diff --git a/components/devtools/actors/browsing_context.rs b/components/devtools/actors/browsing_context.rs
index bccfc9c77d01..8ff81160b166 100644
--- a/components/devtools/actors/browsing_context.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/actors/browsing_context.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct BrowsingContextActorMsg {
     timelineActor: String,
     profilerActor: String,
     performanceActor: String,
+    styleSheetsActor: String,
 }
 
 pub struct BrowsingContextActor {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ pub struct BrowsingContextActor {
     pub timeline: String,
     pub profiler: String,
     pub performance: String,
+    pub styleSheets: String,
     pub thread: String,
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ impl BrowsingContextActor {
             timelineActor: self.timeline.clone(),
             profilerActor: self.profiler.clone(),
             performanceActor: self.performance.clone(),
+            styleSheetsActor: self.styleSheets.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/devtools/actors/stylesheets.rs b/components/devtools/actors/stylesheets.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab2ec8738f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/devtools/actors/stylesheets.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use actor::{Actor, ActorMessageStatus, ActorRegistry};
+use serde_json::{Map, Value};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+
+pub struct StyleSheetsActor {
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+impl Actor for StyleSheetsActor {
+    fn name(&self) -> String {
+        self.name.clone()
+    }
+    fn handle_message(
+        &self,
+        _: &ActorRegistry,
+        _: &str,
+        _: &Map<String, Value>,
+        _: &mut TcpStream,
+    ) -> Result<ActorMessageStatus, ()> {
+        Ok(ActorMessageStatus::Ignored)
+    }
+}
+
+impl StyleSheetsActor {
+    pub fn new(name: String) -> StyleSheetsActor {
+        StyleSheetsActor { name: name }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/components/devtools/lib.rs b/components/devtools/lib.rs
index 0600c984e9f5..da779a9855b8 100644
--- a/components/devtools/lib.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use actors::network_event::{EventActor, NetworkEventActor, ResponseStartMsg};
 use actors::performance::PerformanceActor;
 use actors::profiler::ProfilerActor;
 use actors::root::RootActor;
+use actors::stylesheets::StyleSheetsActor;
 use actors::thread::ThreadActor;
 use actors::timeline::TimelineActor;
 use actors::worker::WorkerActor;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ mod actors {
     pub mod performance;
     pub mod profiler;
     pub mod root;
+    pub mod stylesheets;
     pub mod thread;
     pub mod timeline;
     pub mod worker;
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ fn run_server(
         let (pipeline, worker_id) = ids;
 
         //TODO: move all this actor creation into a constructor method on BrowsingContextActor
-        let (target, console, inspector, timeline, profiler, performance, thread) = {
+        let (target, console, inspector, timeline, profiler, performance, styleSheets, thread) = {
             let console = ConsoleActor {
                 name: actors.new_name("console"),
                 script_chan: script_sender.clone(),
@@ -237,6 +239,9 @@ fn run_server(
             let profiler = ProfilerActor::new(actors.new_name("profiler"));
             let performance = PerformanceActor::new(actors.new_name("performance"));
 
+            // the strange switch between styleSheets and stylesheets is due
+            // to an inconsistency in devtools. See Bug #1498893 in bugzilla
+            let styleSheets = StyleSheetsActor::new(actors.new_name("stylesheets"));
             let thread = ThreadActor::new(actors.new_name("context"));
 
             let DevtoolsPageInfo { title, url } = page_info;
@@ -249,6 +254,7 @@ fn run_server(
                 timeline: timeline.name(),
                 profiler: profiler.name(),
                 performance: performance.name(),
+                styleSheets: styleSheets.name(),
                 thread: thread.name(),
             };
 
@@ -262,6 +268,7 @@ fn run_server(
                 timeline,
                 profiler,
                 performance,
+                styleSheets,
                 thread,
             )
         };
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ fn run_server(
         actors.register(Box::new(timeline));
         actors.register(Box::new(profiler));
         actors.register(Box::new(performance));
+        actors.register(Box::new(styleSheets));
         actors.register(Box::new(thread));
     }