diff --git a/js/ui/workspace.js b/js/ui/workspace.js
index f9e7fad4b..8a9faf4ea 100644
--- a/js/ui/workspace.js
+++ b/js/ui/workspace.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // -*- mode: js; js-indent-level: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 /* exported Workspace */
 
-const { Clutter, GLib, GObject, Meta, St } = imports.gi;
+const { Clutter, GLib, GObject, Graphene, Meta, St } = imports.gi;
 
 const Background = imports.ui.background;
 const DND = imports.ui.dnd;
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ class Workspace extends St.Widget {
     _init(metaWorkspace, monitorIndex) {
         super._init({
             style_class: 'window-picker',
+            pivot_point: new Graphene.Point({ x: 0.5, y: 0.5 }),
             layout_manager: new WorkspaceLayout(metaWorkspace, monitorIndex),
             reactive: true,
         });
diff --git a/js/ui/workspacesView.js b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
index ac0729dd0..ab8c78c5f 100644
--- a/js/ui/workspacesView.js
+++ b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const MUTTER_SCHEMA = 'org.gnome.mutter';
 const WORKSPACE_MIN_SPACING = 24;
 const WORKSPACE_MAX_SPACING = 80;
 
+const WORKSPACE_INACTIVE_SCALE = 0.94;
+
 var WorkspacesViewBase = GObject.registerClass({
     GTypeFlags: GObject.TypeFlags.ABSTRACT,
 }, class WorkspacesViewBase extends St.Widget {
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ class WorkspacesView extends WorkspacesViewBase {
         this._fitModeAdjustment = fitModeAdjustment;
         this._fitModeNotifyId = this._fitModeAdjustment.connect('notify::value', () => {
             this._updateVisibility();
+            this._updateWorkspacesState();
             this.queue_relayout();
         });
 
@@ -212,6 +215,20 @@ class WorkspacesView extends WorkspacesViewBase {
         return Math.clamp(spacing, WORKSPACE_MIN_SPACING, WORKSPACE_MAX_SPACING);
     }
 
+    _updateWorkspacesState() {
+        const adj = this._scrollAdjustment;
+
+        // Fade and scale inactive workspaces
+        this._workspaces.forEach((w, index) => {
+            const distanceToCurrentWorkspace = Math.abs(adj.value - index);
+
+            const progress = 1 - Math.clamp(distanceToCurrentWorkspace, 0, 1);
+
+            const scale = Util.lerp(WORKSPACE_INACTIVE_SCALE, 1, progress);
+            w.set_scale(scale, scale);
+        });
+    }
+
     vfunc_allocate(box) {
         this.set_allocation(box);
 
@@ -349,6 +366,8 @@ class WorkspacesView extends WorkspacesViewBase {
             this._workspaces[j].destroy();
             this._workspaces.splice(j, 1);
         }
+
+        this._updateWorkspacesState();
     }
 
     _activeWorkspaceChanged(_wm, _from, _to, _direction) {
@@ -411,6 +430,7 @@ class WorkspacesView extends WorkspacesViewBase {
             metaWorkspace.activate(global.get_current_time());
         }
 
+        this._updateWorkspacesState();
         this.queue_relayout();
     }
 });