diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 0cba8bd75a73..9e9e291eb797 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,21 @@ module.exports = function tailwindcss(configOrPath) {
           return root
         },
       function (root, result) {
-        processTailwindFeatures(setupTrackingContext(configOrPath))(root, result)
+        let context = setupTrackingContext(configOrPath)
+
+        if (root.type === 'document') {
+          let roots = root.nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'root')
+
+          for (const root of roots) {
+            if (root.type === 'root') {
+              processTailwindFeatures(context)(root, result)
+            }
+          }
+
+          return
+        }
+
+        processTailwindFeatures(context)(root, result)
       },
       env.DEBUG &&
         function (root) {
diff --git a/tests/variants.test.js b/tests/variants.test.js
index 972801e2b700..3f3eea73a49d 100644
--- a/tests/variants.test.js
+++ b/tests/variants.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import postcss from 'postcss'
 
 import { run, css, html, defaults } from './util/run'
 
@@ -568,3 +569,37 @@ test('The visited variant removes opacity support', () => {
     `)
   })
 })
+
+it('appends variants to the correct place when using postcss documents', () => {
+  let config = {
+    content: [{ raw: html`<div class="underline sm:underline"></div>` }],
+    plugins: [],
+    corePlugins: { preflight: false },
+  }
+
+  const doc = postcss.document()
+  doc.append(postcss.parse(`a {}`))
+  doc.append(postcss.parse(`@tailwind base`))
+  doc.append(postcss.parse(`@tailwind utilities`))
+  doc.append(postcss.parse(`b {}`))
+
+  const result = doc.toResult()
+
+  return run(result, config).then((result) => {
+    return expect(result.css).toMatchFormattedCss(css`
+      a {
+      }
+      ${defaults}
+      .underline {
+        text-decoration-line: underline;
+      }
+      @media (min-width: 640px) {
+        .sm\:underline {
+          text-decoration-line: underline;
+        }
+      }
+      b {
+      }
+    `)
+  })
+})