diff --git a/src/app-data/index.ts b/src/app-data/index.ts
index b25822b331b..f223f951fce 100644
--- a/src/app-data/index.ts
+++ b/src/app-data/index.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const BUILD: BuildConditionals = {
   scriptDataOpts: false,
   shadowDomShim: false,
   slotChildNodesFix: false,
+  invisiblePrehydration: true,
   propBoolean: true,
   propNumber: true,
   propString: true,
diff --git a/src/client/polyfills/css-shim/load-link-styles.ts b/src/client/polyfills/css-shim/load-link-styles.ts
index 019cd8b014f..5a542099c55 100644
--- a/src/client/polyfills/css-shim/load-link-styles.ts
+++ b/src/client/polyfills/css-shim/load-link-styles.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function addGlobalLink(doc: Document, globalScopes: CSSScope[], linkElm:
         if (hasRelativeUrls(text)) {
           text = fixRelativeUrls(text, url);
         }
+
         const styleEl = doc.createElement('style');
         styleEl.setAttribute('data-styles', '');
         styleEl.textContent = text;
diff --git a/src/compiler/app-core/app-data.ts b/src/compiler/app-core/app-data.ts
index 9feee69689a..297ed561c20 100644
--- a/src/compiler/app-core/app-data.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/app-core/app-data.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export const updateBuildConditionals = (config: Config, b: BuildConditionals) =>
   b.scriptDataOpts = config.extras.scriptDataOpts;
   b.shadowDomShim = config.extras.shadowDomShim;
   b.attachStyles = true;
+  b.invisiblePrehydration = typeof config.invisiblePrehydration === 'undefined' ? true : config.invisiblePrehydration;
   if (b.shadowDomShim) {
     b.slotRelocation = b.slot;
   }
diff --git a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-optimize.ts b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-optimize.ts
index e441ccb1fb5..55c2ccfe273 100644
--- a/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-optimize.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/prerender/prerender-optimize.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const inlineExternalStyleSheets = async (sys: d.CompilerSystem, appDir: s
         const optimizeResults = await optimizeCss({
           input: styles,
         });
+
         styles = optimizeResults.output;
 
         // insert inline <style>
diff --git a/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts b/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
index cef7c504f98..e5f0ebcbe31 100644
--- a/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
+++ b/src/declarations/stencil-private.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export interface BuildConditionals extends Partial<BuildFeatures> {
   isTesting?: boolean;
   isDev?: boolean;
   devTools?: boolean;
+  invisiblePrehydration?: boolean;
   hydrateServerSide?: boolean;
   hydrateClientSide?: boolean;
   lifecycleDOMEvents?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts b/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
index a338c9f5c95..d0ea24eaf16 100644
--- a/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
+++ b/src/declarations/stencil-public-compiler.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,17 @@ export interface StencilConfig {
    */
   hydratedFlag?: HydratedFlag;
 
+  /**
+   * Ionic perfers to hide all components prior to hydration with a style tag appended
+   * to the head of the document containing some `visibility: hidden;` css rules.
+   *
+   * Disabling this will remove the style tag that sets `visibility: hidden;` on all
+   * unhydrated web components. This more closely follows the HTML spec, and allows
+   * you to set your own fallback content.
+   *
+   */
+  invisiblePrehydration?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Sets the task queue used by stencil's runtime. The task queue schedules DOM read and writes
    * across the frames to efficiently render and reduce layout thrashing. By default,
diff --git a/src/runtime/bootstrap-lazy.ts b/src/runtime/bootstrap-lazy.ts
index 86c0e12dc56..e271c7ced39 100644
--- a/src/runtime/bootstrap-lazy.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/bootstrap-lazy.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export const bootstrapLazy = (lazyBundles: d.LazyBundlesRuntimeData, options: d.
     })
   );
 
-  if (BUILD.hydratedClass || BUILD.hydratedAttribute) {
+  if (BUILD.invisiblePrehydration && (BUILD.hydratedClass || BUILD.hydratedAttribute)) {
     visibilityStyle.innerHTML = cmpTags + HYDRATED_CSS;
     visibilityStyle.setAttribute('data-styles', '');
     head.insertBefore(visibilityStyle, metaCharset ? metaCharset.nextSibling : head.firstChild);
diff --git a/src/testing/reset-build-conditionals.ts b/src/testing/reset-build-conditionals.ts
index f017c70d5de..ea715225674 100644
--- a/src/testing/reset-build-conditionals.ts
+++ b/src/testing/reset-build-conditionals.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function resetBuildConditionals(b: d.BuildConditionals) {
   b.style = false;
   b.hydratedAttribute = false;
   b.hydratedClass = true;
+  b.invisiblePrehydration = true;
   b.appendChildSlotFix = false;
   b.cloneNodeFix = false;
   b.dynamicImportShim = false;
diff --git a/test/karma/package.json b/test/karma/package.json
index 048ec16dd01..b3af5d127f5 100644
--- a/test/karma/package.json
+++ b/test/karma/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@
     "compile.test-app": "node ../../node_modules/typescript/lib/tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "build.prerender": "node ../../bin/stencil build --config test-prerender/stencil.config-prerender.ts --prerender --debug && node test-prerender/no-script-build.js",
     "build.sibling": "node ../../bin/stencil build --config test-sibling/stencil.config.ts --debug",
+    "build.invisible-prehydration": "npm run build.invisible-prehydration.default && npm run build.invisible-prehydration.true && npm run build.invisible-prehydration.false",
+    "build.invisible-prehydration.default": "node ../../bin/stencil build --config test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.config.ts --debug",
+    "build.invisible-prehydration.true": "node ../../bin/stencil build --config test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationTrue.config.ts --debug",
+    "build.invisible-prehydration.false": "node ../../bin/stencil build --config test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationFalse.config.ts --debug",
     "karma": "karma start karma.config.js",
     "karma.chrome": "karma start karma.config.js --browsers=Chrome --single-run=false",
     "karma.firefox": "karma start karma.config.js --browsers=Firefox --single-run=false",
-    "karma.prod": "npm run build.sibling && npm run build.app && npm run karma.webpack && npm run build.prerender && npm run karma",
+    "karma.prod": "npm run build.sibling && npm run build.invisible-prehydration && npm run build.app && npm run karma.webpack && npm run build.prerender && npm run karma",
     "karma.ie": "karma start karma.config.js --browsers=IE --single-run=false",
     "karma.edge": "karma start karma.config.js --browsers=Edge --single-run=false",
     "karma.webpack": "webpack-cli --config test-app/esm-webpack/webpack.config.js",
diff --git a/test/karma/stencil.config.ts b/test/karma/stencil.config.ts
index 90ec332cad9..dbec8442a35 100644
--- a/test/karma/stencil.config.ts
+++ b/test/karma/stencil.config.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const config: Config = {
   outputTargets: [
     {
       type: 'www',
+      empty: false,
       copy: [{ src: '**/*.html' }, { src: '**/*.css' }, { src: 'noscript.js' }],
     },
     {
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/index.html b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0db1fd7352a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<meta charset="utf8">
+<script src="/build/testinvisibledefaultprehydration.esm.js" type="module"></script>
+<script src="/build/testinvisibledefaultprehydration.js" nomodule></script>
+
+<prehydrated-styles></prehydrated-styles>
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/karma.spec.ts b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/karma.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58b442afae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-default/karma.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { setupDomTests } from '../util';
+
+describe('invisible-prehydration-default', () => {
+  const { setupDom, tearDownDom, tearDownStylesScripts } = setupDomTests(document);
+
+  afterEach(tearDownDom);
+
+  it('the style element will not be placed in the head', async () => {
+    tearDownStylesScripts();
+    await setupDom('/invisible-prehydration-default/index.html', 1000);
+
+    // Is the component hydrated?
+    expect(document.querySelector('prehydrated-styles').innerHTML).toEqual('<div>prehydrated-styles</div>');
+
+    expect(document.head.querySelectorAll('style[data-styles]').length).toEqual(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/index.html b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79733ffdf56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<meta charset="utf8">
+<script src="/build/testinvisiblefalseprehydration.esm.js" type="module"></script>
+<script src="/build/testinvisiblefalseprehydration.js" nomodule></script>
+
+<prehydrated-styles></prehydrated-styles>
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/karma.spec.ts b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/karma.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7acf18b5c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-false/karma.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { setupDomTests } from '../util';
+
+describe('invisible-prehydration-false', () => {
+  const { setupDom, tearDownDom, tearDownStylesScripts } = setupDomTests(document);
+
+  afterEach(tearDownDom);
+
+  it('the style element will not be placed in the head', async () => {
+    tearDownStylesScripts();
+    await setupDom('/invisible-prehydration-false/index.html', 1000);
+
+    // Is the component hydrated?
+    expect(document.querySelector('prehydrated-styles').innerHTML).toEqual('<div>prehydrated-styles</div>');
+
+    expect(document.head.querySelectorAll('style[data-styles]').length).toEqual(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/index.html b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e71efc5ad62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<meta charset="utf8">
+<script src="/build/testinvisibletrueprehydration.esm.js" type="module"></script>
+<script src="/build/testinvisibletrueprehydration.js" nomodule></script>
+
+<prehydrated-styles></prehydrated-styles>
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/karma.spec.ts b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/karma.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..029fc1fa8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/invisible-prehydration-true/karma.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { setupDomTests } from '../util';
+
+describe('invisible-prehydration-true', () => {
+  const { setupDom, tearDownDom, tearDownStylesScripts } = setupDomTests(document);
+
+  afterEach(tearDownDom);
+
+  it('the style element will not be placed in the head', async () => {
+    tearDownStylesScripts();
+    await setupDom('/invisible-prehydration-true/index.html', 1000);
+
+    // Is the component hydrated?
+    expect(document.querySelector('prehydrated-styles').innerHTML).toEqual('<div>prehydrated-styles</div>');
+
+    expect(document.head.querySelectorAll('style[data-styles]').length).toEqual(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/karma/test-app/util.ts b/test/karma/test-app/util.ts
index ed03706c1e0..46160dfe007 100644
--- a/test/karma/test-app/util.ts
+++ b/test/karma/test-app/util.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,26 @@ export function setupDomTests(document: Document) {
     testBed!.innerHTML = '';
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Run this after each test that needs it's resources flushed
+   */
+  function tearDownStylesScripts() {
+    document.head.querySelectorAll('style[data-styles]').forEach((e) => e.remove());
+
+    [
+      '/build/testinvisibleprehydration.esm.js',
+      '/build/testinvisibleprehydration.js',
+      '/build/testprehydratedtruestyles.esm.js',
+      '/build/testprehydratedtruestyles.js',
+      '/build/testprehydratedfalsestyles.esm.js',
+      '/build/testprehydratedfalsestyles.js',
+      '/build/testapp.esm.js',
+      '/build/testapp.js',
+    ].forEach((src) => {
+      document.querySelectorAll(`script[src="${src}"]`).forEach((e) => e.remove());
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create web component for executing tests against
    */
@@ -169,7 +189,7 @@ export function setupDomTests(document: Document) {
     });
   }
 
-  return { setupDom, tearDownDom };
+  return { setupDom, tearDownDom, tearDownStylesScripts };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/.gitignore b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b52a1f19da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/www
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package-lock.json b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee2d32ce973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-invisible-prehydration",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1
+}
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package.json b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b9453ac332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-invisible-prehydration",
+  "main": "dist/index.cjs.js",
+  "module": "dist/index.js",
+  "collection": "dist/collection/collection-manifest.json",
+  "types": "dist/types/components.d.ts"
+}
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/components.d.ts b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/components.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..101c334a0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/components.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* eslint-disable */
+/* tslint:disable */
+/**
+ * This is an autogenerated file created by the Stencil compiler.
+ * It contains typing information for all components that exist in this project.
+ */
+import { HTMLStencilElement, JSXBase } from "@stencil/core/internal";
+export namespace Components {
+    interface PrehydratedStyles {
+    }
+}
+declare global {
+    interface HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement extends Components.PrehydratedStyles, HTMLStencilElement {
+    }
+    var HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement: {
+        prototype: HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement;
+        new (): HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement;
+    };
+    interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+        "prehydrated-styles": HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement;
+    }
+}
+declare namespace LocalJSX {
+    interface PrehydratedStyles {
+    }
+    interface IntrinsicElements {
+        "prehydrated-styles": PrehydratedStyles;
+    }
+}
+export { LocalJSX as JSX };
+declare module "@stencil/core" {
+    export namespace JSX {
+        interface IntrinsicElements {
+            "prehydrated-styles": LocalJSX.PrehydratedStyles & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPrehydratedStylesElement>;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/prehydrated-styles/prehydrated-styles.tsx b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/prehydrated-styles/prehydrated-styles.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c6e93f4c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/src/prehydrated-styles/prehydrated-styles.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'prehydrated-styles',
+})
+export class PrehydratedStyles {
+  render() {
+    return <div>prehydrated-styles</div>;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.config.ts b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8fe5b4bb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Config } from '../../../dist/declarations';
+
+export const config: Config = {
+  namespace: 'TestInvisibleDefaultPrehydration',
+  tsconfig: 'tsconfig.json',
+  outputTargets: [
+    {
+      type: 'www',
+      dir: '../www',
+      empty: false,
+      indexHtml: 'prehydrated-styles.html',
+      serviceWorker: null,
+    },
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationFalse.config.ts b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationFalse.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e0efceaa68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationFalse.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Config } from '../../../dist/declarations';
+
+export const config: Config = {
+  namespace: 'TestInvisibleFalsePrehydration',
+  tsconfig: 'tsconfig.json',
+  invisiblePrehydration: false,
+  outputTargets: [
+    {
+      type: 'www',
+      dir: '../www',
+      empty: false,
+      indexHtml: 'prehydrated-styles.html',
+      serviceWorker: null,
+    },
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationTrue.config.ts b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationTrue.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04c60bb41ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/stencil.invisiblePrehydrationTrue.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Config } from '../../../dist/declarations';
+
+export const config: Config = {
+  namespace: 'TestInvisibleTruePrehydration',
+  tsconfig: 'tsconfig.json',
+  invisiblePrehydration: true,
+  outputTargets: [
+    {
+      type: 'www',
+      dir: '../www',
+      empty: false,
+      indexHtml: 'prehydrated-styles.html',
+      serviceWorker: null,
+    },
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/tsconfig.json b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..245fa297063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/karma/test-invisible-prehydration/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "allowUnreachableCode": true,
+    "declaration": false,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "jsxFactory": "h",
+    "lib": [
+      "dom",
+      "es2017"
+    ],
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "noImplicitReturns": false,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "noUnusedParameters": false,
+    "pretty": true,
+    "target": "es2017",
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "paths": {
+      "@stencil/core": ["../../../internal"],
+      "@stencil/core/internal": ["../../../internal"],
+      "@stencil/core/testing": ["../../../testing"]
+    }
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/test/karma/tsconfig-stencil.json b/test/karma/tsconfig-stencil.json
index 12faac94452..beb4cc0acca 100644
--- a/test/karma/tsconfig-stencil.json
+++ b/test/karma/tsconfig-stencil.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "test-app/**/*.spec.ts",
     "test-app/**/*.tsx",
     "test-app/util.ts",
-    "test-app/global.ts",
+    "test-app/global.ts"
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "test-prerender",
diff --git a/test/karma/tsconfig.json b/test/karma/tsconfig.json
index ff59a6a3f26..fcfe478d394 100644
--- a/test/karma/tsconfig.json
+++ b/test/karma/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "paths": {
       "@stencil/core": ["../../internal"],
       "@stencil/core/internal": ["../../internal"],
-      "@stencil/core/testing": ["../../testing"]
+      "@stencil/core/testing": ["../../testing"],
     }
   },
   "include": [