diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/utils.test.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/utils.test.ts
index c66d7ea2ebc..349a9870a6b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/utils.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ describe('buildPluginSectionNav', () => {
         text: 'page2',
         url: '/a/plugin1/page2',
       },
+      {
+        text: 'page3',
+        url: '/a/plugin1/page3',
+        children: [
+          {
+            text: 'page4',
+            url: '/a/plugin1/page3/page4',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
     ],
   };
 
@@ -77,4 +87,10 @@ describe('buildPluginSectionNav', () => {
     expect(result?.main.text).toBe('Admin');
     expect(result?.node.text).toBe('Standalone page');
   });
+
+  it('Should set nested active page', () => {
+    const result = buildPluginSectionNav(appsSection, null, '/a/plugin1/page3/page4');
+    expect(result?.main.children![0].children![2].children![0].active).toBe(true);
+    expect(result?.node.text).toBe('page4');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/utils.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/utils.ts
index d2badad9ed1..c6e1ba8bf5c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/utils.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function buildPluginSectionNav(
   currentUrl: string
 ): NavModel | undefined {
   // shallow clone as we set active flag
+  const MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH = 10;
   let copiedPluginNavSection = { ...pluginNavSection };
   let activePage: NavModelItem | undefined;
 
@@ -58,12 +59,15 @@ export function buildPluginSectionNav(
     return activePage;
   }
 
-  // Find and set active page
-  copiedPluginNavSection.children = (copiedPluginNavSection?.children ?? []).map((child) => {
+  function findAndSetActivePage(child: NavModelItem, depth = 0): NavModelItem {
+    if (depth > MAX_RECURSION_DEPTH) {
+      return child;
+    }
+
     if (child.children) {
       // Doing this here to make sure that first we check if any of the children is active
       // (In case yes, then the check for the parent will not mark it as active)
-      const children = child.children.map((pluginPage) => setPageToActive(pluginPage, currentUrl));
+      const children = child.children.map((pluginPage) => findAndSetActivePage(pluginPage, depth + 1));
 
       return {
         ...setPageToActive(child, currentUrl),
@@ -72,7 +76,10 @@ export function buildPluginSectionNav(
     }
 
     return setPageToActive(child, currentUrl);
-  });
+  }
+
+  // Find and set active page
+  copiedPluginNavSection.children = (copiedPluginNavSection?.children ?? []).map(findAndSetActivePage);
 
   return { main: copiedPluginNavSection, node: activePage ?? copiedPluginNavSection };
 }