diff --git a/spec/style-manager-spec.coffee b/spec/style-manager-spec.coffee
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+StyleManager = require '../src/style-manager'
+
+describe "StyleManager", ->
+  manager = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    manager = new StyleManager
+
+  describe "::addStyleSheet(source, params)", ->
+    it "adds a stylesheet based on the given source and returns a disposable allowing it to be removed", ->
+      addEvents = []
+      removeEvents = []
+      manager.onDidAddStyleSheet (event) -> addEvents.push(event)
+      manager.onDidRemoveStyleSheet (event) -> removeEvents.push(event)
+
+      disposable = manager.addStyleSheet("a {color: red;}")
+
+      expect(addEvents.length).toBe 1
+      expect(addEvents[0].styleElement.textContent).toBe "a {color: red;}"
+
+      styleElements = manager.getStyleElements()
+      expect(styleElements.length).toBe 1
+      expect(styleElements[0].textContent).toBe "a {color: red;}"
+
+      disposable.dispose()
+
+      expect(removeEvents.length).toBe 1
+      expect(removeEvents[0].styleElement.textContent).toBe "a {color: red;}"
+      expect(manager.getStyleElements().length).toBe 0
diff --git a/src/style-manager.coffee b/src/style-manager.coffee
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+{Emitter, Disposable} = require 'event-kit'
+
+module.exports =
+class StyleManager
+  constructor: ->
+    @emitter = new Emitter
+    @styleElements = []
+
+  onDidAddStyleSheet: (callback) ->
+    @emitter.on 'did-add-style-sheet', callback
+
+  onDidRemoveStyleSheet: (callback) ->
+    @emitter.on 'did-remove-style-sheet', callback
+
+  getStyleElements: ->
+    @styleElements.slice()
+
+  addStyleSheet: (source) ->
+    styleElement = document.createElement('style')
+    styleElement.textContent = source
+    @styleElements.push(styleElement)
+    @emitter.emit 'did-add-style-sheet', {styleElement}
+
+    new Disposable => @removeStyleElement(styleElement)
+
+  removeStyleElement: (styleElement) ->
+    index = @styleElements.indexOf(styleElement)
+    unless index is -1
+      @styleElements.splice(index, 1)
+      @emitter.emit 'did-remove-style-sheet', {styleElement}