diff --git a/core-blocks/quote/index.js b/core-blocks/quote/index.js
index 7f96c802567d55..6a9a97b1f1993a 100644
--- a/core-blocks/quote/index.js
+++ b/core-blocks/quote/index.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export const settings = {
 
 	edit: withState( {
 		editable: 'content',
-	} )( ( { attributes, setAttributes, isSelected, className, editable, setState } ) => {
+	} )( ( { attributes, setAttributes, isSelected, className, editable, setState, hasSelectedBlock } ) => {
 		const { align, citation, style } = attributes;
 		const containerClassname = classnames( className, style === 2 ? 'is-large' : '' );
 		const onSetActiveEditable = ( newEditable ) => () => {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export const settings = {
 					style={ { textAlign: align } }
 				>
 					<InnerBlocks />
-					{ ( ( citation && citation.length > 0 ) || isSelected ) && (
+					{ ( ( citation && citation.length > 0 ) || isSelected || hasSelectedBlock ) && (
 						<RichText
 							tagName="cite"
 							value={ citation }
diff --git a/editor/components/block-list/block.js b/editor/components/block-list/block.js
index da228e4924991d..5e0094a7e7b123 100644
--- a/editor/components/block-list/block.js
+++ b/editor/components/block-list/block.js
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ export class BlockListBlock extends Component {
 								id={ uid }
 								isSelectionEnabled={ this.props.isSelectionEnabled }
 								toggleSelection={ this.props.toggleSelection }
+								hasSelectedBlock={ this.props.hasSelectedBlock }
 							/>
 						) }
 						{ isValid && mode === 'html' && (
@@ -617,6 +618,7 @@ const applyWithSelect = withSelect( ( select, { uid, rootUID } ) => {
 		getSelectedBlocksInitialCaretPosition,
 		getBlockSelectionEnd,
 		getBlockRootUID,
+		hasBlockSelectedBlock,
 	} = select( 'core/editor' );
 	const isSelected = isBlockSelected( uid );
 	return {
@@ -638,6 +640,7 @@ const applyWithSelect = withSelect( ( select, { uid, rootUID } ) => {
 		isSelected,
 		rootUIDOfRoot: getBlockRootUID( rootUID ),
 		orderOfRoot: getBlockIndex( rootUID, getBlockRootUID( rootUID ) ),
+		hasSelectedBlock: hasBlockSelectedBlock( uid ),
 	};
 } );
 
diff --git a/editor/store/selectors.js b/editor/store/selectors.js
index 0d10c2106d3963..3364b01389cb0c 100644
--- a/editor/store/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/store/selectors.js
@@ -584,6 +584,25 @@ export function hasSelectedBlock( state ) {
 	return !! start && start === end;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if there is a selected block inside a given block, or false
+ * otherwise.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} state Editor state.
+ * @param {string} uid   Block in which to find a selected block.
+ *
+ * @return {boolean} Whether a the block contains a selected block.
+ */
+export function hasBlockSelectedBlock( state, uid ) {
+	const { start, end } = state.blockSelection;
+
+	if ( ! start || start !== end ) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return getBlockRootUID( state, start ) === uid;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the currently selected block, or null if there is no selected block.
  *
diff --git a/editor/store/test/selectors.js b/editor/store/test/selectors.js
index 53aa2a2bcfd594..e766aa548efe61 100644
--- a/editor/store/test/selectors.js
+++ b/editor/store/test/selectors.js
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ const {
 	isPermalinkEditable,
 	getPermalink,
 	getPermalinkParts,
+	hasBlockSelectedBlock,
 } = selectors;
 
 describe( 'selectors', () => {
@@ -1491,6 +1492,44 @@ describe( 'selectors', () => {
 		} );
 	} );
 
+	describe( 'hasBlockSelectedBlock', () => {
+		it( 'should return true if the block has selected blocks', () => {
+			const state = {
+				editor: {
+					present: {
+						blockOrder: {
+							1: [ '2' ],
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				blockSelection: {
+					start: '2',
+					end: '2',
+				},
+			};
+
+			expect( hasBlockSelectedBlock( state, '1' ) ).toBe( true );
+		} );
+
+		it( 'should return false if the block does not have selected blocks', () => {
+			const state = {
+				editor: {
+					present: {
+						blockOrder: {
+							1: [ '2' ],
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				blockSelection: {
+					start: '1',
+					end: '1',
+				},
+			};
+
+			expect( hasBlockSelectedBlock( state, '1' ) ).toBe( false );
+		} );
+	} );
+
 	describe( 'getGlobalBlockCount', () => {
 		it( 'should return the global number of top-level blocks in the post', () => {
 			const state = {