diff --git a/test/fixtures/with-config/assets/app.css b/test/fixtures/with-config/assets/app.css
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f69fcd8bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/with-config/assets/app.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.global-css-selector {
+  color: red;
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
index f6ef845ad5..b1aec4f60d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/with-config/nuxt.config.js
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ module.exports = {
     extend (config, options) {
       config.devtool = 'nosources-source-map'
     }
-  }
+  },
+  css: [
+    {src: '~/assets/app.css'}
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/test/with-config.test.js b/test/with-config.test.js
index d9b4845f52..862bbf4901 100644
--- a/test/with-config.test.js
+++ b/test/with-config.test.js
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ test('/', async t => {
   t.true(html.includes('<h1>I have custom configurations</h1>'))
 })
 
+test('/ (global styles inlined)', async t => {
+  const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/')
+  t.true(html.includes('.global-css-selector'))
+})
+
 test('/ (custom app.html)', async t => {
   const { html } = await nuxt.renderRoute('/')
   t.true(html.includes('<p>Made by Nuxt.js team</p>'))