diff --git a/src/renderer/view/canvas/index.ts b/src/renderer/view/canvas/index.ts
index 9fb7a3a..e0eb360 100644
--- a/src/renderer/view/canvas/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/view/canvas/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ export default class CanvasView implements View {
   // Whether or not to draw the gutter.
   private drawGutter: boolean = true;
 
+  // Cursor beat timer
+  private cursorBeat: number;
+
   // The character length of the longest line of the editor.
   // HACK: need to find a better way of getting the longest line, right now we just update it
   // whenever we render... (also won't decrease it longest line changes)
@@ -309,8 +312,40 @@ export default class CanvasView implements View {
       //      - have another transparent canvas on top for selections/highlights/cursors? *
       this.ctx.fillStyle = COLORS.CURSOR;
       line.cursors.forEach((ch) => {
+        if (this.cursorBeat != undefined) {
+          clearInterval(this.cursorBeat);
+        }
+
+        const beatInterval = 800;
         const textWidth = this.metrics.stringWidth(line.text.substring(0, line.chTo16Indices[ch]));
-        this.ctx.fillRect(textWidth + xOffset, y, 2, lineHeight);
+
+        const fadeCursor = (line: any) => () => {
+          let nondefaultStyles = line.styles.reverse()
+            .filter((span: StyleSpan) => (span.style.isSelection() || span.style.isHighlight()));
+
+          this.ctx.fillStyle = COLORS.BACKGROUND;
+          this.ctx.fillRect(textWidth + xOffset, y, 2, lineHeight);
+
+          if (nondefaultStyles.length) {
+            let span = nondefaultStyles[0];
+            this.ctx.fillStyle = span.style.bg;
+            this.ctx.fillRect(textWidth + xOffset, y, 2, lineHeight);
+          }
+        };
+
+        const showCursor = () => {
+          this.ctx.fillStyle = COLORS.CURSOR;
+          this.ctx.fillRect(textWidth + xOffset, y, 2, lineHeight);
+        };
+
+        // First beat
+        showCursor();
+        setTimeout(fadeCursor(line), beatInterval);
+
+        this.cursorBeat = <any>setInterval(() => {
+          showCursor();
+          setTimeout(fadeCursor(line), beatInterval);
+        }, beatInterval * 2);
       });
 
       // Draw text.