diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
index c94f4fdc57..d8ba1e9195 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
 using System;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
             return base.OnClick(state);
         }
 
-        public bool Filtered { get; set; }
+        public BindableBool Filtered = new BindableBool();
 
         protected override void ApplyState(PanelSelectedState last = PanelSelectedState.Hidden)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapSetHeader.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapSetHeader.cs
index 85daefea57..9bb7b5c737 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapSetHeader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapSetHeader.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Configuration;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -157,8 +158,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
             if (panels == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(panels));
 
-            foreach (var p in panels)
-                difficultyIcons.Add(new DifficultyIcon(p.Beatmap));
+            difficultyIcons.AddRange(panels.Select(p => new FilterableDifficultyIcon(p)));
         }
 
         public MenuItem[] ContextMenuItems
@@ -178,5 +178,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
                 return items.ToArray();
             }
         }
+
+        public class FilterableDifficultyIcon : DifficultyIcon
+        {
+            private readonly BindableBool filtered = new BindableBool();
+
+            public FilterableDifficultyIcon(BeatmapPanel panel)
+                : base(panel.Beatmap)
+            {
+                filtered.BindTo(panel.Filtered);
+                filtered.ValueChanged += v => this.FadeTo(v ? 0.1f : 1, 100);
+                filtered.TriggerChange();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
index 96778291a1..f410c69212 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                     match &= set.Metadata.SearchableTerms.Any(term => term.IndexOf(SearchText, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) >= 0);
 
                 foreach (var panel in g.BeatmapPanels)
-                    panel.Filtered = !canConvert(panel.Beatmap);
+                    panel.Filtered.Value = !canConvert(panel.Beatmap);
 
                 switch (g.State)
                 {