diff --git a/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py b/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
index 66caa57ece..fe7c4e175c 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/layout2layout.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ import os, re, string, sys
 # development/tools/updatelayouts.sh script to update all
 # layout files to the new format.
 
-currentFormat = 35
+currentFormat = 36
 
 
 def usage(prog_name):
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ def convert(lines):
                 i += 1
             continue
 
+        if format == 35:
+          i += 1
+          continue
+
         if format == 34:
           match = re_InsetLayout2.match(lines[i])
           if not match:
diff --git a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
index 4caa066688..b72054d9ff 100644
--- a/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
+++ b/src/LaTeXFeatures.cpp
@@ -1121,10 +1121,13 @@ docstring const LaTeXFeatures::getTClassHTMLPreamble() const
 }
 
 
-docstring const LaTeXFeatures::getTClassHTMLStyles() const {
+docstring const LaTeXFeatures::getTClassHTMLStyles() const
+{
 	DocumentClass const & tclass = params_.documentClass();
 	odocstringstream tcpreamble;
 
+	tcpreamble << tclass.htmlstyles();
+
 	list<docstring>::const_iterator cit = usedLayouts_.begin();
 	list<docstring>::const_iterator end = usedLayouts_.end();
 	for (; cit != end; ++cit)
diff --git a/src/TextClass.cpp b/src/TextClass.cpp
index 70390da289..92adfdc750 100644
--- a/src/TextClass.cpp
+++ b/src/TextClass.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace lyx {
 // development/updatelayouts.sh script, to update the format of
 // all of our layout files.
 //
-int const LAYOUT_FORMAT = 35;
+int const LAYOUT_FORMAT = 36;
 
 namespace {
 
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ enum TextClassTags {
 	TC_CLASSOPTIONS,
 	TC_PREAMBLE,
 	TC_HTMLPREAMBLE,
+	TC_HTMLSTYLES,
 	TC_PROVIDES,
 	TC_REQUIRES,
 	TC_LEFTMARGIN,
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ enum TextClassTags {
 	TC_FORMAT,
 	TC_ADDTOPREAMBLE,
 	TC_ADDTOHTMLPREAMBLE,
+	TC_ADDTOHTMLSTYLES,
 	TC_DEFAULTMODULE,
 	TC_PROVIDESMODULE,
 	TC_EXCLUDESMODULE,
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ namespace {
 
 	LexerKeyword textClassTags[] = {
 		{ "addtohtmlpreamble", TC_ADDTOHTMLPREAMBLE },
+	  { "addtohtmlstyles",   TC_ADDTOHTMLSTYLES },
 		{ "addtopreamble",     TC_ADDTOPREAMBLE },
 		{ "citeformat",        TC_CITEFORMAT },
 		{ "classoptions",      TC_CLASSOPTIONS },
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ namespace {
 		{ "float",             TC_FLOAT },
 		{ "format",            TC_FORMAT },
 		{ "htmlpreamble",      TC_HTMLPREAMBLE },
+	  { "htmlstyles",        TC_HTMLSTYLES },
 		{ "htmltocsection",    TC_HTMLTOCSECTION },
 		{ "ifcounter",         TC_IFCOUNTER },
 		{ "ifstyle",           TC_IFSTYLE },
@@ -568,6 +572,10 @@ TextClass::ReturnValues TextClass::read(Lexer & lexrc, ReadType rt)
 			htmlpreamble_ = from_utf8(lexrc.getLongString("EndPreamble"));
 			break;
 
+		case TC_HTMLSTYLES:
+			htmlstyles_ = from_utf8(lexrc.getLongString("EndStyles"));
+			break;
+
 		case TC_HTMLTOCSECTION:
 			html_toc_section_ = from_utf8(trim(lexrc.getString()));
 			break;
@@ -580,6 +588,10 @@ TextClass::ReturnValues TextClass::read(Lexer & lexrc, ReadType rt)
 			htmlpreamble_ += from_utf8(lexrc.getLongString("EndPreamble"));
 			break;
 
+		case TC_ADDTOHTMLSTYLES:
+			htmlstyles_ += from_utf8(lexrc.getLongString("EndStyles"));
+			break;
+
 		case TC_PROVIDES: {
 			lexrc.next();
 			string const feature = lexrc.getString();
diff --git a/src/TextClass.h b/src/TextClass.h
index b3354898d5..a25338f111 100644
--- a/src/TextClass.h
+++ b/src/TextClass.h
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ protected:
 	/// same, but for HTML output
 	/// this is output as is to the header
 	docstring htmlpreamble_;
+	/// same, but specifically for CSS information
+	docstring htmlstyles_;
 	/// the paragraph style to use for TOCs, Bibliography, etc
 	mutable docstring html_toc_section_;
 	/// latex packages loaded by document class.
@@ -401,6 +403,8 @@ public:
 	docstring const & preamble() const { return preamble_; }
 	///
 	docstring const & htmlpreamble() const { return htmlpreamble_; }
+	///
+	docstring const & htmlstyles() const { return htmlstyles_; }
 	/// the paragraph style to use for TOCs, Bibliography, etc
 	/// we will attempt to calculate this if it was not given
 	Layout const & htmlTOCLayout() const;