diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index 78e19064e5b..e1fae7bbc50 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ class GitLabDropdown
       if selected
         cssClass = "is-active"
 
+      text = @highlightTextMatches(text, @filterInput.val())
+
       html = "<li>"
       html += "<a href='#{url}' class='#{cssClass}'>"
       html += text
@@ -260,6 +262,15 @@ class GitLabDropdown
 
     return html
 
+  highlightTextMatches: (text, term) ->
+    occurrences = fuzzaldrinPlus.match(text, term)
+    textArr = text.split('')
+    textArr.forEach (character, i, textArr) ->
+      if i in occurrences
+        textArr[i] = "<b>#{character}</b>"
+
+    textArr.join ''
+
   noResults: ->
     html = "<li>"
     html += "<a href='#' class='is-focused'>"