diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/files/__path__/__name__.component.ts b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/files/__path__/__name__.component.ts
index 38db38db508e..ddef63fead2a 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/files/__path__/__name__.component.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/files/__path__/__name__.component.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
   `,<% } else { %>
   templateUrl: '<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.html',<% } if(inlineStyle) { %>
   styles: []<% } else { %>
-  styleUrls: ['<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.<%= styleExt %>']<% } %>
+  styleUrls: ['<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.css']<% } %>
 })
 export class <%= classifiedModuleName %>Component implements OnInit {
 
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
index 03342908f36c..3c1f171ecabe 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/component/index.js
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   locals: function (options) {
-    //TODO: pull value from config
     this.styleExt = 'css';
+    if (this.project.ngConfig &&
+        this.project.ngConfig.defaults &&
+        this.project.ngConfig.defaults.styleExt) {
+      this.styleExt = this.project.ngConfig.defaults.styleExt;
+    }
 
     return {
       dynamicPath: this.dynamicPath.dir.replace(this.dynamicPath.appRoot, ''),
@@ -48,7 +52,6 @@ module.exports = {
       inlineTemplate: options.inlineTemplate,
       inlineStyle: options.inlineStyle,
       route: options.route,
-      styleExt: this.styleExt,
       isLazyRoute: !!options.isLazyRoute,
       isAppComponent: !!options.isAppComponent,
       selector: this.selector
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return dir;
       },
       __styleext__: () => {
-        return options.locals.styleExt;
+        return this.styleExt;
       }
     };
   },
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
index 7ace455b7781..40303df298e4 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/__name__.component.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
   </h1>
   `,
   styles: []<% } else { %>templateUrl: '<%= htmlComponentName %>.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.<%= styleExt %>']<% } %>
+  styleUrls: ['<%= dasherizedModuleName %>.component.css']<% } %>
 })
 export class <%= jsComponentName %>AppComponent {
   title = '<%= htmlComponentName %> works!';
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/angular-cli.json b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/angular-cli.json
index 29c6e2b70838..167af80f6014 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/angular-cli.json
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/files/angular-cli.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   },
   "defaults": {
     "prefix": "<%= prefix %>",
-    "sourceDir": "<%= sourceDir %>"
+    "sourceDir": "<%= sourceDir %>",
+    "styleExt": "css"
   }
 }
diff --git a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/index.js b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/index.js
index 4677ba041473..881c36cbec03 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/index.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/blueprints/ng2/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module.exports = {
   availableOptions: [
     { name: 'source-dir', type: String, default: 'src', aliases: ['sd'] },
     { name: 'prefix', type: String, default: 'app', aliases: ['p'] },
+    { name: 'style', type: String, default: 'css' },
     { name: 'mobile', type: Boolean, default: false }
   ],
 
@@ -18,8 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   locals: function(options) {
-    //TODO: pull value from config
-    this.styleExt = 'css';
+    this.styleExt = options.style;
     this.version = require(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', 'package.json')).version;
 
     // Join with / not path.sep as reference to typings require forward slashes.
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ module.exports = {
       htmlComponentName: stringUtils.dasherize(options.entity.name),
       jsComponentName: stringUtils.classify(options.entity.name),
       fullAppName: fullAppName,
-      styleExt: this.styleExt,
       version: this.version,
       sourceDir: options.sourceDir,
       prefix: options.prefix,
+      styleExt: this.styleExt,
       refToTypings: refToTypings,
       isMobile: options.mobile
     };
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = {
         return options.locals.sourceDir;
       },
       __styleext__: () => {
-        return options.locals.styleExt;
+        return this.styleExt;
       }
     };
   }
diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/init.js b/addon/ng2/commands/init.js
index 2207712ba248..71222d146b2d 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/init.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/init.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
     { name: 'skip-bower', type: Boolean, default: true, aliases: ['sb'] },
     { name: 'name', type: String, default: '', aliases: ['n'] },
     { name: 'source-dir', type: String, default: 'src', aliases: ['sd'] },
+    { name: 'style', type: String, default: 'css' },
     { name: 'prefix', type: String, default: 'app', aliases: ['p'] },
     { name: 'mobile', type: Boolean, default: false }
   ],
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
       targetFiles: rawArgs || '',
       rawArgs: rawArgs.toString(),
       sourceDir: commandOptions.sourceDir,
+      style: commandOptions.style,
       prefix: commandOptions.prefix,
       mobile: commandOptions.mobile
     };
diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/new.ts b/addon/ng2/commands/new.ts
index e5b226bb30cf..253778c1e7d8 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/new.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/new.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const NewCommand = Command.extend({
     { name: 'skip-git', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['sg'] },
     { name: 'directory', type: String, aliases: ['dir'] },
     { name: 'source-dir', type: String, default: 'src', aliases: ['sd'] },
+    { name: 'style', type: String, default: 'css' },
     { name: 'prefix', type: String, default: 'app', aliases: ['p'] },
     { name: 'mobile', type: Boolean, default: false }
   ],
diff --git a/lib/config/schema.json b/lib/config/schema.json
index feab2c84326a..467844abff2a 100644
--- a/lib/config/schema.json
+++ b/lib/config/schema.json
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
         },
         "sourceDir": {
           "type": "string"
+        },
+        "styleExt": {
+          "type": "string"
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false