diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/style_manager.ts b/src/runtime/internal/style_manager.ts
index 8060e65a5d3f..7fe7bcf3d59d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/style_manager.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/style_manager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { element } from './dom';
 import { raf } from './environment';
+import { is_function } from './utils';
 
 interface ExtendedDoc extends Document {
 	__svelte_stylesheet: CSSStyleSheet;
@@ -18,6 +19,21 @@ function hash(str: string) {
 	return hash >>> 0;
 }
 
+function append_style(doc) {
+	return doc.host ?
+		doc.insertBefore(element('style') as HTMLStyleElement, doc.firstElementChild) :
+		doc.head.appendChild(element('style') as HTMLStyleElement);
+}
+
+function get_root_node(node) {
+	if (is_function(node.getRootNode)) return node.getRootNode();
+	let rootNode = node.parentNode;
+	while (rootNode.parentNode != null) {
+		rootNode = rootNode.parentNode;
+	}
+	return rootNode;
+}
+
 export function create_rule(node: Element & ElementCSSInlineStyle, a: number, b: number, duration: number, delay: number, ease: (t: number) => number, fn: (t: number, u: number) => string, uid: number = 0) {
 	const step = 16.666 / duration;
 	let keyframes = '{\n';
@@ -29,9 +45,9 @@ export function create_rule(node: Element & ElementCSSInlineStyle, a: number, b:
 
 	const rule = keyframes + `100% {${fn(b, 1 - b)}}\n}`;
 	const name = `__svelte_${hash(rule)}_${uid}`;
-	const doc = node.ownerDocument as ExtendedDoc;
+	const doc = get_root_node(node) as ExtendedDoc;
 	active_docs.add(doc);
-	const stylesheet = doc.__svelte_stylesheet || (doc.__svelte_stylesheet = doc.head.appendChild(element('style') as HTMLStyleElement).sheet as CSSStyleSheet);
+	const stylesheet = doc.__svelte_stylesheet || (doc.__svelte_stylesheet = append_style(doc).sheet as CSSStyleSheet);
 	const current_rules = doc.__svelte_rules || (doc.__svelte_rules = {});
 
 	if (!current_rules[name]) {
diff --git a/test/custom-elements/index.ts b/test/custom-elements/index.ts
index 35df15687959..d200eff0e5e1 100644
--- a/test/custom-elements/index.ts
+++ b/test/custom-elements/index.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ describe('custom-elements', function() {
 
 		const solo = /\.solo$/.test(dir);
 		const skip = /\.skip$/.test(dir);
+		const easing = path.resolve('easing/index.mjs');
 		const internal = path.resolve('internal/index.mjs');
+		const transition = path.resolve('transition/index.mjs');
 		const index = path.resolve('index.mjs');
 		const warnings = [];
 
@@ -76,10 +78,18 @@ describe('custom-elements', function() {
 				plugins: [
 					{
 						resolveId(importee) {
-							if (importee === 'svelte/internal' || importee === './internal') {
+							if (importee === '../easing') {
+								return easing;
+							}
+
+							if (importee === 'svelte/internal' || importee === './internal' || importee === '../internal') {
 								return internal;
 							}
 
+							if (importee === 'svelte/transition' || importee === './transition') {
+								return transition;
+							}
+
 							if (importee === 'svelte') {
 								return index;
 							}
diff --git a/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/main.svelte b/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2a235d60db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<svelte:options tag="custom-element"/>
+
+<script>
+	import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+	import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
+
+	let show = false;
+
+	onMount(() => {
+		show = true;
+	});
+</script>
+
+{#if show}
+	<p transition:fade>
+		Fades in and out
+	</p>
+{/if}
diff --git a/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/test.js b/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71e69ac90f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/custom-elements/samples/transition/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import './main.svelte';
+
+export default async function (target) {
+	target.innerHTML = '<custom-element></custom-element>';
+
+	// wait one tick in order for styles to be applied
+	await Promise.resolve();
+
+	const el = target.querySelector('custom-element');
+	const style = el.shadowRoot.querySelector('style');
+
+	assert.ok(style);
+	assert.ok(style.sheet);
+	assert.equal(style, el.shadowRoot.firstElementChild);
+	assert.equal(style.sheet.cssRules.length, 1);
+	assert.equal(el.shadowRoot.__svelte_stylesheet, style.sheet);
+}