diff --git a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/rendering/utils.ts b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/rendering/utils.ts
index d55be7629b..146eb61293 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/rendering/utils.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/rendering/utils.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export function isPointOnGeometry(
   indexedGeometry: BarGeometry | PointGeometry,
   buffer: MarkBuffer = DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PADDING,
 ) {
-  const { x, y } = indexedGeometry;
+  const { x, y, transform } = indexedGeometry;
   if (isPointGeometry(indexedGeometry)) {
     const { radius } = indexedGeometry;
     const distance = getDistance(
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ export function isPointOnGeometry(
         y: yCoordinate,
       },
       {
-        x,
-        y,
+        x: x + transform.x,
+        y: y + transform.y,
       },
     );
 
diff --git a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_values_highlighted_geoms.test.ts b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_values_highlighted_geoms.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42e7b09322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_values_highlighted_geoms.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { Store } from 'redux';
+
+import { MockGlobalSpec, MockSeriesSpec } from '../../../../mocks/specs/specs';
+import { MockStore } from '../../../../mocks/store/store';
+import { ScaleType } from '../../../../scales/constants';
+import { onPointerMove } from '../../../../state/actions/mouse';
+import { GlobalChartState } from '../../../../state/chart_state';
+import { getTooltipInfoAndGeometriesSelector } from './get_tooltip_values_highlighted_geoms';
+
+describe('Highlight points', () => {
+  describe('On Ordinal area chart', () => {
+    let store: Store<GlobalChartState>;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      store = MockStore.default({ width: 300, height: 300, top: 0, left: 0 }, 'chartId');
+      MockStore.addSpecs(
+        [
+          MockGlobalSpec.settingsNoMargins(),
+          MockSeriesSpec.area({
+            data: [
+              { x: 0, y: 2 },
+              { x: 1, y: 2 },
+              { x: 2, y: 3 },
+            ],
+            xScaleType: ScaleType.Ordinal,
+          }),
+        ],
+        store,
+      );
+    });
+    it('On ordinal area chart, it should correctly highlight points', () => {
+      store.dispatch(onPointerMove({ x: 50, y: 100 }, 0));
+      const { highlightedGeometries } = getTooltipInfoAndGeometriesSelector(store.getState());
+      expect(highlightedGeometries).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+    it('On ordinal area chart, it should not highlight points if not within the buffer', () => {
+      store.dispatch(onPointerMove({ x: 5, y: 100 }, 0));
+      const { highlightedGeometries } = getTooltipInfoAndGeometriesSelector(store.getState());
+      expect(highlightedGeometries).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
+});