diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
index 5ca4ac1788..34cc21d4a3 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     background-color: $roomtile-selected-bg-color;
 }
 
+.mx_RoomTile:focus {
+    outline: 0;
+    background-color: $roomtile-focused-bg-color;
+}
+
 .mx_RoomTile .mx_RoomTile_name.mx_RoomTile_badgeShown {
     width: 140px;
 }
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
index db921034de..7612c68144 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ $voip-accept-color: #80f480;
 
 $roomtile-name-color: rgba(69, 69, 69, 0.8);
 $roomtile-selected-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
+$roomtile-focused-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
 
 $roomsublist-label-fg-color: $h3-color;
 $roomsublist-label-bg-color: #d3efe1;
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
index cf6d6effb8..54a117ea08 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ $voip-accept-color: #80f480;
 
 $roomtile-name-color: rgba(186, 186, 186, 0.8);
 $roomtile-selected-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
+$roomtile-focused-bg-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
 
 $roomsublist-label-fg-color: $h3-color;
 $roomsublist-label-bg-color: #454545;