diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/NestedFolderPicker.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/NestedFolderPicker.tsx
index 78e11c61ed5..baff647e306 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/NestedFolderPicker.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/NestedFolderPicker.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ export interface NestedFolderPickerProps {
   /* Folder UID to show as selected */
   value?: string;
 
+  /** Show an invalid state around the folder picker */
+  invalid?: boolean;
+
   /* Whether to show the root 'Dashboards' (formally General) folder as selectable */
   showRootFolder?: boolean;
 
@@ -43,7 +46,13 @@ export interface NestedFolderPickerProps {
 
 const EXCLUDED_KINDS = ['empty-folder' as const, 'dashboard' as const];
 
-export function NestedFolderPicker({ value, showRootFolder = true, excludeUIDs, onChange }: NestedFolderPickerProps) {
+export function NestedFolderPicker({
+  value,
+  invalid,
+  showRootFolder = true,
+  excludeUIDs,
+  onChange,
+}: NestedFolderPickerProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const selectedFolder = useGetFolderQuery(value || skipToken);
@@ -212,6 +221,7 @@ export function NestedFolderPicker({ value, showRootFolder = true, excludeUIDs,
     return (
       <Trigger
         label={label}
+        invalid={invalid}
         isLoading={selectedFolder.isLoading}
         autoFocus={autoFocusButton}
         ref={setTriggerRef}
@@ -234,6 +244,7 @@ export function NestedFolderPicker({ value, showRootFolder = true, excludeUIDs,
         prefix={label ? <Icon name="folder" /> : null}
         placeholder={label ?? t('browse-dashboards.folder-picker.search-placeholder', 'Search folders')}
         value={search}
+        invalid={invalid}
         className={styles.search}
         onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
         onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.currentTarget.value)}
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/Trigger.tsx b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/Trigger.tsx
index 5814f7e307d..fb3a8581ca2 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/Trigger.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/NestedFolderPicker/Trigger.tsx
@@ -3,18 +3,20 @@ import React, { forwardRef, ReactNode, ButtonHTMLAttributes } from 'react';
 import Skeleton from 'react-loading-skeleton';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { useStyles2, Icon, getInputStyles } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Icon, getInputStyles, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { focusCss } from '@grafana/ui/src/themes/mixins';
 import { Text } from '@grafana/ui/src/unstable';
 import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
 interface TriggerProps extends ButtonHTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement> {
   isLoading: boolean;
+  invalid?: boolean;
   label?: ReactNode;
 }
 
-function Trigger({ isLoading, label, ...rest }: TriggerProps, ref: React.ForwardedRef<HTMLButtonElement>) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+function Trigger({ isLoading, invalid, label, ...rest }: TriggerProps, ref: React.ForwardedRef<HTMLButtonElement>) {
+  const theme = useTheme2();
+  const styles = getStyles(theme, invalid);
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.wrapper}>
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ function Trigger({ isLoading, label, ...rest }: TriggerProps, ref: React.Forward
 
 export default forwardRef(Trigger);
 
-const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
-  const baseStyles = getInputStyles({ theme });
+const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2, invalid = false) => {
+  const baseStyles = getInputStyles({ theme, invalid });
 
   return {
     wrapper: baseStyles.wrapper,