diff --git a/lib/block-supports/elements.php b/lib/block-supports/elements.php
index 9230fd48b1c102..6f8b8816cf51a9 100644
--- a/lib/block-supports/elements.php
+++ b/lib/block-supports/elements.php
@@ -105,17 +105,13 @@ function gutenberg_render_elements_support_styles( $pre_render, $block ) {
 	$link_block_styles = isset( $element_block_styles['link'] ) ? $element_block_styles['link'] : null;
 
 	if ( $link_block_styles ) {
-		$styles = gutenberg_style_engine_generate(
+		gutenberg_style_engine_enqueue_styles(
 			$link_block_styles,
 			array(
 				'selector' => ".$class_name a",
-				'css_vars' => true,
+				'layer'    => 'block-supports',
 			)
 		);
-
-		if ( ! empty( $styles['css'] ) ) {
-			gutenberg_enqueue_block_support_styles( $styles['css'] );
-		}
 	}
 
 	return null;
diff --git a/lib/load.php b/lib/load.php
index f7cad4597b6928..7d4ee33f4767a7 100644
--- a/lib/load.php
+++ b/lib/load.php
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ function gutenberg_is_experiment_enabled( $name ) {
 	require_once __DIR__ . '/../build/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-gutenberg.php';
 }
 
+if ( file_exists( __DIR__ . '/../build/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-store-gutenberg.php' ) ) {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/../build/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-store-gutenberg.php';
+}
+
+if ( file_exists( __DIR__ . '/../build/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-renderer-gutenberg.php' ) ) {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/../build/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-renderer-gutenberg.php';
+}
+
 // Block supports overrides.
 require __DIR__ . '/block-supports/utils.php';
 require __DIR__ . '/block-supports/elements.php';
diff --git a/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-renderer.php b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-renderer.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4cefd248753a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-renderer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * WP_Style_Engine_Renderer
+ *
+ * A library of CSS rule generators and render functions.
+ *
+ * @TODO Consider splitting out the rule generators (?).
+ * Or creating a base interface and then a bunch of separate render classes for each "layer", e.g.,
+ * one for block supports, one for global styles.
+ *
+ * @package Gutenberg
+ */
+
+if ( class_exists( 'WP_Style_Engine_Renderer' ) ) {
+	return;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders CSS on the frontend.
+ *
+ * @access private
+ */
+class WP_Style_Engine_Renderer {
+	/**
+	 * Prints registered styles in the page head or footer.
+	 *
+	 * @TODO this shares code with the styles engine class in generate(). Centralize.
+	 *
+	 * @see $this->enqueue_block_support_styles
+	 */
+	public static function render_registered_block_supports_styles() {
+		$style_engine         = WP_Style_Engine::get_instance();
+		$block_support_styles = $style_engine->get_registered_styles();
+
+		if ( empty( $block_support_styles ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$output = '';
+
+		foreach ( $block_support_styles as $selector => $css_definitions ) {
+			$output .= self::generate_css_rule( $selector, $css_definitions, array( 'prettify' => true ) );
+		}
+
+		echo "<style>\n$output</style>\n";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Filters incoming CSS properties against WordPress Core's allowed CSS attributes in wp-includes/kses.php.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $property_declaration A CSS property declaration, e.g., `color: 'pink'`.
+	 *
+	 * @return string A filtered CSS property. Empty if not allowed.
+	 */
+	public static function sanitize_property_declaration( $property_declaration ) {
+		return esc_html( safecss_filter_attr( $property_declaration ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a string consisting of CSS property declarations suitable for the value of an HTML element's style attribute.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $css_definitions An collection of CSS definitions `[ [ 'color' => 'red' ] ]`.
+	 *
+	 * @return string A concatenated string of CSS properties, e.g. `'color: red; font-size:12px'`
+	 */
+	public static function generate_inline_property_declarations( $css_definitions ) {
+		$css_rule_inline = '';
+
+		if ( empty( $css_definitions ) ) {
+			return $css_rule_inline;
+		}
+		foreach ( $css_definitions as $definition => $value ) {
+			$filtered_css = self::sanitize_property_declaration( "{$definition}: {$value}" );
+			if ( ! empty( $filtered_css ) ) {
+				$css_rule_inline .= $filtered_css . ';';
+			}
+		}
+		return $css_rule_inline;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a string consisting of a CSS rule.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $selector A CSS selector, e.g., `.some-class-name`.
+	 * @param array  $css_definitions An collection of CSS definitions `[ [ 'color' => 'red' ] ]`.
+	 * @param array  $options array(
+	 *      'prettify' => (boolean) Whether to add carriage returns and indenting.
+	 *      'indent' => (number) The number of tab indents to apply to the rule. Applies if `prettify` is `true`.
+	 *  );.
+	 *
+	 * @return string A CSS rule, e.g. `'.some-selector { color: red; font-size:12px }'`
+	 */
+	public static function generate_css_rule( $selector, $css_definitions, $options = array() ) {
+		$css_rule_block = '';
+
+		if ( ! $selector || empty( $css_definitions ) ) {
+			return $css_rule_block;
+		}
+
+		$defaults       = array(
+			'prettify' => false,
+			'indent'   => 0,
+		);
+		$options        = wp_parse_args( $options, $defaults );
+		$indent         = str_repeat( "\t", $options['indent'] );
+		$css_rule_block = $options['prettify'] ? "$indent$selector {\n" : "$selector { ";
+
+		foreach ( $css_definitions as $definition => $value ) {
+			$filtered_css = self::sanitize_property_declaration( "{$definition}: {$value}" );
+			if ( ! empty( $filtered_css ) ) {
+				if ( $options['prettify'] ) {
+					$css_rule_block .= "\t$indent$filtered_css;\n";
+				} else {
+					$css_rule_block .= $filtered_css . ';';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$css_rule_block .= $options['prettify'] ? "$indent}\n" : ' }';
+		return $css_rule_block;
+	}
+
+	// @TODO Using cascade layers should be opt-in.
+	/**
+	 * Builds layers and styles rules from registered layers and styles for output.
+	 */
+	public static function enqueue_cascade_layers() {
+		$style_engine      = WP_Style_Engine::get_instance();
+		$registered_layers = $style_engine->get_registered_styles();
+
+		if ( empty( $registered_layers ) ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$layer_output  = array();
+		$styles_output = '';
+
+		foreach ( $style_engine::STYLE_LAYERS as $layer_name ) {
+			if ( ! isset( $registered_layers[ $layer_name ] ) || empty( $registered_layers[ $layer_name ] ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$layer_output[] = $layer_name;
+			$styles_output .= "@layer {$layer_name} {\n";
+
+			foreach ( $registered_layers[ $layer_name ] as $selector => $css_definitions ) {
+				$styles_output .= self::generate_css_rule(
+					$selector,
+					$css_definitions,
+					array(
+						'prettify' => true,
+						'indent'   => 1,
+					)
+				);
+			}
+			$styles_output .= '}';
+		}
+
+		if ( ! empty( $styles_output ) ) {
+			$layer_output = '@layer ' . implode( ', ', $layer_output ) . ";\n";
+			wp_register_style( 'wp-styles-layers', false, array(), true, true );
+			wp_add_inline_style( 'wp-styles-layers', $layer_output . $styles_output );
+			wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-styles-layers' );
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Taken from gutenberg_enqueue_block_support_styles()
+	 *
+	 * This function takes care of adding inline styles
+	 * in the proper place, depending on the theme in use.
+	 *
+	 * For block themes, it's loaded in the head.
+	 * For classic ones, it's loaded in the body
+	 * because the wp_head action  happens before
+	 * the render_block.
+	 *
+	 * @see gutenberg_enqueue_block_support_styles()
+	 *
+	 * @param int $priority To set the priority for the add_action.
+	 */
+	public static function enqueue_registered_styles( $priority = 10 ) {
+		$action_hook_name = 'wp_footer';
+		if ( wp_is_block_theme() ) {
+			$action_hook_name = 'wp_head';
+		}
+		add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( __CLASS__, 'enqueue_cascade_layers' ) );
+		add_action(
+			$action_hook_name,
+			array( __CLASS__, 'enqueue_cascade_layers' ),
+			$priority
+		);
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-store.php b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-store.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..186bfb76be155d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine-store.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * WP_Style_Engine_Store
+ *
+ * Registers and stores styles to be processed or rendered on the frontend.
+ *
+ * @package Gutenberg
+ */
+
+if ( class_exists( 'WP_Style_Engine_Store' ) ) {
+	return;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Registers and stores styles to be processed or rendered on the frontend.
+ *
+ * For each style category we could have a separate object, e.g.,
+ * $global_style_store = new WP_Style_Engine_Store();
+ * $block_supports_style_store = new WP_Style_Engine_Store();
+ *
+ * @access private
+ */
+class WP_Style_Engine_Store {
+	/**
+	 * Registered styles.
+	 *
+	 * @var WP_Style_Engine_Store|null
+	 */
+	private $registered_styles = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gather internals.
+	 */
+	public function __construct( $layers = array() ) {
+		foreach ( $layers as $layer ) {
+			$this->registered_styles[ $layer ] = array();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Register a style
+	 *
+	 * @param string $layer Unique key for a layer.
+	 * @param string $key Unique key for a $style_data object.
+	 * @param array  $style_data Associative array of style information.
+	 * @return boolean Whether registration was successful.
+	 */
+	public function register( $layer, $key, $style_data ) {
+		if ( empty( $layer ) || empty( $key ) || empty( $style_data ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if ( isset( $this->registered_styles[ $layer ][ $key ] ) ) {
+			$style_data = array_unique( array_merge( $this->registered_styles[ $layer ][ $key ], $style_data ) );
+		}
+		$this->registered_styles[ $layer ][ $key ] = $style_data;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieves style data from the store. If neither $layer nor $key are provided,
+	 * this method will return everything in the store.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $layer Optional unique key for a layer to return all styles for a layer.
+	 * @param string $key Optional unique key for a $style_data object to return a single style object.
+	 *
+	 * @return array Registered styles
+	 */
+	public function get( $layer = null, $key = null ) {
+		if ( isset( $this->registered_styles[ $layer ][ $key ] ) ) {
+			return $this->registered_styles[ $layer ][ $key ];
+		}
+
+		if ( isset( $this->registered_styles[ $layer ] ) ) {
+			return $this->registered_styles[ $layer ];
+		}
+
+		return $this->registered_styles;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine.php b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine.php
index a1961241047213..35a3c5ba9efdc1 100644
--- a/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine.php
+++ b/packages/style-engine/class-wp-style-engine.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * WP_Style_Engine
  *
+ * Singleton.
  * Generates classnames and block styles.
  *
  * @package Gutenberg
@@ -30,6 +31,25 @@ class WP_Style_Engine {
 	 */
 	private static $instance = null;
 
+	/**
+	 * Registered styles.
+	 *
+	 * @var WP_Style_Engine_Store|null
+	 */
+	private $styles_store = null;
+
+	/**
+	 * An ordered list of style layers from least specific to most specific.
+	 * The layers loosely represent a cascade layer system. See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@layer
+	 * The layer name will also be the key to retrieve the corresponding styles from the store.
+	 * Using a "store" for each layer of the style hierarchy, one can control the order in which they're rendered.
+	 *
+	 * @TODO are static, named layers dynamic enough? Or should we define numerically according specificity? E.g., @wp-layer-1?
+	 */
+	const STYLE_LAYERS = array(
+		'block-supports', // User-defined block-level overrides.
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * Style definitions that contain the instructions to
 	 * parse/output valid Gutenberg styles from a block's attributes.
@@ -215,6 +235,15 @@ class WP_Style_Engine {
 		),
 	);
 
+	/**
+	 * Gather internals.
+	 */
+	public function __construct() {
+		// @TODO not sure where keep as singleton or whether to dependency inject yet.
+		$this->styles_store = new WP_Style_Engine_Store( self::STYLE_LAYERS );
+		WP_Style_Engine_Renderer::enqueue_registered_styles();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Utility method to retrieve the main instance of the class.
 	 *
@@ -230,6 +259,32 @@ public static function get_instance() {
 		return self::$instance;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Global public interface to register block support styles support.
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 *
+	 * @param string $layer Unique key for a layer.
+	 * @param string $key Unique key for a $style_data object.
+	 * @param array  $style_data Associative array of style information.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function register_styles( $layer, $key, $style_data ) {
+		$this->styles_store->register( $layer, $key, $style_data );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns all registered block supports styles
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 *
+	 * @param string $layer Unique key for a layer.
+	 * @return array All registered block support styles.
+	 */
+	public function get_registered_styles( $layer = null ) {
+		return $this->styles_store->get( $layer );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Extracts the slug in kebab case from a preset string, e.g., "heavenly-blue" from 'var:preset|color|heavenlyBlue'.
 	 *
@@ -375,9 +430,11 @@ public function generate( $block_styles, $options ) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$css_rules              = array();
-		$classnames             = array();
-		$should_return_css_vars = isset( $options['css_vars'] ) && true === $options['css_vars'];
+		$css_definitions             = array();
+		$classnames                  = array();
+		$should_return_css_vars      = isset( $options['css_vars'] ) && true === $options['css_vars'];
+		$should_register_and_enqueue = isset( $options['enqueue'] ) ? $options['enqueue'] : null;
+		$registry_layer_key          = isset( $options['layer'] ) && in_array( $options['layer'], self::STYLE_LAYERS, true ) ? $options['layer'] : null;
 
 		// Collect CSS and classnames.
 		foreach ( self::BLOCK_STYLE_DEFINITIONS_METADATA as $definition_group_key => $definition_group_style ) {
@@ -391,37 +448,33 @@ public function generate( $block_styles, $options ) {
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				$classnames = array_merge( $classnames, static::get_classnames( $style_value, $style_definition ) );
-				$css_rules  = array_merge( $css_rules, static::get_css( $style_value, $style_definition, $should_return_css_vars ) );
+				$classnames      = array_merge( $classnames, static::get_classnames( $style_value, $style_definition ) );
+				$css_definitions = array_merge( $css_definitions, static::get_css( $style_value, $style_definition, $should_return_css_vars ) );
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Build CSS rules output.
 		$selector      = isset( $options['selector'] ) ? $options['selector'] : null;
-		$css           = array();
 		$styles_output = array();
 
-		if ( ! empty( $css_rules ) ) {
-			// Generate inline style rules.
-			foreach ( $css_rules as $rule => $value ) {
-				$filtered_css = esc_html( safecss_filter_attr( "{$rule}: {$value}" ) );
-				if ( ! empty( $filtered_css ) ) {
-					$css[] = $filtered_css . ';';
-				}
-			}
+		if ( $registry_layer_key && $selector && $should_register_and_enqueue ) {
+			// @TODO this could all change. Maybe we'd want to sanitize and build the rules later.
+			// Or return $css_rules here so another method can register.
+			// Just doing it all here for convenience while testing.
+			$this->register_styles(
+				$registry_layer_key,
+				$selector,
+				$css_definitions
+			);
+			return null;
 		}
 
-		// Return css, if any.
-		if ( ! empty( $css ) ) {
-			// Return an entire rule if there is a selector.
-			if ( $selector ) {
-				$style_block          = "$selector { ";
-				$style_block         .= implode( ' ', $css );
-				$style_block         .= ' }';
-				$styles_output['css'] = $style_block;
-			} else {
-				$styles_output['css'] = implode( ' ', $css );
-			}
+		// Return rendered CSS.
+		// Consider dependency injection of `WP_Style_Engine_Renderer` for testability.
+		if ( $selector ) {
+			$styles_output['css'] = WP_Style_Engine_Renderer::generate_css_rule( $selector, $css_definitions );
+		} else {
+			$styles_output['css'] = WP_Style_Engine_Renderer::generate_inline_property_declarations( $css_definitions );
 		}
 
 		// Return classnames, if any.
@@ -513,3 +566,27 @@ function wp_style_engine_generate( $block_styles, $options = array() ) {
 	}
 	return null;
 }
+
+// @TODO Just testing!
+/**
+ * Global public interface to register block support styles support to be output in the frontend.
+ *
+ * @access public
+ *
+ * @param array $block_styles An array of styles from a block's attributes.
+ * @param array $options An array of options to determine the output.
+ * @return void
+ */
+function wp_style_engine_enqueue_styles( $block_styles, $options = array() ) {
+	if ( class_exists( 'WP_Style_Engine' ) ) {
+		$style_engine = WP_Style_Engine::get_instance();
+		$defaults     = array(
+			'enqueue'  => true,
+			'css_vars' => true,
+		);
+		$new_options  = wp_parse_args( $options, $defaults );
+
+		$style_engine->generate( $block_styles, $new_options );
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/style-engine/phpunit/class-wp-style-engine-test.php b/packages/style-engine/phpunit/class-wp-style-engine-test.php
index e8274e85425fa3..c3da010dd1a123 100644
--- a/packages/style-engine/phpunit/class-wp-style-engine-test.php
+++ b/packages/style-engine/phpunit/class-wp-style-engine-test.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../class-wp-style-engine.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/../class-wp-style-engine-store.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/../class-wp-style-engine-renderer.php';
 
 /**
  * Tests for registering, storing and generating styles.