diff --git a/app/components/file-table-item.js b/app/components/file-table-item.js
index 88d7593..a8028be 100644
--- a/app/components/file-table-item.js
+++ b/app/components/file-table-item.js
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import Component from '@ember/component';
+import { computed } from '@ember/object';
 
 const defaultFile = {};
+const defaultSelectedFilePaths = [];
 
 export default Component.extend({
   file: defaultFile,
+  selectedFilePaths: defaultSelectedFilePaths,
+
+  isSelected: computed('file.path', 'selectedFilePaths', function() {
+    return this.selectedFilePaths.includes(this.file.path);
+  }),
 });
diff --git a/app/components/file-table.js b/app/components/file-table.js
index b93ecdf..12798d5 100644
--- a/app/components/file-table.js
+++ b/app/components/file-table.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import Component from '@ember/component';
+
 const defaultFiles = [];
+const defaultSelectedFilePaths = [];
 
 export default Component.extend({
   files: defaultFiles,
+  selectedFilePaths: defaultSelectedFilePaths,
 });
diff --git a/app/templates/components/file-table-item.hbs b/app/templates/components/file-table-item.hbs
index 706bfc0..ef24ad0 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/file-table-item.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/components/file-table-item.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <tr data-test-id="file-table-item">
   <td data-test-id="file-table-item-selected">
-    &nbsp;
+    {{if isSelected "Selected"}}
   </td>
   <td data-test-id="file-table-item-name">
     {{file.name}}
diff --git a/app/templates/components/file-table.hbs b/app/templates/components/file-table.hbs
index 06a593a..f742bee 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/file-table.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/components/file-table.hbs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </thead>
   <tbody>
     {{#each files as | file |}}
-      {{file-table-item file=file selected=selected}}
+      {{file-table-item file=file selectedFilePaths=selectedFilePaths}}
     {{/each}}
   </tbody>
 </table>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/components/file-table-item-test.js b/tests/integration/components/file-table-item-test.js
index 4e897ec..e1a4015 100644
--- a/tests/integration/components/file-table-item-test.js
+++ b/tests/integration/components/file-table-item-test.js
@@ -44,4 +44,18 @@ module('Integration | Component | file-table-item', function(hooks) {
     assert.equal(find('[data-test-id=file-table-item-status]').textContent.trim(), 'available', 'Renders correct status text');
     assert.equal(find('[data-test-id=file-table-status-icon]').classList.contains('file-table-item-status-available'), true, 'Status icon has expected class');
   });
+
+  test('it handles toggling selected status based on incoming selectedFilePaths', async function(assert) {
+    this.set('file', genericFile());
+    this.set('selectedFilePaths', []);
+    await render(hbs`{{file-table-item file=file selectedFilePaths=selectedFilePaths}}`);
+
+    assert.equal(find('[data-test-id=file-table-item-selected]').textContent.trim(), '', 'Not selected by default');
+
+    this.set('selectedFilePaths', [this.file.path]);
+    assert.equal(find('[data-test-id=file-table-item-selected]').textContent.trim(), 'Selected', 'Not selected by default');
+
+    this.set('selectedFilePaths', []);
+    assert.equal(find('[data-test-id=file-table-item-selected]').textContent.trim(), '', 'No longer selected');
+  });
 });