diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/ls-config.ts b/packages/language-server/src/ls-config.ts
index b08cdc9ec..d54f53977 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/ls-config.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/ls-config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const defaultLSConfig: LSConfig = {
     },
     css: {
         enable: true,
+        globals: '',
         diagnostics: { enable: true },
         hover: { enable: true },
         completions: { enable: true },
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export interface LSTypescriptConfig {
 
 export interface LSCSSConfig {
     enable: boolean;
+    globals: string;
     diagnostics: {
         enable: boolean;
     };
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ type DeepPartial<T> = T extends CompilerWarningsSettings
 
 export class LSConfigManager {
     private config: LSConfig = defaultLSConfig;
+    private listeners: ((config: LSConfigManager) => void)[] = [];
 
     /**
      * Updates config.
@@ -159,6 +162,8 @@ export class LSConfigManager {
         if (config.svelte?.compilerWarnings) {
             this.config.svelte.compilerWarnings = config.svelte.compilerWarnings;
         }
+
+        this.listeners.forEach((listener) => listener(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -183,6 +188,13 @@ export class LSConfigManager {
     getConfig(): Readonly<LSConfig> {
         return this.config;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Register a listener which is invoked when the config changed.
+     */
+    onChange(callback: (config: LSConfigManager) => void): void {
+        this.listeners.push(callback);
+    }
 }
 
 export const lsConfig = new LSConfigManager();
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
index 4fb0fb22d..0fefed511 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/CSSPlugin.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
     Position,
     Range,
     SymbolInformation,
+    CompletionItem,
+    CompletionItemKind,
 } from 'vscode-languageserver';
 import {
     Document,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ import {
 } from '../interfaces';
 import { CSSDocument } from './CSSDocument';
 import { getLanguage, getLanguageService } from './service';
+import { GlobalVars } from './global-vars';
 
 export class CSSPlugin
     implements
@@ -45,10 +48,16 @@ export class CSSPlugin
     private configManager: LSConfigManager;
     private cssDocuments = new WeakMap<Document, CSSDocument>();
     private triggerCharacters = ['.', ':', '-', '/'];
+    private globalVars = new GlobalVars();
 
     constructor(docManager: DocumentManager, configManager: LSConfigManager) {
         this.configManager = configManager;
 
+        this.globalVars.watchFiles(this.configManager.get('css.globals'));
+        this.configManager.onChange((config) =>
+            this.globalVars.watchFiles(config.get('css.globals')),
+        );
+
         docManager.on('documentChange', (document) =>
             this.cssDocuments.set(document, new CSSDocument(document)),
         );
@@ -149,14 +158,37 @@ export class CSSPlugin
             cssDocument.stylesheet,
         );
         return CompletionList.create(
-            [...(results ? results.items : []), ...emmetResults.items].map((completionItem) =>
-                mapCompletionItemToOriginal(cssDocument, completionItem),
+            this.appendGlobalVars(
+                [...(results ? results.items : []), ...emmetResults.items].map((completionItem) =>
+                    mapCompletionItemToOriginal(cssDocument, completionItem),
+                ),
             ),
             // Emmet completions change on every keystroke, so they are never complete
             emmetResults.items.length > 0,
         );
     }
 
+    private appendGlobalVars(items: CompletionItem[]): CompletionItem[] {
+        // Finding one value with that item kind means we are in a value completion scenario
+        const value = items.find((item) => item.kind === CompletionItemKind.Value);
+        if (!value) {
+            return items;
+        }
+
+        const additionalItems: CompletionItem[] = this.globalVars
+            .getGlobalVars()
+            .map((globalVar) => ({
+                label: globalVar.name,
+                detail: `${globalVar.filename}\n\n${globalVar.name}: ${globalVar.value}`,
+                textEdit: value.textEdit && {
+                    ...value.textEdit,
+                    newText: `var(${globalVar.name})`,
+                },
+                kind: CompletionItemKind.Value,
+            }));
+        return [...items, ...additionalItems];
+    }
+
     getDocumentColors(document: Document): ColorInformation[] {
         if (!this.featureEnabled('documentColors')) {
             return [];
diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2495b13d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/css/global-vars.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { watch, FSWatcher } from 'chokidar';
+import { readFile } from 'fs';
+import { isNotNullOrUndefined, flatten } from '../../utils';
+
+const varRegex = /^\s*(--\w+.*?):\s*?([^;]*)/;
+
+export interface GlobalVar {
+    name: string;
+    filename: string;
+    value: string;
+}
+
+export class GlobalVars {
+    private fsWatcher?: FSWatcher;
+    private globalVars = new Map<string, GlobalVar[]>();
+
+    watchFiles(filesToWatch: string): void {
+        if (!filesToWatch) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (this.fsWatcher) {
+            this.fsWatcher.close();
+            this.globalVars.clear();
+        }
+
+        this.fsWatcher = watch(filesToWatch.split(','))
+            .addListener('add', (file) => this.updateForFile(file))
+            .addListener('change', (file) => {
+                this.updateForFile(file);
+            })
+            .addListener('unlink', (file) => this.globalVars.delete(file));
+    }
+
+    private updateForFile(filename: string) {
+        // Inside a small timeout because it seems chikidar is "too fast"
+        // and reading the file will then return empty content
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            readFile(filename, 'utf-8', (error, contents) => {
+                if (error) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                const globalVarsForFile = contents
+                    .split('\n')
+                    .map((line) => line.match(varRegex))
+                    .filter(isNotNullOrUndefined)
+                    .map((line) => ({ filename, name: line[1], value: line[2] }));
+                this.globalVars.set(filename, globalVarsForFile);
+            });
+        }, 1000);
+    }
+
+    getGlobalVars(): GlobalVar[] {
+        return flatten([...this.globalVars.values()]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte-vscode/README.md b/packages/svelte-vscode/README.md
index bf83031e9..4b620c5e3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-vscode/README.md
+++ b/packages/svelte-vscode/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Enable code actions for TypeScript. _Default_: `true`
 
 Enable the CSS plugin. _Default_: `true`
 
+##### `svelte.plugin.css.globals`
+
+Which css files should be checked for global variables (`--global-var: value;`). These variables are added to the css completions. String of comma-separated file paths or globs relative to workspace root.
+
 ##### `svelte.plugin.css.diagnostics`
 
 Enable diagnostic messages for CSS. _Default_: `true`
diff --git a/packages/svelte-vscode/package.json b/packages/svelte-vscode/package.json
index 7739db56e..52d3102c1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte-vscode/package.json
+++ b/packages/svelte-vscode/package.json
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@
                     "title": "CSS",
                     "description": "Enable the CSS plugin"
                 },
+                "svelte.plugin.css.globals": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "",
+                    "title": "CSS: Global Files",
+                    "description": "Which css files should be checked for global variables (`--global-var: value;`). These variables are added to the css completions. String of comma-separated file paths or globs relative to workspace root."
+                },
                 "svelte.plugin.css.diagnostics.enable": {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": true,