diff --git a/components/devtools/actors/inspector.rs b/components/devtools/actors/inspector.rs
index d41777f56c6..28a4d7ccf94 100644
--- a/components/devtools/actors/inspector.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/actors/inspector.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ impl Actor for InspectorActor {
                 if self.highlighter.borrow().is_none() {
                     let highlighter_actor = HighlighterActor {
                         name: registry.new_name("highlighter"),
+                        pipeline,
+                        script_sender: self.script_chan.clone(),
                     };
                     let mut highlighter = self.highlighter.borrow_mut();
                     *highlighter = Some(highlighter_actor.name());
diff --git a/components/devtools/actors/inspector/highlighter.rs b/components/devtools/actors/inspector/highlighter.rs
index f75d25f2175..0dbf2b1e52f 100644
--- a/components/devtools/actors/inspector/highlighter.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/actors/inspector/highlighter.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 
+use base::id::PipelineId;
+use devtools_traits::DevtoolScriptControlMsg;
+use ipc_channel::ipc::IpcSender;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::{self, Map, Value};
 
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@ pub struct HighlighterMsg {
 
 pub struct HighlighterActor {
     pub name: String,
+    pub script_sender: IpcSender<DevtoolScriptControlMsg>,
+    pub pipeline: PipelineId,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -41,14 +46,39 @@ impl Actor for HighlighterActor {
     /// - `hide`: Disables highlighting for the selected node
     fn handle_message(
         &self,
-        _registry: &ActorRegistry,
+        registry: &ActorRegistry,
         msg_type: &str,
-        _msg: &Map<String, Value>,
+        msg: &Map<String, Value>,
         stream: &mut TcpStream,
         _id: StreamId,
     ) -> Result<ActorMessageStatus, ()> {
         Ok(match msg_type {
             "show" => {
+                let Some(node_actor) = msg.get("node") else {
+                    // TODO: send missing parameter error
+                    return Ok(ActorMessageStatus::Ignored);
+                };
+
+                let Some(node_actor_name) = node_actor.as_str() else {
+                    // TODO: send invalid parameter error
+                    return Ok(ActorMessageStatus::Ignored);
+                };
+
+                if node_actor_name.starts_with("inspector") {
+                    // TODO: For some reason, the client initially asks us to highlight
+                    // the inspector? Investigate what this is supposed to mean.
+                    let msg = ShowReply {
+                        from: self.name(),
+                        value: false,
+                    };
+                    let _ = stream.write_json_packet(&msg);
+                    return Ok(ActorMessageStatus::Processed);
+                }
+
+                self.instruct_script_thread_to_highlight_node(
+                    Some(node_actor_name.to_owned()),
+                    registry,
+                );
                 let msg = ShowReply {
                     from: self.name(),
                     value: true,
@@ -58,6 +88,8 @@ impl Actor for HighlighterActor {
             },
 
             "hide" => {
+                self.instruct_script_thread_to_highlight_node(None, registry);
+
                 let msg = EmptyReplyMsg { from: self.name() };
                 let _ = stream.write_json_packet(&msg);
                 ActorMessageStatus::Processed
@@ -67,3 +99,19 @@ impl Actor for HighlighterActor {
         })
     }
 }
+
+impl HighlighterActor {
+    fn instruct_script_thread_to_highlight_node(
+        &self,
+        node_actor: Option<String>,
+        registry: &ActorRegistry,
+    ) {
+        let node_id = node_actor.map(|node_actor| registry.actor_to_script(node_actor));
+        self.script_sender
+            .send(DevtoolScriptControlMsg::HighlightDomNode(
+                self.pipeline,
+                node_id,
+            ))
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/layout/context.rs b/components/layout/context.rs
index 62f8a8cdae9..3411eed486c 100644
--- a/components/layout/context.rs
+++ b/components/layout/context.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ pub struct LayoutContext<'a> {
         Arc<RwLock<FnvHashMap<(ServoUrl, UsePlaceholder), WebRenderImageInfo>>>,
 
     pub node_image_animation_map: Arc<RwLock<FxHashMap<OpaqueNode, ImageAnimationState>>>,
+
+    /// The DOM node that is highlighted by the devtools inspector, if any
+    pub highlighted_dom_node: Option<OpaqueNode>,
 }
 
 pub enum ResolvedImage<'a> {
diff --git a/components/layout/display_list/mod.rs b/components/layout/display_list/mod.rs
index 3908da69ce1..8799dd2da0c 100644
--- a/components/layout/display_list/mod.rs
+++ b/components/layout/display_list/mod.rs
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ use style::values::generics::NonNegative;
 use style::values::generics::rect::Rect;
 use style::values::specified::text::TextDecorationLine;
 use style::values::specified::ui::CursorKind;
+use style_traits::CSSPixel;
 use webrender_api::units::{DevicePixel, LayoutPixel, LayoutRect, LayoutSize};
 use webrender_api::{
     self as wr, BorderDetails, BoxShadowClipMode, ClipChainId, CommonItemProperties,
-    ImageRendering, NinePatchBorder, NinePatchBorderSource, units,
+    ImageRendering, NinePatchBorder, NinePatchBorderSource, SpatialId, units,
 };
 use wr::units::LayoutVector2D;
 
+use crate::cell::ArcRefCell;
 use crate::context::{LayoutContext, ResolvedImage};
 pub use crate::display_list::conversions::ToWebRender;
 use crate::display_list::stacking_context::StackingContextSection;
@@ -161,10 +163,49 @@ pub(crate) struct DisplayListBuilder<'a> {
 
     /// The [DisplayList] used to collect display list items and metadata.
     pub display_list: &'a mut DisplayList,
+
+    /// Data about the fragments that are highlighted by the inspector, if any.
+    ///
+    /// This data is collected during the traversal of the fragment tree and used
+    /// to paint the highlight at the very end.
+    inspector_highlight: Option<InspectorHighlight>,
+}
+
+struct InspectorHighlight {
+    /// The node that should be highlighted
+    tag: Tag,
+
+    /// Accumulates information about the fragments that belong to the highlighted node.
+    ///
+    /// This information is collected as the fragment tree is traversed to build the
+    /// display list.
+    state: Option<HighlightTraversalState>,
+}
+
+struct HighlightTraversalState {
+    /// The smallest rectangle that fully encloses all fragments created by the highlighted
+    /// dom node, if any.
+    content_box: euclid::Rect<Au, CSSPixel>,
+
+    spatial_id: SpatialId,
+
+    clip_chain_id: ClipChainId,
+
+    /// When the highlighted fragment is a box fragment we remember the information
+    /// needed to paint padding, border and margin areas.
+    maybe_box_fragment: Option<ArcRefCell<BoxFragment>>,
+}
+
+impl InspectorHighlight {
+    fn for_node(node: OpaqueNode) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tag: Tag::new(node),
+            state: None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl DisplayList {
-    /// Build the display list, returning true if it was contentful.
     pub fn build(
         &mut self,
         context: &LayoutContext,
@@ -180,8 +221,19 @@ impl DisplayList {
             element_for_canvas_background: fragment_tree.canvas_background.from_element,
             context,
             display_list: self,
+            inspector_highlight: context
+                .highlighted_dom_node
+                .map(InspectorHighlight::for_node),
         };
         fragment_tree.build_display_list(&mut builder, root_stacking_context);
+
+        if let Some(highlight) = builder
+            .inspector_highlight
+            .take()
+            .and_then(|highlight| highlight.state)
+        {
+            builder.paint_dom_inspector_highlight(highlight);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +285,150 @@ impl DisplayListBuilder<'_> {
             self.display_list.compositor_info.epoch.as_u16(),
         ))
     }
+
+    /// Draw highlights around the node that is currently hovered in the devtools.
+    fn paint_dom_inspector_highlight(&mut self, highlight: HighlightTraversalState) {
+        const CONTENT_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR: webrender_api::ColorF = webrender_api::ColorF {
+            r: 0.23,
+            g: 0.7,
+            b: 0.87,
+            a: 0.5,
+        };
+
+        const PADDING_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR: webrender_api::ColorF = webrender_api::ColorF {
+            r: 0.49,
+            g: 0.3,
+            b: 0.7,
+            a: 0.5,
+        };
+
+        const BORDER_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR: webrender_api::ColorF = webrender_api::ColorF {
+            r: 0.2,
+            g: 0.2,
+            b: 0.2,
+            a: 0.5,
+        };
+
+        const MARGIN_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR: webrender_api::ColorF = webrender_api::ColorF {
+            r: 1.,
+            g: 0.93,
+            b: 0.,
+            a: 0.5,
+        };
+
+        // Highlight content box
+        let content_box = highlight.content_box.to_webrender();
+        let properties = wr::CommonItemProperties {
+            clip_rect: content_box,
+            spatial_id: highlight.spatial_id,
+            clip_chain_id: highlight.clip_chain_id,
+            flags: wr::PrimitiveFlags::default(),
+        };
+
+        self.display_list
+            .wr
+            .push_rect(&properties, content_box, CONTENT_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR);
+
+        // Highlight margin, border and padding
+        if let Some(box_fragment) = highlight.maybe_box_fragment {
+            let mut paint_highlight =
+                |color: webrender_api::ColorF,
+                 fragment_relative_bounds: PhysicalRect<Au>,
+                 widths: webrender_api::units::LayoutSideOffsets| {
+                    if widths.is_zero() {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    let bounds = box_fragment
+                        .borrow()
+                        .offset_by_containing_block(&fragment_relative_bounds)
+                        .to_webrender();
+
+                    // We paint each highlighted area as if it was a border for simplicity
+                    let border_style = wr::BorderSide {
+                        color,
+                        style: webrender_api::BorderStyle::Solid,
+                    };
+
+                    let details = wr::BorderDetails::Normal(wr::NormalBorder {
+                        top: border_style,
+                        right: border_style,
+                        bottom: border_style,
+                        left: border_style,
+                        radius: webrender_api::BorderRadius::default(),
+                        do_aa: true,
+                    });
+
+                    let common = wr::CommonItemProperties {
+                        clip_rect: bounds,
+                        spatial_id: highlight.spatial_id,
+                        clip_chain_id: highlight.clip_chain_id,
+                        flags: wr::PrimitiveFlags::default(),
+                    };
+                    self.wr().push_border(&common, bounds, widths, details)
+                };
+
+            let box_fragment = box_fragment.borrow();
+            paint_highlight(
+                PADDING_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR,
+                box_fragment.padding_rect(),
+                box_fragment.padding.to_webrender(),
+            );
+            paint_highlight(
+                BORDER_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR,
+                box_fragment.border_rect(),
+                box_fragment.border.to_webrender(),
+            );
+            paint_highlight(
+                MARGIN_BOX_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR,
+                box_fragment.margin_rect(),
+                box_fragment.margin.to_webrender(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl InspectorHighlight {
+    fn register_fragment_of_highlighted_dom_node(
+        &mut self,
+        fragment: &Fragment,
+        spatial_id: SpatialId,
+        clip_chain_id: ClipChainId,
+        containing_block: &PhysicalRect<Au>,
+    ) {
+        let state = self.state.get_or_insert(HighlightTraversalState {
+            content_box: euclid::Rect::zero(),
+            spatial_id,
+            clip_chain_id,
+            maybe_box_fragment: None,
+        });
+
+        // We expect all fragments generated by one node to be in the same scroll tree node and clip node
+        debug_assert_eq!(spatial_id, state.spatial_id);
+        if clip_chain_id != ClipChainId::INVALID && state.clip_chain_id != ClipChainId::INVALID {
+            debug_assert_eq!(
+                clip_chain_id, state.clip_chain_id,
+                "Fragments of the same node must either have no clip chain or the same one"
+            );
+        }
+
+        let fragment_relative_rect = match fragment {
+            Fragment::Box(fragment) | Fragment::Float(fragment) => {
+                state.maybe_box_fragment = Some(fragment.clone());
+
+                fragment.borrow().content_rect
+            },
+            Fragment::Positioning(fragment) => fragment.borrow().rect,
+            Fragment::Text(fragment) => fragment.borrow().rect,
+            Fragment::Image(image_fragment) => image_fragment.borrow().rect,
+            Fragment::AbsoluteOrFixedPositioned(_) => return,
+            Fragment::IFrame(iframe_fragment) => iframe_fragment.borrow().rect,
+        };
+
+        state.content_box = state
+            .content_box
+            .union(&fragment_relative_rect.translate(containing_block.origin.to_vector()));
+    }
 }
 
 impl Fragment {
@@ -244,6 +440,17 @@ impl Fragment {
         is_hit_test_for_scrollable_overflow: bool,
         is_collapsed_table_borders: bool,
     ) {
+        if let Some(inspector_highlight) = &mut builder.inspector_highlight {
+            if self.tag() == Some(inspector_highlight.tag) {
+                inspector_highlight.register_fragment_of_highlighted_dom_node(
+                    self,
+                    builder.current_scroll_node_id.spatial_id,
+                    builder.current_clip_chain_id,
+                    containing_block,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
         match self {
             Fragment::Box(box_fragment) | Fragment::Float(box_fragment) => {
                 let box_fragment = &*box_fragment.borrow();
@@ -739,6 +946,7 @@ impl<'a> BuilderForBoxFragment<'a> {
         {
             return;
         }
+
         self.build_background(builder);
         self.build_box_shadow(builder);
         self.build_border(builder);
diff --git a/components/layout/layout_impl.rs b/components/layout/layout_impl.rs
index bb84806ebdb..efd31057127 100644
--- a/components/layout/layout_impl.rs
+++ b/components/layout/layout_impl.rs
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ impl LayoutThread {
             ))),
             iframe_sizes: Mutex::default(),
             use_rayon: rayon_pool.is_some(),
+            highlighted_dom_node: reflow_request.highlighted_dom_node,
         };
 
         self.restyle_and_build_trees(
diff --git a/components/script/devtools.rs b/components/script/devtools.rs
index c9d7c3094db..93212887dc8 100644
--- a/components/script/devtools.rs
+++ b/components/script/devtools.rs
@@ -538,3 +538,21 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_get_css_database(reply: IpcSender<HashMap<String, CssDataba
         .collect();
     let _ = reply.send(database);
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn handle_highlight_dom_node(
+    documents: &DocumentCollection,
+    id: PipelineId,
+    node_id: Option<String>,
+) {
+    let node = node_id.and_then(|node_id| {
+        let node = find_node_by_unique_id(documents, id, &node_id);
+        if node.is_none() {
+            log::warn!("Node id {node_id} for pipeline id {id} is not found",);
+        }
+        node
+    });
+
+    if let Some(window) = documents.find_window(id) {
+        window.Document().highlight_dom_node(node.as_deref());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/script/dom/document.rs b/components/script/dom/document.rs
index 9ce24038259..bb30a84172c 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/document.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/document.rs
@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Document {
     /// The active keyboard modifiers for the WebView. This is updated when receiving any input event.
     #[no_trace]
     active_keyboard_modifiers: Cell<Modifiers>,
+    /// The node that is currently highlighted by the devtools
+    highlighted_dom_node: MutNullableDom<Node>,
 }
 
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
@@ -4222,6 +4224,7 @@ impl Document {
             intersection_observer_task_queued: Cell::new(false),
             intersection_observers: Default::default(),
             active_keyboard_modifiers: Cell::new(Modifiers::empty()),
+            highlighted_dom_node: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -5213,6 +5216,14 @@ impl Document {
         self.has_trustworthy_ancestor_origin.get() ||
             self.origin().immutable().is_potentially_trustworthy()
     }
+    pub(crate) fn highlight_dom_node(&self, node: Option<&Node>) {
+        self.highlighted_dom_node.set(node);
+        self.set_needs_paint(true);
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn highlighted_dom_node(&self) -> Option<DomRoot<Node>> {
+        self.highlighted_dom_node.get()
+    }
 }
 
 #[allow(non_snake_case)]
diff --git a/components/script/dom/window.rs b/components/script/dom/window.rs
index b115add8611..d888cc8d917 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/window.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/window.rs
@@ -2142,6 +2142,8 @@ impl Window {
             .or_else(|| document.GetDocumentElement())
             .map(|root| root.upcast::<Node>().to_trusted_node_address());
 
+        let highlighted_dom_node = document.highlighted_dom_node().map(|node| node.to_opaque());
+
         // Send new document and relevant styles to layout.
         let reflow = ReflowRequest {
             reflow_info: Reflow {
@@ -2161,6 +2163,7 @@ impl Window {
                 .image_animation_manager_mut()
                 .take_image_animate_set(),
             theme: self.theme.get(),
+            highlighted_dom_node,
         };
 
         let Some(results) = self.layout.borrow_mut().reflow(reflow) else {
diff --git a/components/script/script_thread.rs b/components/script/script_thread.rs
index 9f6e1bc1dd1..54cf89a213f 100644
--- a/components/script/script_thread.rs
+++ b/components/script/script_thread.rs
@@ -2069,6 +2069,9 @@ impl ScriptThread {
                     None => warn!("Message sent to closed pipeline {}.", id),
                 }
             },
+            DevtoolScriptControlMsg::HighlightDomNode(id, node_id) => {
+                devtools::handle_highlight_dom_node(&documents, id, node_id)
+            },
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/components/shared/devtools/lib.rs b/components/shared/devtools/lib.rs
index c07f4529073..628d76bd25d 100644
--- a/components/shared/devtools/lib.rs
+++ b/components/shared/devtools/lib.rs
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ pub enum DevtoolScriptControlMsg {
     GetCssDatabase(IpcSender<HashMap<String, CssDatabaseProperty>>),
     /// Simulates a light or dark color scheme for the given pipeline
     SimulateColorScheme(PipelineId, Theme),
+    /// Highlight the given DOM node
+    HighlightDomNode(PipelineId, Option<String>),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
diff --git a/components/shared/script_layout/lib.rs b/components/shared/script_layout/lib.rs
index 66baccd5147..8c5d4edc4e0 100644
--- a/components/shared/script_layout/lib.rs
+++ b/components/shared/script_layout/lib.rs
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ pub struct ReflowRequest {
     pub node_to_image_animation_map: FxHashMap<OpaqueNode, ImageAnimationState>,
     /// The theme for the window
     pub theme: PrefersColorScheme,
+    /// The node highlighted by the devtools, if any
+    pub highlighted_dom_node: Option<OpaqueNode>,
 }
 
 /// A pending restyle.