diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index d475ea23b..a6ed34d8a 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export(card_footer)
 export(card_header)
 export(card_image)
 export(card_title)
+export(css)
 export(font_collection)
 export(font_face)
 export(font_google)
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ import(htmltools)
 import(sass)
 importFrom(grDevices,col2rgb)
 importFrom(htmltools,as.tags)
+importFrom(htmltools,css)
 importFrom(jquerylib,jquery_core)
 importFrom(jsonlite,fromJSON)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5afb7ea51..0a3d9b5aa 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 * Example apps provided with bslib have now moved from `examples` to `examples-shiny` to take advantage of the new `package` argument in `shiny::runExample()` with shiny >= 1.8.1. For example, try `shiny::runExample("build-a-box", package = "bslib")`. (#1049)
 
+* bslib now re-exports `htmltools::css()` to make it easier to specify style declarations. (#1086)
+
 ## Bug fixes
 
 * `toggle_sidebar()` once again correctly closes a sidebar. (@fredericva, #1043)
diff --git a/R/bslib-package.R b/R/bslib-package.R
index fb9dd3cb4..f1409cbb2 100644
--- a/R/bslib-package.R
+++ b/R/bslib-package.R
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ utils::globalVariables("!!")
 ## usethis namespace: end
 NULL
 
+#' @export
+#' @importFrom htmltools css
+htmltools::css
+
 
 # For usethis::use_release_issue()
 release_bullets <- function() {
diff --git a/man/reexports.Rd b/man/reexports.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d7e657bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/reexports.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/bslib-package.R
+\docType{import}
+\name{reexports}
+\alias{reexports}
+\alias{css}
+\title{Objects exported from other packages}
+\keyword{internal}
+\description{
+These objects are imported from other packages. Follow the links
+below to see their documentation.
+
+\describe{
+  \item{htmltools}{\code{\link[htmltools]{css}}}
+}}
+