diff --git a/lib/gui/app/app.ts b/lib/gui/app/app.ts
index d5bce76c..8c493267 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/app.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/app.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import * as EXIT_CODES from '../../shared/exit-codes';
 import * as messages from '../../shared/messages';
 import * as availableDrives from './models/available-drives';
 import * as flashState from './models/flash-state';
+import { init as ledsInit } from './models/leds';
 import * as settings from './models/settings';
 import { Actions, observe, store } from './models/store';
 import * as analytics from './modules/analytics';
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
 		exceptionReporter.report(error);
 	}
 	BLACKLISTED_DRIVES = settings.get('driveBlacklist') || [];
+	ledsInit();
 	ReactDOM.render(
 		React.createElement(MainPage),
 		document.getElementById('main'),
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/models/leds.ts b/lib/gui/app/models/leds.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ad1159d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gui/app/models/leds.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 balena.io
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { delay } from 'bluebird';
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
+
+import * as settings from './settings';
+import { observe } from './store';
+
+class Led {
+	private lastValue?: number;
+
+	constructor(private path: string) {}
+
+	public async setIntensity(intensity: number) {
+		if (intensity < 0 || intensity > 1) {
+			throw new Error('Led intensity must be between 0 and 1');
+		}
+		const value = Math.round(intensity * 255);
+		if (value !== this.lastValue) {
+			await fs.writeFile(this.path, value.toString());
+			this.lastValue = value;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export type Color = [number, number, number];
+export type AnimationFunction = (t: number) => Color;
+
+function delay1(duration: number): Promise<void> {
+	// delay that accepts Infinity
+	if (duration === Infinity) {
+		return new Promise(() => {
+			// Never resolve
+		});
+	} else {
+		return delay(duration);
+	}
+}
+
+function cancellableDelay(
+	duration: number,
+): { promise: Promise<void>; cancel: () => void } {
+	let maybeCancel: () => void;
+	const cancel = () => {
+		if (maybeCancel !== undefined) {
+			maybeCancel();
+		}
+	};
+	const cancelPromise: Promise<void> = new Promise(resolve => {
+		maybeCancel = resolve;
+	});
+	const promise = Promise.race([delay1(duration), cancelPromise]);
+	return { promise, cancel };
+}
+
+export class RGBLed {
+	private leds: [Led, Led, Led];
+	private animation: AnimationFunction;
+	private period: number; // in ms
+	private wakeUp = () => {
+		// noop until this.loop() is called
+	};
+
+	constructor(paths: [string, string, string]) {
+		this.leds = paths.map(path => new Led(path)) as [Led, Led, Led];
+		this.setStaticColor([0, 0, 0]);
+		this.loop();
+	}
+
+	private setFrequency(frequency: number) {
+		if (frequency < 0) {
+			throw new Error('frequency must be greater or equal to 0');
+		}
+		this.period = 1000 / frequency;
+		this.wakeUp();
+	}
+
+	private async loop() {
+		while (true) {
+			const start = new Date().getTime();
+			await this.setColor(this.animation(start));
+			const end = new Date().getTime();
+			const duration = end - start;
+			const { promise, cancel } = cancellableDelay(this.period - duration);
+			this.wakeUp = cancel;
+			await promise;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public setAnimation(animation: AnimationFunction, frequency = 10) {
+		this.animation = animation;
+		this.setFrequency(frequency);
+	}
+
+	public setStaticColor(color: Color) {
+		this.setAnimation(() => color, 0);
+	}
+
+	private async setColor(color: Color) {
+		await Promise.all([
+			this.leds[0].setIntensity(color[0]),
+			this.leds[1].setIntensity(color[1]),
+			this.leds[2].setIntensity(color[2]),
+		]);
+	}
+}
+
+// Animations:
+function breatheGreen(t: number): Color {
+	const intensity = (1 + Math.sin(t / 1000)) / 2;
+	return [0, intensity, 0];
+}
+
+function blinkWhite(t: number): Color {
+	const intensity = Math.floor(t / 1000) % 2;
+	return [intensity, intensity, intensity];
+}
+
+const leds: Map<string, RGBLed> = new Map();
+
+function setLeds(
+	drivesPaths: Set<string>,
+	colorOrAnimation: Color | AnimationFunction,
+) {
+	for (const path of drivesPaths) {
+		const led = leds.get(path);
+		if (led) {
+			if (Array.isArray(colorOrAnimation)) {
+				led.setStaticColor(colorOrAnimation);
+			} else {
+				led.setAnimation(colorOrAnimation);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+export function updateLeds(
+	availableDrives: string[],
+	selectedDrives: string[],
+) {
+	const off = new Set(leds.keys());
+	const available = new Set(availableDrives);
+	const selected = new Set(selectedDrives);
+	for (const s of selected) {
+		available.delete(s);
+	}
+	for (const a of available) {
+		off.delete(a);
+	}
+	setLeds(off, [0, 0, 0]);
+	setLeds(available, breatheGreen);
+	setLeds(selected, blinkWhite);
+}
+
+interface DeviceFromState {
+	devicePath?: string;
+	device: string;
+}
+
+export function init() {
+	// ledsMapping is something like:
+	// {
+	// 	'platform-xhci-hcd.0.auto-usb-0:1.1.1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0': [
+	// 		'/sys/class/leds/led1_r',
+	// 		'/sys/class/leds/led1_g',
+	// 		'/sys/class/leds/led1_b',
+	// 	],
+	// 	...
+	// }
+	const ledsMapping: _.Dictionary<[string, string, string]> = settings.get(
+		'ledsMapping',
+	);
+	for (const [drivePath, ledsPaths] of Object.entries(ledsMapping)) {
+		leds.set('/dev/disk/by-path/' + drivePath, new RGBLed(ledsPaths));
+	}
+	observe(state => {
+		const availableDrives = state
+			.get('availableDrives')
+			.toJS()
+			.filter((d: DeviceFromState) => d.devicePath);
+		const availableDrivesPaths = availableDrives.map(
+			(d: DeviceFromState) => d.devicePath,
+		);
+		// like /dev/sda
+		const selectedDrivesDevices = state.getIn(['selection', 'devices']).toJS();
+		const selectedDrivesPaths = availableDrives
+			.filter((d: DeviceFromState) => selectedDrivesDevices.includes(d.device))
+			.map((d: DeviceFromState) => d.devicePath);
+		updateLeds(availableDrivesPaths, selectedDrivesPaths);
+	});
+}