diff --git a/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/DevToolsPanel.js b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/DevToolsPanel.js
index 60597bf89566..8f1b8fb344e6 100644
--- a/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/DevToolsPanel.js
+++ b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/DevToolsPanel.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 /**
  * @typedef {StateProps & OwnProps} Props
  * @typedef {import("../../@types/perf").State} StoreState
+ * @typedef {import("../../@types/perf").RecordingState} RecordingState
+ * @typedef {import("../../@types/perf").PanelWindow} PanelWindow
  */
 
 "use strict";
@@ -50,8 +52,13 @@ const DevToolsPresetSelection = createFactory(
 const OnboardingMessage = createFactory(
   require("resource://devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/OnboardingMessage.js")
 );
+const ToolboxHighlightController = createFactory(
+  require("resource://devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/ToolboxHighlightController.js")
+);
 
 const selectors = require("resource://devtools/client/performance-new/store/selectors.js");
+const anyWindow = /** @type {any} */ (window);
+const panelWindow = /** @type {PanelWindow} */ (anyWindow);
 
 /**
  * This is the top level component for the DevTools panel.
@@ -77,6 +84,9 @@ class DevToolsPanel extends PureComponent {
       div(
         { className: `perf perf-devtools` },
         RecordingButton({ perfFront, onProfileReceived }),
+        panelWindow.gToolbox
+          ? ToolboxHighlightController({ toolbox: panelWindow.gToolbox })
+          : null,
         Description(),
         hr({ className: "perf-presets-hr" }),
         DevToolsPresetSelection({ onEditSettingsLinkClicked })
diff --git a/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/ToolboxHighlightController.js b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/ToolboxHighlightController.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d9d594aa0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/ToolboxHighlightController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+// @ts-check
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} StateProps
+ * @property {RecordingState} recordingState
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} OwnProps
+ * @property {any} toolbox
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {StateProps & OwnProps} Props
+ * @typedef {import("../../@types/perf").State} StoreState
+ * @typedef {import("../../@types/perf").RecordingState} RecordingState
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const {
+  PureComponent,
+} = require("resource://devtools/client/shared/vendor/react.js");
+const {
+  connect,
+} = require("resource://devtools/client/shared/vendor/react-redux.js");
+const selectors = require("resource://devtools/client/performance-new/store/selectors.js");
+
+/**
+ * @extends {React.PureComponent<Props>}
+ */
+class ToolboxHighlightController extends PureComponent {
+  /** @param {Props} prevProps */
+  componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
+    const { recordingState, toolbox } = this.props;
+    if (recordingState === "recording") {
+      toolbox.highlightTool("performance");
+    } else if (prevProps.recordingState === "recording") {
+      toolbox.unhighlightTool("performance");
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {StoreState} state
+ * @returns {StateProps}
+ */
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    recordingState: selectors.getRecordingState(state),
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = connect(mapStateToProps)(ToolboxHighlightController);
diff --git a/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/moz.build b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/moz.build
index 8ec2435693aa..4063f5d333a4 100644
--- a/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/moz.build
+++ b/devtools/client/performance-new/components/panel/moz.build
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ DevToolsModules(
     "OnboardingMessage.js",
     "ProfilerEventHandling.js",
     "RecordingButton.js",
+    "ToolboxHighlightController.js",
 )
diff --git a/devtools/client/performance-new/test/browser/browser_devtools-record-capture.js b/devtools/client/performance-new/test/browser/browser_devtools-record-capture.js
index 8b0122f069ff..4f0accf3eb06 100644
--- a/devtools/client/performance-new/test/browser/browser_devtools-record-capture.js
+++ b/devtools/client/performance-new/test/browser/browser_devtools-record-capture.js
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ async function setPresetCaptureAndAssertUrl({
     "Clicking the start recording button sends in a request to start recording."
   );
 
+  is(
+    document.defaultView.gToolbox.isHighlighted("performance"),
+    false,
+    "The Performance panel in not highlighted yet."
+  );
+
   const captureRecording = await getActiveButtonFromText(
     document,
     "Capture recording"
@@ -164,6 +170,13 @@ async function setPresetCaptureAndAssertUrl({
       "its recording"
   );
 
+  is(
+    document.defaultView.gToolbox.isHighlighted("performance"),
+    true,
+    "The Performance Panel in the Devtools Tab is highlighted when the profiler " +
+      "is recording"
+  );
+
   info("Click the button to capture the recording.");
   captureRecording.click();
 
@@ -180,6 +193,12 @@ async function setPresetCaptureAndAssertUrl({
     "The profiler is available to record again."
   );
 
+  is(
+    document.defaultView.gToolbox.isHighlighted("performance"),
+    false,
+    "The Performance panel in not highlighted anymore when the profiler is stopped"
+  );
+
   info(
     "If the DevTools successfully injects a profile into the page, then the " +
       "fake frontend will rename the title of the page."