diff --git a/src/generators/extractSelectors.ts b/src/generators/extractSelectors.ts
index 86222438b3..7dbf7b27ca 100644
--- a/src/generators/extractSelectors.ts
+++ b/src/generators/extractSelectors.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ function selectorAppliesTo(parts: Node[], node: Node, stack: Node[]): boolean {
 		}
 
 		else if (part.type === 'TypeSelector') {
+			if (part.name === '*') return true;
 			if (node.name !== part.name) return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/generators/shared/processCss.ts b/src/generators/shared/processCss.ts
index 77c1d4a420..15719e7b8f 100644
--- a/src/generators/shared/processCss.ts
+++ b/src/generators/shared/processCss.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ export default function processCss(
 			const child = block[i];
 			if (child.type === 'PseudoElementSelector' || child.type === 'PseudoClassSelector') continue;
 
-			code.appendLeft(child.end, attr);
+			if (child.type === 'TypeSelector' && child.name === '*') {
+				code.overwrite(child.start, child.end, attr);
+			} else {
+				code.appendLeft(child.end, attr);
+			}
+
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ export default function processCss(
 
 				if (firstToken.type === 'TypeSelector') {
 					const insert = firstToken.end - offset;
-					const head = css.slice(start, insert);
+					const head = firstToken.name === '*' ? css.slice(firstToken.end - offset, insert) : css.slice(start, insert);
 					const tail = css.slice(insert, end);
 
 					transformed = `${head}${attr}${tail}, ${attr} ${selectorString}`;
diff --git a/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/_config.js b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b37866f9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default {
+	cascade: false
+};
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diff --git a/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.css b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb9155feb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+	[svelte-2950902288] {
+		color: red;
+	}
diff --git a/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.html b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732e063d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<div svelte-2950902288=""></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/input.html b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a65e23e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/cascade-false-universal-selector/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<div></div>
+
+<style>
+	* {
+		color: red;
+	}
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/css/samples/universal-selector/expected.css b/test/css/samples/universal-selector/expected.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53f57d9083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/universal-selector/expected.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+	[svelte-2950902288], [svelte-2950902288] * {
+		color: red;
+	}
diff --git a/test/css/samples/universal-selector/input.html b/test/css/samples/universal-selector/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36a65e23e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/css/samples/universal-selector/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<div></div>
+
+<style>
+	* {
+		color: red;
+	}
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file