diff --git a/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html b/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
index 838af5ada9..acbbb7cd35 100644
--- a/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
+++ b/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ from contentstore import utils
 <script type="text/javascript">
 $(document).ready(function () {
 
+    $("form :input").focus(function() {
+      $("label[for='" + this.id + "']").addClass("is-focused");
+    }).blur(function() {
+      $("label").removeClass("is-focused");
+    });
+
     // proactively populate advanced b/c it has the filtered list and doesn't really follow the model pattern
     var advancedModel = new CMS.Models.Settings.Advanced(${advanced_dict | n}, {parse: true});
     advancedModel.url = "${reverse('course_advanced_settings_updates', kwargs=dict(org=context_course.location.org, course=context_course.location.course, name=context_course.location.name))}";