diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bedb9c32..0bcb0f55 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports.pitch = function (remainingRequest) {
   var isProduction = this.minimize || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
   var addStylesClientPath = loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, '!' + path.join(__dirname, 'lib/addStylesClient.js'))
   var addStylesServerPath = loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, '!' + path.join(__dirname, 'lib/addStylesServer.js'))
+  var addStylesShadowPath = loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, '!' + path.join(__dirname, 'lib/addStylesShadow.js'))
 
   var request = loaderUtils.stringifyRequest(this, '!!' + remainingRequest)
   var id = JSON.stringify(hash(request + path.relative(__dirname, this.resourcePath)))
@@ -36,7 +37,17 @@ module.exports.pitch = function (remainingRequest) {
     'if(content.locals) module.exports = content.locals;'
   ]
 
-  if (!isServer) {
+  // shadowMode is enabled in vue-cli with vue build --target web-component.
+  // exposes the same __inject__ method like SSR
+  if (options.shadowMode) {
+    return shared.concat([
+      '// add CSS to Shadow Root',
+      'var add = require(' + addStylesShadowPath + ').default',
+      'module.exports.__inject__ = function (shadowRoot) {',
+      '  add(' + id + ', content, shadowRoot)',
+      '};'
+    ]).join('\n')
+  } else if (!isServer) {
     // on the client: dynamic inject + hot-reload
     var code = [
       '// add the styles to the DOM',
diff --git a/lib/addStylesShadow.js b/lib/addStylesShadow.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7ae56ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/addStylesShadow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import listToStyles from './listToStyles'
+
+export default function addStylesToShadowDOM (parentId, list, shadowRoot) {
+  var styles = listToStyles(parentId, list)
+  addStyles(styles, shadowRoot)
+}
+
+/*
+type StyleObject = {
+  id: number;
+  parts: Array<StyleObjectPart>
+}
+
+type StyleObjectPart = {
+  css: string;
+  media: string;
+  sourceMap: ?string
+}
+*/
+
+function addStyles (styles /* Array<StyleObject> */, shadowRoot) {
+  const injectedStyles =
+    shadowRoot._injectedStyles ||
+    (shadowRoot._injectedStyles = {})
+  for (var i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
+    var item = styles[i]
+    var style = injectedStyles[item.id]
+    if (style) {
+      style.refs++
+      for (var j = 0; j < style.parts.length; j++) {
+        style.parts[j](item.parts[j])
+      }
+      for (; j < item.parts.length; j++) {
+        style.parts.push(addStyle(item.parts[j], shadowRoot))
+      }
+      if (style.parts.length > item.parts.length) {
+        style.parts.length = item.parts.length
+      }
+    } else {
+      var parts = []
+      for (var j = 0; j < item.parts.length; j++) {
+        parts.push(addStyle(item.parts[j], shadowRoot))
+      }
+      injectedStyles[item.id] = { id: item.id, refs: 1, parts: parts }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function createStyleElement (shadowRoot) {
+  var styleElement = document.createElement('style')
+  styleElement.type = 'text/css'
+  shadowRoot.appendChild(styleElement)
+  return styleElement
+}
+
+function addStyle (obj /* StyleObjectPart */, shadowRoot) {
+  var styleElement = createStyleElement(shadowRoot)
+  var css = obj.css
+  var media = obj.media
+  var sourceMap = obj.sourceMap
+
+  if (media) {
+    styleElement.setAttribute('media', media)
+  }
+
+  if (sourceMap) {
+    // https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/javascript-debugging
+    // this makes source maps inside style tags work properly in Chrome
+    css += '\n/*# sourceURL=' + sourceMap.sources[0] + ' */'
+    // http://stackoverflow.com/a/26603875
+    css += '\n/*# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,' + btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(sourceMap)))) + ' */'
+  }
+
+  if (styleElement.styleSheet) {
+    styleElement.styleSheet.cssText = css
+  } else {
+    while (styleElement.firstChild) {
+      styleElement.removeChild(styleElement.firstChild)
+    }
+    styleElement.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css))
+  }
+}