diff --git a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
index 83246ae91..54a7e327a 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
@@ -685,6 +685,20 @@ describe('TextEditorComponent', () => {
         ])
       }
 
+      editor.getBuffer().insert([2, 0], '\n')
+      await component.getNextUpdatePromise()
+      {
+        const bufferRows = Array.from(element.querySelectorAll('.line-number:not(.dummy)')).map((e) => e.dataset.bufferRow)
+        const screenRows = Array.from(element.querySelectorAll('.line-number:not(.dummy)')).map((e) => e.dataset.screenRow)
+        expect(bufferRows).toEqual([
+          '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '4', '5', '6', '7', '7',
+          '7', '8', '9', '9', '9', '10', '11', '12', '12', '13'
+        ])
+        expect(screenRows).toEqual([
+          '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
+          '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18', '19'
+        ])
+      }
     })
 
     it('does not blow away class names added to the element by packages when changing the class name', async () => {
diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.js b/src/text-editor-component.js
index 641585348..8599c5b49 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.js
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.js
@@ -3167,8 +3167,10 @@ class LineNumberComponent {
   }
 
   update (props) {
-    const {nodePool, className, width, marginTop, number} = props
+    const {nodePool, className, width, marginTop, bufferRow, screenRow, number} = props
 
+    if (this.props.bufferRow !== bufferRow) this.element.dataset.bufferRow = bufferRow
+    if (this.props.screenRow !== screenRow) this.element.dataset.screenRow = screenRow
     if (this.props.className !== className) this.element.className = className
     if (this.props.width !== width) this.element.style.width = width + 'px'
     if (this.props.marginTop !== marginTop) {