diff --git a/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/lib/add-tailwind-style-imports.ts b/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/lib/add-tailwind-style-imports.ts
index 972b3439e1301..92e7e76840a9e 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/lib/add-tailwind-style-imports.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/lib/add-tailwind-style-imports.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export function addTailwindStyleImports(
   project: ProjectConfiguration,
   _options: SetupTailwindOptions
 ) {
+  if (_options.stylesheet) {
+    knownStylesheetLocations.push(_options.stylesheet);
+  }
+
   const stylesPath = knownStylesheetLocations
     .map((file) => joinPathFragments(project.root, file))
     .find((file) => tree.exists(file));
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/setup-tailwind.spec.ts b/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/setup-tailwind.spec.ts
index ab28d8d58303d..5278d3758532f 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/setup-tailwind.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/generators/setup-tailwind/setup-tailwind.spec.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,30 @@ describe('vue setup-tailwind generator', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should update existing stylesheet passed with option', async () => {
+    const tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'example', {
+      root: 'example',
+      sourceRoot: 'example/src',
+      targets: {},
+    });
+    tree.write(`example/src/style.css`, `/* existing content */`);
+
+    await update(tree, {
+      project: 'example',
+      stylesheet: 'src/style.css',
+    });
+
+    expect(tree.read(`example/src/style.css`).toString()).toContain(
+      stripIndents`
+        @tailwind base;
+        @tailwind components;
+        @tailwind utilities;
+        /* existing content */
+      `
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should install packages', async () => {
     const tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
     addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'example', {