diff --git a/test-utils/domMock.js b/test-utils/domMock.js
index cde58a24..d6821aec 100644
--- a/test-utils/domMock.js
+++ b/test-utils/domMock.js
@@ -75,11 +75,69 @@ module.exports = function() {
 	function removeAttribute(name) {
 		delete this.attributes[name]
 	}
+	var declListTokenizer = /;|"(?:\\.|[^"\n])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\n])*'/g
+	/**
+	 * This will split a semicolon-separated CSS declaration list into an array of
+	 * individual declarations, ignoring semicolons in strings.
+     *
+	 * Comments are also stripped.
+	 *
+	 * @param {string} declList
+	 * @return {string[]}
+	 */
+	function splitDeclList(declList) {
+	  var indices = [], res = [], inParen = 0, match
+
+	  // remove comments, preserving comments in strings.
+	  declList = declList.replace(
+	  	/("(?:\\.|[^"\n])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\n])*')|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g,
+	  	function(m, str){
+	  	  return str || ''
+	  	}
+	  )
+	  /*eslint-disable no-cond-assign*/
+	  while (match = declListTokenizer.exec(declList)) {
+	  	if (match[0] === ";") indices.push(match.index)
+	  }
+	  /*eslint-enable no-cond-assign*/
+	  for (var i = indices.length; i--;){
+	    res.unshift(declList.slice(indices[i] + 1))
+	    declList = declList.slice(0, indices[i])
+	  }
+	  res.unshift(declList)
+	  return res
+	}
+
 	var activeElement
 	var $window = {
 		document: {
 			createElement: function(tag, is) {
+				var cssText = ""
 				var style = {}
+				Object.defineProperty(style, "cssText", {
+					get: function() {return cssText},
+					set: function (value) {
+						var buf = []
+						if (typeof value === "string") {
+							for (var key in style) style[key] = ""
+							var rules = splitDeclList(value)
+							for (var i = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {
+								var rule = rules[i]
+								var colonIndex = rule.indexOf(":")
+								if (colonIndex > -1) {
+									var rawKey = rule.slice(0, colonIndex).trim()
+									var key = rawKey.replace(/-\D/g, function(match) {return match[1].toUpperCase()})
+									var value = rule.slice(colonIndex + 1).trim()
+									if (key !== "cssText") {
+										style[key] = value
+										buf.push(rawKey + ": " + value + ";")
+									}
+								}
+							}
+							cssText = buf.join(" ")
+						}
+					}
+				})
 				var events = {}
 				var element = {
 					nodeType: 1,
@@ -140,21 +198,6 @@ module.exports = function() {
 						// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/style#Setting_style
 						throw new Error("setting element.style is not portable")
 					},
-					set cssText(value) {
-						if (typeof value === "string") {
-							for (var key in style) style[key] = ""
-							var rules = value.split(";")
-							for (var i = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {
-								var rule = rules[i]
-								var colonIndex = rule.indexOf(":")
-								if (colonIndex > -1) {
-									var key = rule.slice(0, colonIndex).trim().replace(/-\D/g, function(match) {return match[1].toUpperCase()})
-									var value = rule.slice(colonIndex + 1).trim()
-									style[key] = value
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					},
 					get className() {
 						return this.attributes["class"] ? this.attributes["class"].nodeValue : ""
 					},
diff --git a/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js b/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
index 2b589673..b08df230 100644
--- a/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
+++ b/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
@@ -474,20 +474,56 @@ o.spec("domMock", function() {
 
 			o(typeof div.style).equals("object")
 		})
-		o("setting cssText string works", function() {
+		o("setting style.cssText string works", function() {
 			var div = $document.createElement("div")
-			div.cssText = "background-color: red; border-bottom: 1px solid red;"
+			div.style.cssText = "background-color: red; border-bottom: 1px solid red;"
 
 			o(div.style.backgroundColor).equals("red")
 			o(div.style.borderBottom).equals("1px solid red")
 		})
-		o("removing via setting cssText string works", function() {
+		o("removing via setting style.cssText string works", function() {
 			var div = $document.createElement("div")
-			div.cssText = "background: red;"
-			div.cssText = ""
+			div.style.cssText = "background: red;"
+			div.style.cssText = ""
 
 			o(div.style.background).equals("")
 		})
+		o("the final semicolon is optional when setting style.cssText", function() {
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.style.cssText = "background: red"
+
+			o(div.style.background).equals("red")
+			o(div.style.cssText).equals("background: red;")
+		})
+		o("'cssText' as a property name is ignored when setting style.cssText", function(){
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.style.cssText = "cssText: red;"
+
+			o(div.style.cssText).equals("")
+		})
+		o("setting style.cssText that has a semi-colon in a strings", function(){
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.style.cssText = "background: url(';'); font-family: \";\""
+
+			o(div.style.background).equals("url(';')")			
+			o(div.style.fontFamily).equals("\";\"")			
+			o(div.style.cssText).equals("background: url(';'); font-family: \";\";")
+		})
+		o("comments in style.cssText are stripped", function(){
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.style.cssText = "/**/background/*:*/: /*>;)*/red/**/;/**/"
+
+			o(div.style.background).equals("red")
+			o(div.style.cssText).equals("background: red;")
+
+		})
+		o("comments in strings in style.cssText are preserved", function(){
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.style.cssText = "background: url('/*foo*/')"
+
+			o(div.style.background).equals("url('/*foo*/')")
+
+		})
 		o("setting style throws", function () {
 			var err = false
 			try {