diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index b5928fc7b4f..bc2f9c0a4e8 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -681,14 +681,12 @@ void TextEdit::_notification(int p_what) {
 				}
 
 				if (cache.line_number_w) {
-					Color fcol = cache.font_color;
-					fcol.a*=0.4;
 					String fc = String::num(line+1);
 					while (fc.length() < line_number_char_count) {
 						fc="0"+fc;
 					}
 
-					cache.font->draw(ci,Point2(cache.style_normal->get_margin(MARGIN_LEFT),ofs_y+cache.font->get_ascent()),fc,fcol);
+					cache.font->draw(ci,Point2(cache.style_normal->get_margin(MARGIN_LEFT),ofs_y+cache.font->get_ascent()),fc,cache.line_number_color);
 				}
 
 				const Map<int,Text::ColorRegionInfo>& cri_map=text.get_color_region_info(line);
@@ -3047,6 +3045,7 @@ void TextEdit::_update_caches() {
 	cache.style_focus=get_stylebox("focus");
 	cache.font=get_font("font");
 	cache.caret_color=get_color("caret_color");
+	cache.line_number_color=get_color("line_number_color");
 	cache.font_color=get_color("font_color");
 	cache.font_selected_color=get_color("font_selected_color");
 	cache.keyword_color=get_color("keyword_color");
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.h b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
index b6ae7ebea13..f2a615ae593 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.h
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class TextEdit : public Control  {
 		Ref<StyleBox> style_focus;
 		Ref<Font> font;
 		Color caret_color;
+		Color line_number_color;
 		Color font_color;
 		Color font_selected_color;
 		Color keyword_color;
diff --git a/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index c56201c1fe7..707f38d6ac3 100644
--- a/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	set("global/show_script_in_scene_tabs",false);
 	set("text_editor/background_color",Color::html("3b000000"));
 	set("text_editor/caret_color",Color::html("aaaaaa"));
+	set("text_editor/line_number_color",Color::html("66aaaaaa"));
 	set("text_editor/text_color",Color::html("aaaaaa"));
 	set("text_editor/text_selected_color",Color::html("000000"));
 	set("text_editor/keyword_color",Color::html("ffffb3"));
diff --git a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index bb3ad241129..fba0eb5259d 100644
--- a/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ void ScriptTextEditor::_load_theme_settings() {
 
 	get_text_edit()->set_custom_bg_color(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/background_color",Color(0,0,0,0)));
 	get_text_edit()->add_color_override("font_color",EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/text_color",Color(0,0,0)));
+	get_text_edit()->add_color_override("line_number_color",EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/line_number_color",Color(0,0,0)));
 	get_text_edit()->add_color_override("caret_color",EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/caret_color",Color(0,0,0)));
 	get_text_edit()->add_color_override("font_selected_color",EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/text_selected_color",Color(1,1,1)));
 	get_text_edit()->add_color_override("selection_color",EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/selection_color",Color(0.2,0.2,1)));