diff --git a/web/src/common/utils.ts b/web/src/common/utils.ts
index d1e59e4a9..1ae395b4e 100644
--- a/web/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/web/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { SentryIgnoredError } from "@goauthentik/common/errors";
 
+import { CSSResult, css } from "lit";
+
 export function getCookie(name: string): string {
     let cookieValue = "";
     if (document.cookie && document.cookie !== "") {
@@ -115,3 +117,28 @@ export function dateTimeLocal(date: Date): string {
     const parts = localISOTime.split(":");
     return `${parts[0]}:${parts[1]}`;
 }
+
+// Lit is extremely well-typed with regard to CSS, and Storybook's `build` does not currently have a
+// coherent way of importing CSS-as-text into CSSStyleSheet. It works well when Storybook is running
+// in `dev,` but in `build` it fails. Storied components will have to map their textual CSS imports
+// using the function below.
+type AdaptableStylesheet = Readonly<string | CSSResult | CSSStyleSheet>;
+type AdaptedStylesheets = CSSStyleSheet | CSSStyleSheet[];
+
+const isCSSResult = (v: unknown): v is CSSResult =>
+    v instanceof CSSResult && v.styleSheet !== undefined;
+
+// prettier-ignore
+export const _adaptCSS = (sheet: AdaptableStylesheet): CSSStyleSheet =>
+    (typeof sheet === "string" ? css([sheet] as unknown as TemplateStringsArray, ...[]).styleSheet
+        : isCSSResult(sheet) ? sheet.styleSheet
+        : sheet) as CSSStyleSheet;
+
+// Overloaded function definitions inform consumers that if you pass it an array, expect an array in
+// return; if you pass it a scaler, expect a scalar in return.
+
+export function adaptCSS(sheet: AdaptableStylesheet): CSSStyleSheet;
+export function adaptCSS(sheet: AdaptableStylesheet[]): CSSStyleSheet[];
+export function adaptCSS(sheet: AdaptableStylesheet | AdaptableStylesheet[]): AdaptedStylesheets {
+    return Array.isArray(sheet) ? sheet.map(_adaptCSS) : _adaptCSS(sheet);
+}
diff --git a/web/src/elements/Base.ts b/web/src/elements/Base.ts
index 8ffbbf3dc..f0e0b6108 100644
--- a/web/src/elements/Base.ts
+++ b/web/src/elements/Base.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { config, tenant } from "@goauthentik/common/api/config";
 import { EVENT_LOCALE_CHANGE, EVENT_THEME_CHANGE } from "@goauthentik/common/constants";
 import { UIConfig, uiConfig } from "@goauthentik/common/ui/config";
+import { adaptCSS } from "@goauthentik/common/utils";
 
-import { CSSResult, LitElement } from "lit";
+import { LitElement } from "lit";
 import { state } from "lit/decorators.js";
 
 import AKGlobal from "@goauthentik/common/styles/authentik.css";
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@ export class AKElement extends LitElement {
         if ("ShadyDOM" in window) {
             styleRoot = document;
         }
-        const globalStyleSheet = AKGlobal instanceof CSSResult ? AKGlobal.styleSheet : AKGlobal;
-        styleRoot.adoptedStyleSheets = [...styleRoot.adoptedStyleSheets, globalStyleSheet];
+        styleRoot.adoptedStyleSheets = adaptCSS([...styleRoot.adoptedStyleSheets, AKGlobal]);
         this._initTheme(styleRoot);
         this._initCustomCSS(styleRoot);
         return root;
diff --git a/web/src/user/LibraryPage/ApplicationEmptyState.ts b/web/src/user/LibraryPage/ApplicationEmptyState.ts
index 314837926..11871c139 100644
--- a/web/src/user/LibraryPage/ApplicationEmptyState.ts
+++ b/web/src/user/LibraryPage/ApplicationEmptyState.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { docLink } from "@goauthentik/common/global";
+import { adaptCSS } from "@goauthentik/common/utils";
 import { AKElement } from "@goauthentik/elements/Base";
 import { paramURL } from "@goauthentik/elements/router/RouterOutlet";
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import PFSpacing from "@patternfly/patternfly/utilities/Spacing/spacing.css";
  * administrator, provide a link to the "Create a new application" page.
  */
 
-const styles = [
+const styles = adaptCSS([
     PFBase,
     PFEmptyState,
     PFButton,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ const styles = [
             font-weight: bold;
         }
     `,
-];
+]);
 
 @customElement("ak-library-application-empty-list")
 export class LibraryPageApplicationEmptyList extends AKElement {