diff --git a/src/file-system-loader.js b/src/file-system-loader.js
index 2f9ab02..9382db9 100644
--- a/src/file-system-loader.js
+++ b/src/file-system-loader.js
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ export default class FileSystemLoader {
     } )
   }
 
+  fetchSync( _newPath, relativeTo, _trace ) {
+    let newPath = _newPath.replace( /^["']|["']$/g, "" ),
+      trace = _trace || String.fromCharCode( this.importNr++ )
+
+    let relativeDir = path.dirname( relativeTo ),
+      rootRelativePath = path.resolve( relativeDir, newPath ),
+      fileRelativePath = path.resolve( path.join( this.root, relativeDir ), newPath )
+
+    const tokens = this.tokensByFile[fileRelativePath]
+    if (tokens) { return tokens }
+
+    let source = fs.readFileSync( fileRelativePath, "utf-8" )
+    // May occur an error while loading async plugins
+    let { injectableSource, exportTokens } = this.core.loadSync( source, rootRelativePath, trace, this.fetchSync.bind( this ) )
+    this.sources[trace] = injectableSource
+    this.tokensByFile[fileRelativePath] = exportTokens
+    return exportTokens
+  }
+
   get finalSource() {
     return Object.keys( this.sources ).sort( traceKeySorter ).map( s => this.sources[s] )
       .join( "" )
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f5994ef..2ab8a05 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import extractImports from 'postcss-modules-extract-imports'
 import scope from 'postcss-modules-scope'
 
 import Parser from './parser'
+import SyncParser from './synchronous-parser'
 
 export default class Core {
   constructor( plugins ) {
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@ export default class Core {
         return { injectableSource: result.css, exportTokens: parser.exportTokens }
       } )
   }
+
+  loadSync( sourceString, sourcePath, trace, pathFetcher ) {
+    let parser = new SyncParser( pathFetcher, trace )
+
+    let result = postcss( this.plugins.concat( [parser.plugin] ) )
+      .process( sourceString, { from: "/" + sourcePath } )
+      .stringify()
+
+    return { injectableSource: result.css, exportTokens: parser.exportTokens }
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/synchronous-parser.js b/src/synchronous-parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9da4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/synchronous-parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const importRegexp = /^:import\((.+)\)$/
+
+export default class Parser {
+  constructor( pathFetcher, trace ) {
+    this.pathFetcher = pathFetcher
+    this.plugin = this.plugin.bind( this )
+    this.exportTokens = {}
+    this.translations = {}
+    this.trace = trace
+  }
+
+  plugin( css, result ) {
+    this.fetchAllImports( css )
+    this.linkImportedSymbols( css )
+    this.extractExports( css )
+  }
+
+  fetchAllImports( css ) {
+    let imports = []
+    css.each( node => {
+      if ( node.type == "rule" && node.selector.match( importRegexp ) ) {
+        imports.push( this.fetchImport( node, css.source.input.from, imports.length ) )
+      }
+    } )
+    return imports
+  }
+
+  linkImportedSymbols( css ) {
+    css.eachDecl( decl => {
+      Object.keys(this.translations).forEach( translation => {
+        decl.value = decl.value.replace(translation, this.translations[translation])
+      } )
+    })
+  }
+
+  extractExports( css ) {
+    css.each( node => {
+      if ( node.type == "rule" && node.selector == ":export" ) this.handleExport( node )
+    } )
+  }
+
+  handleExport( exportNode ) {
+    exportNode.each( decl => {
+      if ( decl.type == 'decl' ) {
+        Object.keys(this.translations).forEach( translation => {
+          decl.value = decl.value.replace(translation, this.translations[translation])
+        } )
+        this.exportTokens[decl.prop] = decl.value
+      }
+    } )
+    exportNode.removeSelf()
+  }
+
+  fetchImport( importNode, relativeTo, depNr ) {
+    let file = importNode.selector.match( importRegexp )[1],
+      depTrace = this.trace + String.fromCharCode(depNr)
+    var exports = this.pathFetcher( file, relativeTo, depTrace );
+    importNode.each( decl => {
+      if ( decl.type == 'decl' ) {
+        this.translations[decl.prop] = exports[decl.value]
+      }
+    } )
+    importNode.removeSelf()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/test-cases.js b/test/test-cases.js
index c6adcff..287e7df 100644
--- a/test/test-cases.js
+++ b/test/test-cases.js
@@ -14,42 +14,83 @@ const pipelines = {
   "cssi": []
 }
 
-Object.keys( pipelines ).forEach( dirname => {
-  describe( dirname, () => {
-    let testDir = path.join( __dirname, dirname )
-    fs.readdirSync( testDir ).forEach( testCase => {
-      if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source.css" ) ) ) {
-        it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), done => {
-          let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
-          let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
-          let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
-          loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source.css`, "/" ).then( tokens => {
+describe( 'async api', () => {
+  Object.keys( pipelines ).forEach( dirname => {
+    describe( dirname, () => {
+      let testDir = path.join( __dirname, dirname )
+      fs.readdirSync( testDir ).forEach( testCase => {
+        if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source.css" ) ) ) {
+          it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), done => {
+            let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
+            let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
+            let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
+            loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source.css`, "/" ).then( tokens => {
+              assert.equal( loader.finalSource, expected )
+              assert.equal( JSON.stringify( tokens ), JSON.stringify( expectedTokens ) )
+            } ).then( done, done )
+          } );
+        }
+      } );
+    } );
+  } )
+
+  // special case for testing multiple sources
+  describe( 'multiple sources', () => {
+    let testDir = path.join( __dirname, 'test-cases' )
+    let testCase = 'multiple-sources';
+    let dirname = 'test-cases';
+    if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source1.css" ) ) ) {
+      it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), done => {
+        let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
+        let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
+        let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
+        loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source1.css`, "/" ).then( tokens1 => {
+          loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source2.css`, "/" ).then( tokens2 => {
             assert.equal( loader.finalSource, expected )
+            const tokens = Object.assign({}, tokens1, tokens2);
             assert.equal( JSON.stringify( tokens ), JSON.stringify( expectedTokens ) )
           } ).then( done, done )
-        } );
-      }
-    } );
+        })
+      } );
+    }
   } );
-} )
+} );
 
-// special case for testing multiple sources
-describe( 'multiple sources', () => {
-  let testDir = path.join( __dirname, 'test-cases' )
-  let testCase = 'multiple-sources';
-  let dirname = 'test-cases';
-  if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source1.css" ) ) ) {
-    it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), done => {
-      let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
-      let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
-      let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
-      loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source1.css`, "/" ).then( tokens1 => {
-        loader.fetch( `${testCase}/source2.css`, "/" ).then( tokens2 => {
-          assert.equal( loader.finalSource, expected )
-          const tokens = Object.assign({}, tokens1, tokens2);
-          assert.equal( JSON.stringify( tokens ), JSON.stringify( expectedTokens ) )
-        } ).then( done, done )
-      })
+describe( 'sync api', () => {
+  Object.keys( pipelines ).forEach( dirname => {
+    describe( dirname, () => {
+      let testDir = path.join( __dirname, dirname )
+      fs.readdirSync( testDir ).forEach( testCase => {
+        if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source.css" ) ) ) {
+          it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), () => {
+            let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
+            let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
+            let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
+            let tokens = loader.fetchSync( `${testCase}/source.css`, "/" )
+            assert.equal( loader.finalSource, expected )
+            assert.equal( JSON.stringify( tokens ), JSON.stringify( expectedTokens ) )
+          } );
+        }
+      } );
     } );
-  }
+  } )
+
+  // special case for testing multiple sources
+  describe( 'multiple sources', () => {
+    let testDir = path.join( __dirname, 'test-cases' )
+    let testCase = 'multiple-sources';
+    let dirname = 'test-cases';
+    if ( fs.existsSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "source1.css" ) ) ) {
+      it( "should " + testCase.replace( /-/g, " " ), () => {
+        let expected = normalize( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.css" ), "utf-8" ) )
+        let loader = new FileSystemLoader( testDir, pipelines[dirname] )
+        let expectedTokens = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync( path.join( testDir, testCase, "expected.json" ), "utf-8" ) )
+        let tokens1 = loader.fetchSync( `${testCase}/source1.css`, "/" )
+        let tokens2 = loader.fetchSync( `${testCase}/source2.css`, "/" )
+        assert.equal( loader.finalSource, expected )
+        const tokens = Object.assign({}, tokens1, tokens2);
+        assert.equal( JSON.stringify( tokens ), JSON.stringify( expectedTokens ) )
+      } );
+    }
+  } );
 } );