIndex: null,
             activeValue: null,
             width: props.width || 100,
-            height: props.height || 200
+            height: props.height || 200,
+            highlightItems: Set()
         };
+
+        this.highlightMap = new Map();
+    }
+
+    componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
+        const newHighlightItem = nextProps.highlightItem;
+        if (newHighlightItem === this.props.highlightItem) return;
+        if (newHighlightItem === null) return;
+        if (this.highlightMap.has(newHighlightItem)) {
+            clearTimeout(this.highlightMap.get(newHighlightItem));
+        }
+        this.highlightMap.set(newHighlightItem, setTimeout(() => this.unhighlight(newHighlightItem), 500));
+        this.setState({
+            highlightItems: Set(Array.from(this.highlightMap.keys()))
+        });
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount () {
+        this.highlightMap.forEach(val => clearTimeout(val));
+    }
+
+    unhighlight (item) {
+        this.highlightMap.delete(item);
+        this.setState({
+            highlightItems: Set(Array.from(this.highlightMap.keys()))
+        });
     }
 
     handleActivate (index) {
@@ -141,7 +169,7 @@ class ListMonitor extends React.Component {
             onMouseMove(ev); // Make sure width/height are up-to-date
             window.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
             window.removeEventListener('mouseup', onMouseUp);
-            this.props.vm.runtime.requestUpdateMonitor(Map({
+            this.props.vm.runtime.requestUpdateMonitor(ImmutableMap({
                 id: this.props.id,
                 height: this.state.height,
                 width: this.state.width
@@ -168,6 +196,7 @@ class ListMonitor extends React.Component {
                 activeIndex={this.state.activeIndex}
                 activeValue={this.state.activeValue}
                 height={this.state.height}
+                highlightItems={this.state.highlightItems}
                 width={this.state.width}
                 onActivate={this.handleActivate}
                 onAdd={this.handleAdd}
@@ -184,6 +213,7 @@ class ListMonitor extends React.Component {
 
 ListMonitor.propTypes = {
     height: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItem: PropTypes.number,
     id: PropTypes.string,
     targetId: PropTypes.string,
     value: PropTypes.oneOfType([
diff --git a/src/containers/monitor.jsx b/src/containers/monitor.jsx
index 18a6bbeab2d..3a62e2b19b8 100644
--- a/src/containers/monitor.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/monitor.jsx
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class Monitor extends React.Component {
                     {...monitorProps}
                     draggable={this.props.draggable}
                     height={this.props.height}
+                    highlightItem={this.props.highlightItem}
                     isDiscrete={this.props.isDiscrete}
                     max={this.props.max}
                     min={this.props.min}
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ Monitor.propTypes = {
     addMonitorRect: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     draggable: PropTypes.bool,
     height: PropTypes.number,
+    highlightItem: PropTypes.number,
     id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     intl: intlShape,
     isDiscrete: PropTypes.bool,