diff --git a/types/rebass__grid/index.d.ts b/types/rebass__grid/index.d.ts
index 079506e631..3f5012851f 100644
--- a/types/rebass__grid/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/rebass__grid/index.d.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ export interface CommonProps {
     px?: ResponsiveProp;
     py?: ResponsiveProp;
     theme?: any;
+    // this is actually more powerful than the plugin because of some limitations of the transform
+    /**
+     * This works even without babel-plugin-styled-components.
+     */
     css?: Interpolation<any>;
 }
 
diff --git a/types/rebass__grid/rebass__grid-tests.tsx b/types/rebass__grid/rebass__grid-tests.tsx
index 2cef66a972..147f3ff084 100644
--- a/types/rebass__grid/rebass__grid-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/rebass__grid/rebass__grid-tests.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 import { Flex, Box } from "@rebass/grid";
+import { css } from "styled-components";
 
 const Layout = () => (
     <Flex m={4}>
         <Box px={3} py={2} />
     </Flex>
 );
+
+const cssTest = <Flex css='background: transparent;'><Box css={css`${{color: 'inherit'}}`}/></Flex>;
diff --git a/types/styled-components/cssprop.d.ts b/types/styled-components/cssprop.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e19b03dc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/styled-components/cssprop.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {} from "react";
+import { CSSProp } from ".";
+
+declare module "react" {
+  interface Attributes {
+      // NOTE: unlike the plain javascript version, it is not possible to get access
+      // to the element's own attributes inside function interpolations.
+      // Only theme will be accessible, and only with the DefaultTheme due to the global
+      // nature of this declaration.
+      // If you are writing this inline you already have access to all the attributes anyway,
+      // no need for the extra indirection.
+      /**
+       * If present, this React element will be converted by
+       * `babel-plugin-styled-components` into a styled component
+       * with the given css as its styles.
+       */
+      css?: CSSProp;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/types/styled-components/index.d.ts b/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
index 1b26568498..2f6fa61317 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/styled-components/index.d.ts
@@ -440,4 +440,35 @@ export class StyleSheetManager extends React.Component<
     StyleSheetManagerProps
 > {}
 
+/**
+ * The CSS prop is not declared by default in the types as it would cause 'css' to be present
+ * on the types of anything that uses styled-components indirectly, even if they do not use the
+ * babel plugin.
+ *
+ * You can load a default declaration by using writing this special import from
+ * a typescript file. This module does not exist in reality, which is why the {} is important:
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * import {} from 'styled-components/cssprop'
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Or you can declare your own module augmentation, which allows you to specify the type of Theme:
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * import { CSSProp } from 'styled-components'
+ *
+ * interface MyTheme {}
+ *
+ * declare module 'react' {
+ *   interface Attributes {
+ *     css?: CSSProp<MyTheme>
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+// ONLY string literals and inline invocations of css`` are supported, anything else crashes the plugin
+export type CSSProp<T = AnyIfEmpty<DefaultTheme>> =
+      string |
+      FlattenInterpolation<ThemeProps<T>>;
+
 export default styled;
diff --git a/types/styled-components/macro.d.ts b/types/styled-components/macro.d.ts
index 08cee96a96..51f6cced26 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/macro.d.ts
+++ b/types/styled-components/macro.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 export { default } from '.';
 export * from '.';
+
+/**
+ * Recommended: also `import {} from 'styled-components/cssprop'`,
+ * or augment react's `Attribute` interface with your own version.
+ */
diff --git a/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx b/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
index 50a17b7069..2d70f74106 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
+++ b/types/styled-components/test/index.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import styled, {
     StyledComponent,
     ThemedStyledComponentsModule
 } from "styled-components";
+import {} from "styled-components/cssprop";
 
 /**
  * general usage
@@ -187,7 +188,6 @@ const styledButton = styled.button`
 const name = "hey";
 
 const ThemedMyButton = withTheme(MyButton);
-
 <ThemedMyButton name={name} />;
 
 /**
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ const ObjectStylesBox = styled.div`
         fontSize: 2
     }};
 `;
-
 <ObjectStylesBox size="big" />;
 
 /**
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ const AttrsWithOnlyNewProps = styled.h2.attrs({ as: "h1" })`
 `;
 
 const AttrsInputExtra = styled(AttrsInput).attrs({ autoComplete: "off" })``;
-
 <AttrsInputExtra />;
 
 /**
@@ -434,10 +432,8 @@ const Component = (props: WithThemeProps) => (
 );
 
 const ComponentWithTheme = withTheme(Component);
-
 <ComponentWithTheme text={"hi"} />; // ok
 <ComponentWithTheme text={"hi"} theme={{ color: "red" }} />; // ok
-
 <ThemeConsumer>{theme => <Component text="hi" theme={theme} />}</ThemeConsumer>;
 
 /**
@@ -625,7 +621,6 @@ const divFnRef = (ref: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
 const divRef = React.createRef<HTMLDivElement>();
 
 const StyledDiv = styled.div``;
-
 <StyledDiv ref={divRef} />;
 <StyledDiv ref={divFnRef} />;
 <StyledDiv ref="string" />; // $ExpectError
@@ -786,3 +781,89 @@ async function themeAugmentation() {
         </base.ThemeProvider>
     );
 }
+
+// NOTE: this is needed for some tests inside cssProp,
+// but actually running this module augmentation will cause
+// tests elsewhere to break, and there is no way to contain it.
+// Uncomment out as needed to run tests.
+
+// declare module "styled-components" {
+//     interface DefaultTheme {
+//         background: string;
+//     }
+// }
+
+function cssProp() {
+    function Custom(props: React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"div">) {
+        return <div {...props} />;
+    }
+
+    const myCss = "background: blue;";
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            <div css="background: blue;" />
+            {/*
+                For some reason $ExpectError doesn't work on this expression.
+                Only strings work, objects crash the plugin.
+                <div css={{ background: "blue" }} />
+            */}
+            <div
+                // would be nice to be able to turn this into an error as it also crashes the plugin,
+                // but this is how optional properties work in TypeScript...
+                css={undefined}
+            />
+            <div
+                // css used as tagged function is fine and is correctly handled by the plugin
+                css={css`
+                    background: blue;
+                `}
+            />
+            <div
+                // but this crashes the plugin, even though it's valid type-wise and we can't forbid it
+                css={css({ background: "blue" })}
+            />
+            <div
+                // this also crashes the plugin, only inline strings or css template tag work
+                css={myCss}
+            />
+            <div
+                css={css`
+                    background: ${() => "blue"};
+                `}
+            />
+            <div
+                css={css`
+                    background: ${props => {
+                        // This requires the DefaultTheme augmentation
+                        // // $ExpectType string
+                        // props.theme.background;
+                        return props.theme.background;
+                    }};
+                `}
+            />
+            <Custom css="background: blue;" />
+            <Custom css={undefined} />
+            <Custom
+                css={css`
+                    background: blue;
+                `}
+            />
+            <Custom
+                css={css`
+                    background: ${() => "blue"};
+                `}
+            />
+            <Custom
+                css={css`
+                    background: ${props => {
+                        // This requires the DefaultTheme augmentation
+                        // // $ExpectType string
+                        // props.theme.background;
+                        return props.theme.background;
+                    }};
+                `}
+            />
+        </>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/types/styled-components/tsconfig.json b/types/styled-components/tsconfig.json
index 22af0d4a13..fb9b5a0f7b 100644
--- a/types/styled-components/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/styled-components/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@
         "baseUrl": "../",
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
         "jsx": "react",
-        "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
         "module": "commonjs",
         "noEmit": true,
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictFunctionTypes": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
         "types": []
     },
     "files": [
         "index.d.ts",
         "macro.d.ts",
+        "cssprop.d.ts",
         "test/index.tsx",
         "test/macro.tsx"
     ]
-}
+}
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