diff --git a/src/exports.js b/src/exports.js
index b86f3d3..02e5e1b 100644
--- a/src/exports.js
+++ b/src/exports.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
     addRenderedClassNames,
     getRenderedClassNames,
     getBufferedStyles,
+    setSizeLimit,
 } from './inject';
 import {defaultSelectorHandlers} from './generate';
 
@@ -188,5 +189,6 @@ export default function makeExports(
         flushToStyleTag,
         injectAndGetClassName,
         defaultSelectorHandlers,
+        setSizeLimit,
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/inject.js b/src/inject.js
index c5c85d9..2d9a9ed 100644
--- a/src/inject.js
+++ b/src/inject.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import OrderedElements from './ordered-elements';
 import {generateCSS} from './generate';
 import {hashObject, hashString} from './util';
 
+export const UNLIMITED_SIZE = -1;
+
 /* ::
 import type { SheetDefinition, SheetDefinitions } from './index.js';
 import type { MaybeSheetDefinition } from './exports.js';
@@ -150,6 +152,11 @@ let alreadyInjected = {};
 // This is the buffer of styles which have not yet been flushed.
 let injectionBuffer /* : string[] */ = [];
 
+let currentInjectionBufferSize = 0;
+
+// This is the size limit to be placed on the total css styles usage
+let sizeLimit = UNLIMITED_SIZE;
+
 // A flag to tell if we are already buffering styles. This could happen either
 // because we scheduled a flush call already, so newly added styles will
 // already be flushed, or because we are statically buffering on the server.
@@ -174,6 +181,15 @@ const injectGeneratedCSSOnce = (key, generatedCSS) => {
         asap(flushToStyleTag);
     }
 
+    if (sizeLimit !== UNLIMITED_SIZE) {
+        const generatedCSSSize = Buffer.from(generatedCSS.toString()).length;
+        if (currentInjectionBufferSize + generatedCSSSize >= sizeLimit) {
+            throw new Error("Cannot inject css since size limit has been reached");
+        } else {
+            currentInjectionBufferSize += generatedCSSSize;
+        }
+    }
+
     injectionBuffer.push(...generatedCSS);
     alreadyInjected[key] = true;
 }
@@ -322,3 +338,10 @@ export const injectAndGetClassName = (
 
     return className;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {number} bytesSize
+ */
+export const setSizeLimit = (bytesSize /* : number */,) => {
+    sizeLimit = bytesSize;
+}
diff --git a/tests/inject_test.js b/tests/inject_test.js
index af6b893..de07afb 100644
--- a/tests/inject_test.js
+++ b/tests/inject_test.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
     flushToStyleTag,
     addRenderedClassNames,
     getRenderedClassNames,
+    setSizeLimit,
+    UNLIMITED_SIZE,
 } from '../src/inject';
 import { defaultSelectorHandlers } from '../src/generate';
 import { getSheetText } from './testUtils';
@@ -57,6 +59,22 @@ describe('injection', () => {
             assert.equal(className, 'red_137u7ef-o_O-blue_1tsdo2i');
         });
 
+        describe('size limit', () => {
+            beforeEach(() => {
+                setSizeLimit(1);
+            });
+
+            afterEach(() => {
+                setSizeLimit(UNLIMITED_SIZE);
+            });
+
+            it('uses should throw if over size limit', () => {
+                assert.throws(() => {
+                    injectAndGetClassName(false, [sheet.red], defaultSelectorHandlers);
+                }, 'Cannot inject css since size limit has been reached');
+            });
+        });
+
         describe('process.env.NODE_ENV === \'production\'', () => {
             let prodSheet;
             beforeEach(() => {