diff --git a/src/assets/SASSAsset.js b/src/assets/SASSAsset.js
index 392bc116dc2..decec5694f3 100644
--- a/src/assets/SASSAsset.js
+++ b/src/assets/SASSAsset.js
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ class SASSAsset extends Asset {
       path.dirname(this.name)
     );
     opts.data = opts.data ? opts.data + os.EOL + code : code;
-    opts.indentedSyntax =
-      typeof opts.indentedSyntax === 'boolean'
-        ? opts.indentedSyntax
-        : path.extname(this.name).toLowerCase() === '.sass';
+    let type = this.options.rendition ? this.options.rendition.type : path.extname(this.name).toLowerCase().replace('.','');
+    opts.indentedSyntax = typeof opts.indentedSyntax === 'boolean' ? opts.indentedSyntax : type === 'sass';
 
     opts.functions = Object.assign({}, opts.functions, {
       url: node => {