diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8a4175dc..cd6f36e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ done
 
 AC_SUBST(ENABLED_EXTENSIONS, [$ENABLED_EXTENSIONS])
 
+AC_PATH_PROG([SASS],[sass],[])
+
 dnl Please keep this sorted alphabetically
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
   data/Makefile
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index ff70c5cb..74717ac6 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ theme_DATA = 				\
 	$(srcdir)/gnome-classic-high-contrast.css	\
 	$(NULL)
 
+theme_sources =							\
+	$(srcdir)/gnome-classic.scss				\
+	$(srcdir)/gnome-shell-sass/_colors.scss			\
+	$(srcdir)/gnome-shell-sass/_common.scss			\
+	$(srcdir)/gnome-shell-sass/_drawing.scss		\
+	$(srcdir)/gnome-shell-sass/_high-contrast-colors.scss	\
+	$(NULL)
+
+%.css: %.scss $(theme_sources)
+	@if test -n "$(SASS)"; then \
+		if $(AM_V_P); then PS4= set -x; else echo "  GEN      $@"; fi; \
+		$(SASS) --sourcemap=none --update -f -q $<; \
+	fi
+
 gsettings_in_files = org.gnome.shell.extensions.classic-overrides.gschema.xml.in
 gsettings_SCHEMAS = $(gsettings_in_files:.xml.in=.xml)